Hollow Darkness
_Hollow Darkness_ "Because sometimes, even the greatest lie can bear truth." "I am nothing like them!" yelled Luther in protest, jabbing his finger at the two others chosen to accompany him on his mission. The morning had taken an acrid start, all...
All's fair... Ch. 5
"You've done well, Lukas," said the wolf I'd seen back in Elder Wood. I jumped to my hind paws, stumbling backward against the tree. "You... What do you mean? Have you been following me?" I demanded. He stood no taller than I was, he seemed more......
All's Fair... Ch. 6
Something stirred next to me, warm and soft, huddled up against my side, my eyes refused to open, hesitant as the sun was to rise. It shifted lazily, slowly, it was breathing. I forced my eyes open and turned, my back growing cold against the soft wind...
A brother's love
She woke up for what must have been the third time that night, another cold sweat, another nightmare. She laid there in now-soaked sheets, her lungs drawing short raspy breaths that were more like a series of gasps than actual breathing, one nightmare...
All's fair... Ch. 4
"How significant do you think the necklace is to that town?" Otto asked. We were walking at a leisurely pace on the beaten path toward the bandit city, another dull, icy morning for the Duskwood. "Well if Sheila managed to steal it so easily, either...
All's fair... Ch. 2
"Jacques?" I asked myself confusedly. The young boy skipped along the river bank, picking up pebbles and casting into the flowing water just beside him. I started walking up to him, and slowly broke into a lightly paced run. "No fair!" another boy...
All's fair...
"Be quiet now, Otto" I said, as I held the young Nephil back by his shoulder. He gave a nod and crouched completely out of sight. I lowered myself until I was barely visible, Leaves of oaken brown quietly and gently caressed my skin. I raised my...
All's fair... Ch. 3
As I sat there, a thousand thoughts must've crossed my mind, creeping like rats through the cramped corridors of my head. What felt like hours could only have been a few minutes, my chest heaved, every breath freezing inside of me as ice in my lungs....