Figuring out a sleeping arrangement proved to be rather difficult, and not just because Henrik had to split his attention three ways. Anslie’s cottage simply wasn’t large enough. Rasud and Shel...
2024-08-26 20:36:40 +0000 UTC View PostOnce they passed through the narrow gap, Henrik turned to Meriel and offered her his arm. She looked amused for a moment, but reached up and gently held it. Her slender hand looked almost comically...
2024-08-26 20:34:49 +0000 UTC View PostIt was the smell of death that woke Henrik.
Something like rotting meat in an open grave filled the air. It pulled Henrik from the depths of his sleep like a noose. His eyes snapped open, won...
2024-08-25 16:15:35 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik slept like the dead that night. Isobel had meant what she said, and they went at it until he was absolutely exhausted. Her strength and stamina were gifts from her dragon, and her energy see...
2024-08-25 16:14:02 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik frowned at the massive orc army. That many soldiers was a problem, a serious problem.
“Can you tell Cazeth to fly a bit closer?” Henrik said.
Isobel nodded and placed h...
2024-08-25 01:49:46 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik stood there for a moment, staring at the saddle mounted on the massive dragon’s back. He would be doing the same one day, and from he understood Calduin would grow to be even larger than C...
2024-08-24 13:31:02 +0000 UTC View PostThings were different after that. Isobel’s true nature came out, which Henrik was grateful for. Instead of being so prickly and trying to hide it, she was now completely devoted to him.
She...
2024-08-24 01:54:49 +0000 UTC View PostTheir blades met with a loud clang. They stayed there for a moment, blades pressed against each other’s. Henrik glanced and saw that her sword had taken a chip out of the edge of hi...
2024-08-24 01:40:11 +0000 UTC View PostIsobel was an early riser, just like Henrik. He was used to sharing a bed with Anslie, so when he and Isobel woke at the same time, he hugged her against his chest tightly and kissed her forehead.<...
2024-08-23 11:07:15 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik just stared at her. “Dinner?”
She nodded. “Yes, and it had better be good. I’m quite hungry. I want to see what kind of meal you’ll come up with.”
“What can I use?...
2024-08-22 14:46:19 +0000 UTC View PostHe saw the cave in the distance.
It was impossible to miss, really; the sun illuminated the side of the mountain in a rather majestic manner, making the twenty-foot-tall hold in the side plai...
2024-08-21 17:41:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe beginnings of his journey were similar to his last one, at least in that he began by descending the mountain and then traveling further east. Instead of turning north, however, he continued eas...
2024-08-21 17:40:20 +0000 UTC View PostWhen the next sunrise came, Henrik began his preparations. Dried meat, hardtack, a few loaves of crusty bread, and of course a small sack of beans on Rasud’s insistence. He even snuck some carrot...
2024-08-20 15:39:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Have you grown old and fat yet?” Anslie asked as she walked up to Henrik.
Henrik laughed. “Well, if I turn out anything like Garnell, I’ll be just fine. In fact he was quite slender ...
2024-08-20 15:38:07 +0000 UTC View PostThe next two days were probably the happiest days of Henrik’s entire life.
He woke each morning feeling completely refreshed, usually with Anslie’s head on his burly shoulder. He was not ...
2024-08-19 18:18:17 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you have any stories?” Henrik asked The Duke.
The horse just ignored him and plodded along.
At least the path was smoother here. Much of their traveling had been along rocky gro...
2024-08-17 16:39:55 +0000 UTC View PostIt never ceased to surprise Rasud just how quickly things could turn to shit.
He moved to the side of the wide street and pulled Shel with him. Her eyes were wide and scanned in every d...
2024-08-16 11:22:14 +0000 UTC View PostThe moment Henrik set foot inside the tunnel, he drew his sword. Within those stone walls it was completely silent, in the way a grave was silent. The whole thing was deeply unsettling.
As he...
2024-08-16 11:21:26 +0000 UTC View PostWhat Henrik would have given for Anslie’s warm body next to his at that moment.
He had woken early with a thin layer of frost on his blanket. With a grumble, he glanced to the east, where t...
2024-08-15 22:14:31 +0000 UTC View Post“I’d like to say I’m excited, but the truth is there isn’t much exciting about the town of Limestone,” Rasud said when the small town finally appeared on the horizon.
“Well, it’...
2024-08-15 22:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik was bored. There was simply no other term for it.
For two days now, he had been traveling through the mountains, following rocky paths up and down the slopes. As Anslie had said they w...
2024-08-13 21:05:35 +0000 UTC View Post“I’m telling you, there’s nothing to be concerned about,” Rasud said. Shel hadn’t said anything for several minutes, but he could see the stress in her face and by the set of her shoulder...
2024-08-12 18:34:03 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik checked the girth strap on his saddle for the third time. Everything was packed and he had plenty of supplies and food. He was as ready as he could be.
“Why Henrik, if I didn’t kno...
2024-08-11 17:18:09 +0000 UTC View PostHenrik woke the next morning with a bit of an ache behind his eyes. Anslie had stayed true to her word and they went a second time shortly after the first. They went to sleep after that, but she wo...
2024-08-09 16:09:48 +0000 UTC View PostFor dinner Rasud made a stew with several types of beans and so many different vegetables Henrik lost count. Anslie had a lifetime’s supply of flour, so he baked fresh bread as well.
“I n...
2024-08-07 21:09:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe screaming continued on while Henrik and Anslie stood in the cottage. She gave Henrik a worried look and squeezed his hand tightly.
“That sounds horrible,” she said. “I had no idea i...
2024-08-07 03:08:44 +0000 UTC View Post
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2024-08-05 20:57:42 +0000 UTC View PostThe four of them walked toward the mouth of the cave. After a few steps, Calduin leaped from Henrik’s shoulder and ran to his mother. He climbed on top of her massive head and sat there, watching...
2024-08-05 20:56:15 +0000 UTC View PostRasud took a few cautious steps closer to Henrik and the dragon. Shel stayed in place, watching from the mouth of the cave. She looked mildly terrified.
“Can I see it? Uh, him?” Rasud ask...
2024-08-04 16:32:31 +0000 UTC View PostThey followed Anslie across the field and to the narrow cut in the towering stone wall.
“Already?” Henrik asked. “Wasn’t the egg laid two weeks ago?”
“When a dragon lays an ...
2024-08-03 23:30:48 +0000 UTC View Post