Zeke followed Abby as quietly as he could manage, but it felt like every footfall was met with a crackling leaf or a snapping branch. How the woman managed to step so lightly and move so silently w...
2022-07-12 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostReally quick, I just wanted to announce that I'm changing the posting schedule a little bit. Instead of posting three chapters a week (on Mon., Wed., and Fri.), I'll now be postin...
2022-07-11 13:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week has come and gone, and Saturday has arrived. As always, that means it's time for the weekly check-in, which is everyone's opportunity to ask questions, make comments, or let me k...
2022-07-09 17:12:26 +0000 UTC View PostTalia’s claws scraped against Zeke’s shield, digging deep furrows in the hard chitin. At one point, Zeke had thought that The Bulwark of the Drachnid Champion, as well as the rest of the armor ...
2022-07-08 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post“They’re not after us anymore,” said Abby, materializing out of the brush. Zeke knew she didn’t have anything like a camouflage skill, so her ability to slip in and out of concealment was e...
2022-07-06 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostTalia sat on the floor, her knees clutched to her chest as she rocked back and forth. Tucker’s soft snores echoed from where he slept in another corner. The mysterious cottage, which had sprung u...
2022-07-04 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAlright - so we've got another week in the books, and we got to see the first big fight of this arc. More importantly, we got to see the two plot lines come together and see everyone together...
2022-07-02 18:06:16 +0000 UTC View PostZeke adjusted his shield, hefted his mace, then stepped outside. The sight that greeted him was far different from what he had expected. For one, there wasn’t a horde of zombies waiting for him. ...
2022-07-01 13:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostZeke raised his shield, batting aside the heavy blow and sending the flesh golem’s fist crashing into the wall. He followed up with a vicious blow to the monster’s knee, which rewarded him with...
2022-06-29 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostTalia floated in nothingness. All around her, endless black stretched into eternity. It was peaceful – or it would have been, had she not been tethered to reality by a thin strand of green light ...
2022-06-27 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI apologize for not getting this posted yesterday, but this weekend has been incredibly busy for me. For one, today's my birthday (yay me for surviving another year), and for another, my neph...
2022-06-26 15:35:10 +0000 UTC View Post“And that brings me to here,” Tucker said, having just summarized the path that had led him to being enslaved by Micayne and forced to work on the man’s obsession. “I’ve been trying to ma...
2022-06-24 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostAbby dipped under Zeke’s arm so she could support his weight. She wasn’t sure about the details of what he had done to that door, but she could infer that it had completely drained him. All the...
2022-06-22 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post“This…was…a huge…mistake,” Zeke spat, swinging his mace in short, overhand bursts. Interspersed between swings was the occasional shield bash, but for the most part, his kite shield was u...
2022-06-20 13:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week's in the books, and we're coming up on something of a climax in the next few chapters. I'm really excited about it because it's been a long time coming, and I'm eager to see how ...
2022-06-18 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post“God,” Zeke panted, his hands on his knees. They’d been running through the mountains for what felt like an eternity, and despite his massive stamina, fatigue was very near to overwhelming hi...
2022-06-17 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostZeke rested his hand on Pudge’s furry back as he inspected the camp below him. Calling it a camp might’ve been a little generous; aside from the yawning mouth of a nearby cave, there was nothin...
2022-06-15 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTucker took one last look at the girl on the table before turning and leaving his laboratory. She was progressing well, but the infusion took an incredible amount of time. On top of that, it would ...
2022-06-13 13:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week's in the books, and we're rolling into one of my favorite arcs I've written so far. So, hopefully, you all will like it as much as I've enjoyed writing it. As an aside, I g...
2022-06-11 16:26:44 +0000 UTC View PostAs Zeke got dressed, slipping on his tight-fitting, padded under armor, he couldn’t keep a grin from spreading across his face. He resisted the urge to look back at the still sleeping Abby. Inste...
2022-06-10 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostThey made camp a few miles away from the valley where they’d met the goddess, Aja, but neither Abby nor Zeke were comfortable enough to completely let down their guard. However, it was extremely ...
2022-06-08 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View PostZeke’s heart beat out of his chest as panic gripped him. He had never seen so many complex runes before; it was as if the entire valley was blanketed in the complicated assortment of glyphs, patt...
2022-06-06 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostI fully intended to post this earlier today, but I kind of overdid it last night and was up way later than I expected. So, I've been a bit lazy today, and I completely forgot to post the chec...
2022-06-04 23:14:01 +0000 UTC View Post“Should we say something, maybe?” asked Abby as Zeke deposited Tabby’s remains into a hastily dug hole. There really wasn’t much left; even the girl’s bones had crumbled almost entirely i...
2022-06-03 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostZeke finished tying the knot as Abby asked, “Are you sure that’ll hold her?”
He shrugged, replying, “I have no idea. I never really learned much about knots. I think it’ll be fine, ...
2022-06-01 13:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostZeke clutched his shoulder, which still bore the wound from the crossbow bolt which had taken him unaware. “I hate poison,” he muttered. He couldn’t be sure, but the bolt seemed to have been ...
2022-05-30 13:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAnother week come and gone, and we had a fun trio of chapters posted. I hope you all enjoyed them, and I think you'll enjoy next week's as well. As always, if you have any comments or q...
2022-05-28 20:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostAbby sprang to her feet and darted away from the porch, trusting that Zeke could take care of himself. She had seen him shrug off much more horrific wounds than an arrow to the chest, no matter how...
2022-05-27 13:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostAs Zeke went through the training exercises given to him by Silas, he focused entirely on the man’s lessons. It wasn’t enough to simply push forward with his shield. He had to do so with purpos...
2022-05-25 13:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostTucker rifled through the cabinet containing his collection of valuable alchemical ingredients, but as he did so, his mind invariably wandered to the girl strapped to the table in his laboratory. H...
2022-05-23 13:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post