Before I take a single step, a green blur flashes past me. In less than a blink, Kierra has Talia in her arms, holding her tightly but gently. Watching Kierra gently stroke her hair and Talia melt ...
2024-06-09 12:32:50 +0000 UTC View PostMy rampage ends with the setting sun.
As promised, the once magnificent city has been pulverized. Most of the damage is concentrated along my direct path, a trail of rubble that starts at the...
2024-06-09 12:32:46 +0000 UTC View PostHer opponent drew a dagger, a strange weapon with a curved blade of a black metal that seemed to swallow the light that touched it. A dark stone was embedded at the end of its hilt, one that Kierra...
2024-06-09 12:32:42 +0000 UTC View PostTo be special was a lonely thing.
As a young girl, Kierra didn’t realize how different she was. She ran, jumped, and hunted small critters with careless joy. Being a little faster and a lit...
2024-06-09 12:32:39 +0000 UTC View PostLucas didn’t know how things had gone so bad.
“Blessed asses shitting on us.” The fact that Jacoby, the guildmaster of One For All, had loss his famously cool temperament was a bad sign...
2024-06-01 03:30:32 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh.”
The quiet exclamation was filled with more emotion than Alana had ever heard Talia use in a whole sentence, let alone a single syllable. Alana understood the sentiment. If she weren...
2024-06-01 03:30:29 +0000 UTC View PostThe James family didn’t have a motto. Some families added words to their crests, declaring their way of life. In the north, everyone lived by the same values so such an explanation was unnecessar...
2024-06-01 03:30:26 +0000 UTC View PostAlyssa had underestimated her assignment.
Severely.
She thought, after years of Victory’s campaigns and years more as a captain of the Grand Watch, policing a group of civilians would...
2024-06-01 03:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostTime’s up.
I drifted off sometime in the night but Kierra practically leaping out of bed wakes me. She pauses in the middle of dressing when she feels my eyes on her and leans over me to pl...
2024-05-26 04:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostDuring the second day of my three-day amnesty, the city is busy. I take note of everyone’s frantic pace as I stroll the city, planning my attack.
The Hall has taken Kierra’s warning to he...
2024-05-26 04:34:46 +0000 UTC View Post“I must say, I’m very disappointed Lady James.”
Yulia wanted to spit in the arrogant man’s face but after who knew how long strapped to a chair enduring his questioning, she couldn’...
2024-05-26 04:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostGeneva didn’t care much for her current assignments.
It might be arrogant of her, and she believed that she had earned the right to be arrogant if she wanted, but she considered herself an ...
2024-05-26 04:34:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe next morning is dark and gloomy, ominous clouds obscuring the city. A perfect match for my mood as I ride into the city. I wake to the succubi telling me that there’s been a response to the d...
2024-05-26 04:34:35 +0000 UTC View PostThings are…different since we resolved ourselves to war. No. Since we learned that Talia and Yulia were taken. The air is tense and a gloom hangs over the estate as we prepare to commit grim deed...
2024-05-16 23:17:49 +0000 UTC View PostAlyssa hopped out of the carriage and slammed the door behind her before he could respond, her gait quick and filled with purpose as she marched toward the Casting Hall. The acolytes that recognize...
2024-05-16 22:59:44 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m coming!” Alyssa shouted, as someone banged on her front door for what felt like the hundredth time. She snatched her cloak from the back of a chair and threw open the door, expecting to ...
2024-05-16 22:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt was Lucas’ turn to stare. Then he frowned. “Given your reputation, I didn’t think you would be the type for pointless self-sacrifice.”
“Few sacrifices are pointless but that is n...
2024-05-16 22:15:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe hunters weren’t terrible hosts.
As their group suspected, the hunters were more interested in certain members of the family. Talia was not too far from what the kingdom would consider a...
2024-05-16 22:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostEarl didn’t have to wait all night.
A little over two hours after he found the room, there was a knocking on the door, three quick raps, two heavy pounds, and then a short drumming of nails...
2024-05-09 02:17:00 +0000 UTC View PostI’m in the same position when Kierra, Alana, and Little Water enter, the elf leading them as she bursts into the study. My wife is a violent person, but she isn’t an angry one. She dispatches e...
2024-05-09 02:16:55 +0000 UTC View PostLady Lourianne Tome,
If you are reading this note, then we have successfully raided the Teppin estate. We assure you that we wish no harm to you or your family. Our intentions we...
2024-05-05 23:59:00 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s done.
My heart is heavy but numb as I look at the destruction all around me, piles of corpses mixed with rubble from the damaged building and the floor coated with blood. It didn’t t...
2024-05-05 23:58:57 +0000 UTC View PostHis lady had a reputation as a frivolously indulgent woman but in truth, Lou didn’t recklessly spend her, or more accurately her wife’s, wealth. Accustomed to a simple life, she was satisfied b...
2024-05-03 05:42:52 +0000 UTC View PostThe James family valued one thing, war.
It didn’t matter how smart, charming, kind, beautiful, insightful, or anything else the children of the family were if it didn’t relate to the war ...
2024-05-03 05:42:49 +0000 UTC View PostAt first, Lucas thought it was a gimmick and remained on his guard, ready to cast at a moment’s notice. But the longer Gordon remained on the ground, the harder it was for him to maintain his ten...
2024-04-29 08:14:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe estate was orderly, with no signs of violence or ransacking. That was good. It was important that the Teppin family was recovered without harm. As nobles appointed to govern Quest and its surro...
2024-04-29 08:14:13 +0000 UTC View PostThree. It was a problematic number.
If it were a single mind, that would suggest a messenger. If it were a dozen or more minds, that would imply a mob, or perhaps a demonstration. Three was t...
2024-04-25 03:02:31 +0000 UTC View Post“You missed a spot, dear.”
Fen grinned as Lord Teppin stiffened and went back over the shelf he had just finished cleaning. She had to admit, it was a fun punishment. She was a logical cr...
2024-04-25 03:02:25 +0000 UTC View PostThings had been going well for Callan. Perhaps too well. Maybe that was why he was currently crouching and crawling, trying to avoid stray spells and knives.
When he first received a summonin...
2024-04-22 00:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostIt sounded good. Too good. Lane wasn’t arrogant enough to think that he could make a difference in the world. Not even a hundred or a thousand of him. He knew better, but hope was an insidious cr...
2024-04-22 00:22:06 +0000 UTC View Post