Chapter 162
We were all trapped in the library for now. Aurora was content to sit and selectively eat from her massive plate of food. Bedelia was in a chair but using her spells to keep watch...
2023-12-01 16:15:48 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 109 The Duchess’ Mother
I felt secure in my little corner of the tower as I entered the dreamscape. Oscar was there to greet me, and I gladly spent a few minutes rubbing his s...
2023-11-30 22:49:42 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 108 Goblin Hunt
The road was wet with light rain from last night. I walked next to Maveith with Flavius and Blaze in front. My mind was still turning over the fact that La...
2023-11-30 02:43:59 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 107
My practice with Maveith was not proceeding as I had envisioned. I was sprawled on the ground for the fifth time this afternoon. My ribs ached as Maveith extended his ...
2023-11-29 19:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 100 Reunion with an Old Friend
In the dreamscape, Xavier and Konstantin had some good fights. Xavier won almost every time, though. Whether this was my subconscious effort to put Kons...
2023-11-29 15:05:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 99
We rode through the gates of the city just before sunset. I had tempered my healing so my aches and pains would not need to be faked. Adrian registered our travel with the ga...
2023-11-29 02:39:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160 Sasha Part 1 of 2 (FLASHBACK)
Sasha entered the yard, and her brother tossed her a club wrapped in thick padding. She caught it clumsily and quickly examined it for damage. Her br...
2023-11-28 22:18:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 159 World Gate
Faust was a shaman, and it was not lost on me that his robes had a similar pattern to the old female shaman who had tried to restrain me during my fight with Vakgar. &n...
2023-11-28 20:40:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 161 Vida POV Chapter 2 of 2 - Never Bargain with a Djinn
When the trials ended, it was as Zeka had predicted. Only ninety-eight ice orcs, four grays, and seven greens passed. &n...
2023-11-28 18:54:35 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 150 Aelyn POV
Author’s Note: The last Aelyn POV was Chapter 100
Aelyn had left Cullinbar and her mother behind. She was indecisive about returning to Sk...
2023-11-27 22:20:39 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 176
With the Brotherhood fleet moving, our brief reprieve of time to prepare was up. The subspace vector confirmed that they were on a path for the Bradbury system. We had...
2023-11-27 03:24:50 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 106
I entered the dreamscape and was greeted by Oscar. He seemed so lifelike that I almost felt guilty for always leaving him here alone. Not that I could take him o...
2023-11-26 01:20:29 +0000 UTC View PostNote from the author: All references to ‘displacer beast’ will be replaced with ‘phantom cat... 2023-11-25 18:04:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter 175 Reaching Out to the Godfather Organization
As we waited for the Brotherhood’s fleet to move, I was not sleeping much and was constantly checking reports, expecting the Brotherho...
2023-11-25 05:03:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 105
I left the alchemist in the tower while trying to figure out how to get his truffles. With leaves changing, it meant winter was coming. How much longer would I be able...
2023-11-25 00:28:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 104 A Brief Lesson In Achlemy
Flavius stood in the path and tossed the deer carcasses down with a thud in some grass. He stretched his neck, happy for an excuse to rest. He wipe...
2023-11-24 02:43:30 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 98 Renna’s Path (POV voted chapter)
Renna walked the halls of the Mage College. She really could not believe she was here and, truth be known, didn’t want to be here. ...
2023-11-22 23:10:49 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 97 Another Giant
The blue light of the moon lit the road below us, maybe a quarter mile away. Creatures started scurrying across, fleeing the destruction behind them. “N...
2023-11-22 22:20:34 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 103
Lareen was kneeling in the bed, holding my amulet. I didn’t have a headache or any disorientation from the artifact being removed, so at least I had learned something. &nb...
2023-11-22 21:55:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 160 Vida Part 1 of 2 (flashback to present)
Vida entered the yard, and her brother tossed her a club wrapped in thick padding. She caught it clumsily and quickly examined it for damag...
2023-11-22 03:50:36 +0000 UTC View Post**Sorry I got sucked into the abyss of research. I learned some creatures I used in my stories are trademarked by Wizards of Coast so I have to remove them. It will not change the stori...
2023-11-21 17:32:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 157 Gundella’s Play
While I slept, Aurora hugged me from behind, and I spooned Iris, who lay in front of me. Bedelia stayed awake using some alertness pills to use her abiliti...
2023-11-20 16:12:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 148
The runic identity I had was probably not unique, but it was something that I could do with my exacting control. I had curved all the right angles so my runes had no corners...
2023-11-20 03:36:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 156 Champion Maestro
Gundella was clearly impressed and thought she had gained some consideration from me. I was left in the library to read, as I guess male orcs were only know...
2023-11-19 19:13:33 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147
Iris got all the Duskhunters settled into their rooms. Freya and Lorae had met and hit it off. Lorae communicated with Monty, Freya’s two-hundred-pound shepherd. Lor...
2023-11-19 00:02:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 102
Adrian pushed us to the final stretch. Not so much us, but Decimuswho was still struggling since his body had not been given a chance to recover. The alchemist had alm...
2023-11-18 23:11:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 147
Iris got all the Duskhunters settled into their rooms. Freya and Lorae had met and hit it off. Lorae communicated with Monty, Freya’s two-hundred-pound shepherd, and...
2023-11-18 03:20:36 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 146
I returned to the Maelstrom to find an elated Lorae. Her father had told her they were already going to Skyholme, and she had a thousand questions. What was the food l...
2023-11-17 19:38:47 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 174 Admiral Kincade
The Brotherhood had been pushed out of the Rim worlds by the failures and exposure of its agents. A Diamond Agent had even defected, which was unthinkable. &...
2023-11-17 04:38:19 +0000 UTC View Post