Ch. 1
Looking back on it all, I could say I was lucky, from the day I was born. Bright blue eyes viewing the world through curious lenses, always searching, always thinking. A sharp student, and an explorer. It made sense that someday I'd...
Ch. 2
The next week is, to this day, mostly a blur to me. We made love, and we fucked, and we did it at every opportunity. Sometimes she initiated, sometimes I did, and sometimes we were mutually all over each other as soon as we had a moment. What training...
Ch. 3
I awoke to the sound of rain falling, a light misting turning into a stronger downpour. Claire watched through the half-open flap as the water turned the ground to a sodden mess, and sighed dejectedly. From where we were, I could tell it was going to...
Ch. 5
We had begun our trek into the mountains, early in the morning, our next destination a few days away, if we moved quickly. A week, if we did what we always did. Avoiding the well beaten path in favor of just taking a look around. It was an...
Ch. 4
It had been days since we last had good weather, but in a pleasant change of pace, the sky was blessedly clear, and bluer than I'd remembered, as we walked toward the horizon. The hours passed in quiet conversation between Claire and Tempest, which,...
Ch. 6 [B-Side]
The hour had grown late, and the conversation they were sharing had been winding down. Yawns punctuating idle chatter until Claire began to nudge them to go sleep. That she’d be along with me a little later. They knew, or at least, believed they knew...
Ch. 7
He was still asleep. I was too sore to. It was amazing. Everything he did to me the night before. It completed something in me, the way he used me. The way he treated me. I knew he loved me, but...
Ch. 12
I hated being bed bound, and, against doctor's orders, was soon actively hobbling around the room, despite the pain and discomfort of it. My arm would be on the mend for months. I was lucky though, that they were able to fix it. It had apparently been...
Ch. 6 [A-Side]
The second attempt at a trip down was, to my immense relief, much more successful than the first, the night’s rest lended energy I didn’t have the day before, and a kind of lightness in my step eased my way down the rough, rocky...
Ch. 8
It had been a long trek through the valleys, winding our way up the mountain slopes. We stuck mostly to the roads, the days creeping by as the frost crept in, a bitter chill working its way into the air. The little campfires I kept were small comfort...
Ch. 15
It had been a few days since I had been released. Things had begun to feel almost normal again. Claire seemed a lot less sullen, cheerful, talkative. The four of us had spent the past few days settling in, stocking up on foodstuffs, even making calls...
Ch. 14
--Tempest-- It seemed like… everything had changed. Claire and I … it had been some time since we just talked together. Mira and I had grown close, as different as we were. I felt she really understood me, maybe better than anyone. Master… I could...