Kaiya, Chapter the Second
It... She... ...whichever... ...came awake hissing, loud enough to shock the ears, struggling, and snapping at my hand. I shrugged, and backhanded her across that strange, furred, not-quite-muzzled face. Silence. Staring mismatched eyes. "Would...
Kaiya, Chapter the First
I have saved this box for last. All my other possessions I have given away, sold, burned, everything that I will not need, or that the horses could not carry. This I thought, in particular, to burn, unopened, to burn and spare myself the sting, but to...
Kaiya, Chapter the Third
The bards and singers, the players and the actors of the pantomime would have us believe that to fall asleep together is a romantic thing, a blissful communion of comfort, of ease, of joy. Any man who is old enough to be a man, and have known a woman's...