A Patient Death 02: Let the Dead Judge
**~ Chapter 02: Let the Dead Judge ~** _At least when I'm dead, I won't have to move._ Breeze thought, sagging in the saddle, Erasmus's slender paws tight around his waist. Everything hurt. His face throbbed with the devil's fire, his muscles were...
House Mutt
**Twelve: House Mutt** "Get up, lazy mutt." Bailey yelped as the sharp end of a broom was jabbed into his stomach, violently waking him. He scurried away on his ass until his back hit the wall, and he was forced to look up. A hornless Akkedisian...
Blood and Dirt and Bone
**Eleven: Blood and Dirt and Bone** _Die young, save yourself._ Resh thought, handing Misha a piece of bread. The mutt took it but did not eat, his eyes lost in some other place. _Nothing ever stays the same...I know. I always take the...
In Cold Blood
**Chapter Ten: In Cold Blood** Bailey looked past the stale bread roll clutched in his paws, catching Garrett's attention from the other side of the courtyard. The Akita didn't scowl as their eyes met, or even look away, he actually _smiled_. For...
If They Ever Learn the Truth
**Thirteen: If They Ever Learn the Truth** Oderan was sitting on the side of his bed when the knock came at the door. He'd had a nightmare of some kind, already forgotten in the haze of morning. He ran a claw over his head, tracing it along one of...
Little Rebellion
**Fourteen: Little Rebellion** Bailey's flesh crawled beneath his fur, as if a thousand tiny bugs swarmed across it. He could feel them, wriggling and biting, gnawing at his skin, his muscles, his eyes; it didn't matter that he knew they were...
A Patient Death 22: On The Road
**Part Three: The Age of Excuse** **~ Chapter 22: On The Road ~** Breeze found the sheer greenness of Alavakia almost offensive. Sitting in the back of the wagon Solomon had given them, Erasmus riding up front with Fenton, the big wolf had nothing...
A Patient Death 19: Friends in Low Places
**~ Chapter 19: Friends in Low Places ~** Erasmus kept his hood pulled low as he and Fenton trailed after Breeze through the narrow Gohdren streets. The wolf was in turn following a lean coyote with a missing eye, his paw always achingly close to the...
Leviathan 02: Easy Does It
**02: Easy Does It** Nico's about to vomit. He hasn't even made it past the lobby yet, he's so nervous, he barely slept at all last night. He sucks a breath in through his nose, pushes it out his mouth. Or is it meant to be the other way...
Leviathan 01: Name of the Game
**01: Name of the Game** There is no perfect way to tell someone you love them. Especially if they aren't expecting it. Nico's telling himself it's the message that matters most, that it's the person behind it and not the packaging it comes in. He's...
Leviathan 03: The Professional Difference
**03: The Professional Difference** "Kal, for once, don't be a cunt." The short, barking laugh of an insufferably smug border collie is all that comes back through the phone. Vick rolls her neck, pacing back and forth along the wharf. Most people...
Leviathan 12: Speak Your Word
**12: Speak Your Word** Air that's taut like a noose, breaths held in unison, questioning eyes. The crowd's fingers rest on Nico's trigger. They came for Ahab but they got him instead, they're happy enough that way, what they _really_ want is...