Perilous Jaunt Chapter 25
**Chapter 25** ** ** **Dante** ** ** The hooves of our tamed horses crunched the fresh green grass beneath us as we finally returned to flat land once again. After a day and a half of riding through the Fanged Peaks, I was relieved to be out of...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 24
**Chapter 24** ** ** **Peter** ** ** I woke up to the sounds of birds chirping and discovered that my face was buried into a soft pillow. Gently, I rubbed face against it, tickling my nose as I did so. _Why are pillows so soft when you wake...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 23
**Chapter 23** ** ** **Dante** ** ** _In the year 1149 of Our Lord Savior, the Ten Kingdoms of Alpis united against witches and warlocks in an incident referred to by many as "The Scouring", an event that lasted for two years._ _ Every Kingdom...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 22
**Chapter 22** ** ** **Peter** We left the hot springs a few minutes after Dante went to see Santel. Before the girls brought us up to our room, though, Esme reapplied makeup to my tail. The room was very large, especially larger than the ones...
Perilous Jaunt 21
**Chapter 21** ** ** **Dante** ** ** We trudged further through the snowy territory of the Fanged Peaks, surrounded by five of the six knights, following the sixth one that walked ahead of us with his sword drawn and the Talth in front of him....
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 20
**Chapter 20** ** ** **Peter** ** ** ** ** Around three weeks later, we arrived at the bottom of the Fanged Peaks. We had managed to make our way through the rest of Ulpis' Kingdom without any more troubles, but I was doubtful that our luck would...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 19
**Chapter 19** ** ** **Peter** That night, Dante left Esme and I alone to go find our dinner. Esme sat on the opposite side of our tiny fire, holding her knife with careful fingers and memories twinkling in her eyes. "Why did you do it?"...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 18
**Chapter 18** ** ** **Dante** Fortunately, the next town was only four miles down the road, so Esme didn't have to wait very long to replace her old knife. Thus, we arrived only two hours after sunrise. And, much like with previous towns, we...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 17
**Chapter 17** ** ** **Dante** ** ** I didn't turn to watch Peter as he left me in my desolation. At first, a piece of me felt guilty for snapping at him so callously. But that wasn't my main concern. I couldn't allow him to see me crying like a...
Perilous Jaunt chapter 16
**Chapter 16** ** ** **Peter** "Leave him alone," Esme called out to me, as I began to walk after Dante, who had already disappeared into the woods. I turned back around and saw Esme crouched down beside the topless lioness. "He seems really...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 15
**Chapter 15** ** ** **Dante** Peter's eyes hung open wearily the next morning and -on the few occasions that he spoke- his voice was hollow of all inflection. His lips were extremely purple and swollen to twice their usual size. When I asked...
Perilous Jaunt Chapter 14
**Chapter 14** ** ** **Peter** ** ** It was great to be staying in an actual bedroom again, especially one that was in a palace. Sure, it wasn't as big as my room back in Lowpive, but it was better than sleeping out in the cold again. In fact, I...