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2025-08-05 15:50:22 +0000 UTC View Post
Bea had only ever heard his name because her mother sometimes whispered it in her sleep. Sometimes crying. Always tender. A secret kept, because it was a conversation too big for Bea to have. ...
2025-08-05 15:48:30 +0000 UTC View PostBea and Ciel landed hard, skidding across the ground before coming to a stop. Even wrapped in her mother’s arms, it hurt—like her entire body had been rattled straight through to her bones. But...
2025-08-03 15:57:13 +0000 UTC View PostThe forest floor gave way to mossy cobblestone, just as Ciel remembered. This time, however, there were no guards at the base of the bell tower.
Her daughter was waiting for her. Ciel f...
2025-07-31 14:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostEven as a child, Gerhardt neither revered his lineage nor respected his kin. He saw what they were clearly.
The Blancs were degenerates. Theirs was a bloodline that had been rotting for...
2025-07-29 20:41:34 +0000 UTC View PostSorry they're going up a little later than usual!
2025-07-29 15:44:53 +0000 UTC View PostA few scattered mercenaries watched their contest. Those who’d tried to step in before had bled without fail. It was as if they were testing the worthiness of their master, judging how Gerhardt f...
2025-07-27 13:47:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe lights went out. The entire amphitheater went dark. A chorus of shrieking sylphs rose over the already howling winds. Then the mercenaries started shouting too.
Blinded by what they...
2025-07-24 15:32:10 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a few minutes before the bell would ring.
Left alone at the bell tower, Bea knew she had to act fast. He’d left her outside, where all she could do was watch the city below.&nb...
2025-07-22 13:58:31 +0000 UTC View PostOver the years, Ciel still returned to her haven in the forest. She sat beside her friend on that hollow log, just as before, but always with half a foot between them. The empty stare she saw that ...
2025-07-20 10:36:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt was over a decade ago when Ciel first met Puck.
Dawn in the forest behind the palace always felt cleansing; the damp air like linen steeped in honey, dripping softly over her wounds. Some ...
2025-07-17 14:59:39 +0000 UTC View PostAiln and Camille had been diverted from the palace. And even if they reached it, they weren’t certain of what they would see, or if they’d even be able to help. Really, their mission hinged on ...
2025-07-15 13:25:28 +0000 UTC View PostEven from within the northern tunnels of Amière, Kylian could hear the harsh winds outside. The relative silence within was eerie—punctuated by the occasional whistle through cracks in stone, lo...
2025-07-13 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View Post“I tell you, I hate coming down here,” Tarn muttered with a dry chuckle. “Feels like that so-called son of Gerhardt’s is gonna spring out of the dark and gut me.”
“You give creden...
2025-07-10 13:16:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe Blancs’ Playground was just up ahead. But Ailn and Camille were pinned in a narrow alley of aging rowhouses, having just finished fending off a large patrol group that had caught them from be...
2025-07-08 15:05:10 +0000 UTC View PostIf Voltus had been emotionally unsettled by Gerhardt’s strike, he certainly didn’t show it.
Bea almost wouldn’t be able to tell that he’d been hit at all, if it weren’t for th...
2025-07-06 10:54:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe Blanc palace was in such ruins, it was hard to believe the family had only fallen seven years ago. What time alone couldn’t ravage, pillaging gave a helping hand, and disgruntled servants and...
2025-07-03 10:45:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe remnants of Amière’s mining operations could still be seen in the western crags and the mountain shoulder. Shanties cluttered the area, thrown up wherever there was room. The stench of cheap...
2025-07-01 17:20:48 +0000 UTC View Post