A Silvergate story (Chapter 7/11) - Everyday
In the center of the palace courtyard, at the base of the stairs, a disused fountain dreamt of former glories. The Fair King had never liked it; it was too wasteful for his tastes. There was no nearby source of water to supply it, so a complex system...
Tangled Instincts
Part one _(Which describes the 'first contact' between a cheetah and a rabbit.)_ Ayyal kept his eyes peeled over the savanna. Only his dotted cheetah face protruded out of a bundle of dead, crispy bushes, ears straightened up in focus. The drought...
Reined In (2/2)
By the morning, Yedezh had only one thing to which he looked forward in the entire universe; one thing that he absolutely, obsessively needed. Getting his poor trapped cock and balls unlocked from their nasty metallic jail. His hope for control of...
An Obedient Fall 2
Insistent knocks resound against the thin wooden door, way louder than they need to be. My eyes burn a bit when I slowly blink. I don't move without permission, nor speak. The night hasn't exactly been restful, but I'm used to that permanent feeling of...
A Lesson in Need
Under the earth, in an abandoned cave of damp concrete, a single spot of bluish light pierced the darkness. It lit up a sleeping muzzle --sleeping, but not restful. The rust-colored face of the wolf twitched and leaned away in reaction to the glow. His...
Wild Moon
The animal knew. I timed my movements with the fresh breeze. The rustle of the yellowing thicket buried me as I slid among the branches, blanketed in shadows. I peeked through the wall of leaves. From a small clearing on a minuscule hilltop, the buck...
One Day at Temple
Part one _(In which a wolf has a dog day.)_ The repetitive squishy sound of his lupine butt getting pounded was difficult not to focus on while Sam's head was held firmly by the second client. A hand covered up to the fingers with green feathers...
Wolfhair: Impact
It was a massive, ancient crater. It had undoubtedly once been quite deep, but time had smoothed its edges, and filled it with compacted dust that gave it a flat, hardened reddish-gray bottom. A place of power, of world-changing events like this was...
Reined In (1/2)
King Yedezh of Berogh cynically went over the motions. He walked up and down the fresh-faced troops lined up neatly in his courtyard. A bunch of birds flapped about the crenellations in the battlements above them, moving from merlon to merlon, and...
Two for one
-- The governor is irritated at me and, frankly, I can't blame him. Merron appeared rather displeased himself. The panther stared with his black arms crossed over his red linen tunic, but not for long. The Bonehead chief gestured emphatically when he...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 6/11) - Choices
I emerged from the lukewarm liquid. I rubbed the bar of animal fat soap in the fur of my right arm, just as I'd done for my left arm and my chest. The bath was a good distraction; it prevented me from thinking about the Silvergate too much. It'd been...
A Silvergate story (Chapter 5/11) - Silvergate
The atmosphere within the Quiet Palace changed at the onset of the third day. Most of the barbarians had their orders. The Northwestern army disappeared to rebuild the fortifications or patrol the streets, and their chiefs with them. The Quiet Palace...