A Striped Tail Chapter 1: Tick Tock
A lot can be gathered from noises that ones hear, they tickle fancies and draw on the whiteboard of imagination. Take, for instance, the tick of a particular pocket watch, and it's owner. Tick. The sound of water a fair way down. Tick. The crunch of...
A Striped Tail Chapter 7: Wizards
Twenty-seven blocks. They continued their insulting for twenty-seven blocks, and the only reason they stopped was Jace had told them to shut up. Of course, he may have also threatened to cut out their vocal cords if they didn't stop, but that is beyond...
A Striped Tail Chapter 15: The Contract
"Fractured collar bone, several broken ribs and fractured, a mild concussion, fractured cheek bone, puncture wound on the upper chest, gash across the lower chest, twisted ankle, dozens of minor lacerations, bruising over more than half of the body,...
A Striped Tail Chapter 13: A Long Night
The room was almost exactly as he had remembered. Down to every little detail, even the Patrician sat in the same spot, with the same posture, with the same pen, with what looked like the same amount of papers. The only thing that had changed in the...
A Striped Tail Chapter 2: A Game
The first thing that he saw, was the ceiling. Or, a ceiling. Then he noticed, his head was throbbing and his legs burned. He took in a deep breath and then he felt the warmth and softness. "A bad dream..." he said, closing his eyes. His hand moved up...
A Striped Tail Chapter 3: Guild Business
There were many rumors in Has-Haven. The thieves guild was not one of them. This was not because no one knew about it, but in fact, the other way around. No one who lived in Has-Haven had any doubt there was a thieves guild. Or an assassin's guild....
A Striped Tail Chapter 10: Dead End
"He's late," Jersa said, looking out the window of the bar. She had been scanning the street every few seconds. Stella was near the door, leaning against one of the tables. But Jace sat at the bar, drinking and ignoring the two of them. Neither of them...
A Striped Tail Chapter 8: The Lord and the Thieves
Stunned. She was truly and wholly stunned. She sat there on his desk, leaning against the wall. Her mouth was slightly open as she panted. He was wondering how long she was going to sit there. In the few minutes he had already dried off and gotten...
A Striped Tail Chapter 16: Monster
There was a strange pang in his chest as he stared at the tattered remains of his cloak. It was hardly a cloak, barely a cape. It had been a gift from Irvig and from what little Jace knew about materials it was quite an expensive one, but now there was...
A Striped Tail Chapter 12: Safety in Numbers
Another unfamiliar ceiling. This was starting to happen far too much. Sure, it had only happened twice in that last month, but that was a habit he didn't want to have. He could hear someone shuffling around the room and managed to drag himself up into...
A Striped Tail Chapter 14: Wednesday Afternoon
The Palace had not been this lively in years. Decades even. Not since the current Patrician had come to power. It was not for his personal lack of trying, he just didn't care. Parties were a waste of time, and the nobles around the Palace threw enough...
A Striped Tail Chapter 4: The Job
Jace held the ferret against the wall, holding his knife against his throat. The ferrets lower lip seemed to quiver slightly as he tried to form words. "Ah. I see you know Jersa," The dragon said behind him. "Yes," Jace said, staring the ferret...