So as most of you probably know, I'm taking part in Royal Roads Anniversary Writathon. The goal of this is to write 55,000 words in 5 weeks with a half way point of 25k by midday tomorrow (UK time)...
2021-11-14 15:13:48 +0000 UTC View PostThe girls left Baromiir as soon as they were ready. They rode hard and fast and remained quiet for the most part until the town was but a distant memory. Rowan was glad to be done with the place, b...
2021-11-09 13:45:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Seres rose early the next morning. Being woken up by the ring and the fear of losing Rowan had given fuel to her own nightmares. They weren’t as bad as Rowan's, but there was no escapin...
Content Warning: This chapter features a vivid account of an attempted rape and security harassment. If this bothers or is likely to trigger you, read the second scene at your own ... 2021-11-03 03:26:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Rowan woke up screaming. The nightmares were finally back in full force. Flashes of pain and suffering so real, so visceral, that she could feel them now. She had dreamed of the eclipse in vivid de...
2021-10-28 05:31:55 +0000 UTC View PostRowan gave the Queen a pointed look which was returned by her own piercing sea green gaze.
"Why did it take you so long to discover the raiders and their operation?"
"That's a good ques...
2021-10-18 23:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostA few days had passed since the ball. In that time, Queen Elarin met with everyone that had been involved in the escape, from the other prisoners to Ædarik and his party. She made sure that they w...
2021-10-18 22:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Ah ah choo.”
Rowan woke up sneezing loudly from a wandering tail tickling her nose. Not exactly the most romantic start to the morning after your first time. Alas, there was no helping i...
2021-10-18 22:27:16 +0000 UTC View PostTwo river petals and a dawn flower to go and Tehri’s bouquet would be complete. She had spent the entire morning picking out flowers from the now surprisingly abundant flower garden that she had ...
2021-10-18 22:25:57 +0000 UTC View PostNot a moment had passed after the two girls had sat down for breakfast that Seres started to inquire about Rowan’s dawn time exhibitionism.
“You don’t need to answer me, Rowan, but why ...
2021-10-18 22:20:55 +0000 UTC View PostThe touch of crimson settled on Rowan’s cheeks as a euphoric tingling rushed through her body, jolting her awake. She settled back down into the plump mattress that had been struggling to lull he...
2021-10-18 22:19:12 +0000 UTC View PostIn the brief moments where Rowan was alone she realised that she still wasn’t dressed. This left her with the highly awkward conundrum of whether or not she should rush to get dressed. In the end...
2021-10-18 22:17:37 +0000 UTC View PostRowan stood in the training grounds, a gentle breeze caressing her face. She held Elan Fiir in her hands. It was an exhilarating feeling; difficult to describe. Stronger and more nimble. Weightier ...
2021-10-18 21:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostRowan’s heart was beating a thousand times a minute. She could hardly believe that Tyris was right there on the other side of the door. Part of her was scared. A large part. It was all so sudden....
2021-10-18 21:49:31 +0000 UTC View Post“Hoist the sails! We’re bringing her into port.”
The large captain of The Wind Rose boomed instructions at his crew as he took the helm. The change in the ship’s energy was palpable; ...
2021-10-18 21:48:25 +0000 UTC View PostOn the sixth morning, Rowan sat against the aft railing and looked up to the sun over the port side of the ship. She still couldn’t quite believe it wasn’t all some cruel dream or a new form of...
2021-10-18 21:46:54 +0000 UTC View PostThe sun was low in the sky when The Wind Rose raised its anchor. Everyone was on board and they had been given as much room as Dralik could spare. Admittedly, that wasn’t much as his hold was fil...
2021-10-18 21:45:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe small group sighed in relief as they stepped out into the soft blush of dawn. Freedom! They had finally done it. Gone were the hellborn caves that had come so close to breaking them. They had b...
2021-10-18 21:44:07 +0000 UTC View PostÆdarik was face-first on the ground and seeing stars. The earth shattering quake had brought the cave ceiling down around him and his escort. One of them was crushed from the waist down by a large...
2021-10-18 21:42:53 +0000 UTC View PostÆdarik felt cold from anger and the ebon flow of night as he followed the two shrouded men garbed in thick, black gambeson. He wanted to kill them, to gut them mercilessly for what they did. In th...
2021-10-18 21:41:07 +0000 UTC View PostContent Warning: Heavily implied rape and sexual abuse. If this is something you wish to avoid at all costs, follow this ... 2021-10-18 21:39:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Agony. That is what Kiriin felt as her torturer worked his craft. She was strapped to a chair and she was adorned with a crystalline crown. He played a grim melody on the crystals that Resonated de...
2021-10-18 21:37:46 +0000 UTC View PostTehri woke up screaming; a silent cry that no one could hear. Night terrors. She had been suffering from them for almost a year, ever since she had woken up in that strange room. They haunted her e...
2021-10-18 21:36:24 +0000 UTC View PostFor many long arduous hours, Rowan was tortured by the Silent Sisters. As they worked their grim art, a warden, one of the educators, droned on with an unrelenting tirade of blame. Each word hammer...
2021-10-18 21:35:15 +0000 UTC View PostContent Warning: Descriptions of violence, implications of rape and graphic depictions of unintended suicide
For two weeks, the Silent Sisters continued to torture Rowan, tr...
2021-10-18 21:33:32 +0000 UTC View PostContent Warning: Vivid descriptions of torture and attempts at coercion.
Three days had passed since Anri returned to the cell and Rowan was almost entirely healed. It had o...
2021-10-18 21:30:11 +0000 UTC View PostFor what felt like hours, Tehri ran, her body growing weaker with each passing moment. She was confused and terrified. Everything that had happened since she woke up made no sense. Cruel people had...
2021-10-18 21:28:21 +0000 UTC View PostThe days that followed Rowan’s rather awkward first encounter with the Ferran boy passed much as the rest had, except for the embarrassment that she felt towards the matter. After some encouragem...
2021-10-18 21:27:00 +0000 UTC View PostContent Warning: Significant descriptions of emotional and physical trauma.
For several days, perhaps even a week after the attack, the raiders rode hard and fast. It was di...
2021-10-18 21:23:43 +0000 UTC View PostContent Warning: Significant descriptions violence and physical/emotional trauma.
Rowan’s mood improved little as evening approached on the day of the eclipse. If anything...
2021-10-18 21:19:49 +0000 UTC View Post