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Chapter 68 - Butchery IV

I whistled as I opened the door to the warehouse where I’d hidden my old gear.

A day had passed since my tenuous truce had been established with Tagashin, and so far it was holding. Oh, sni...

Chapter 67 - Butchery III

An hour after I’d come to my accord with Tagashin, three things happened as noon struck.

First, a message arrived from Lady Karsin asking me to come as soon as possible for the testing of h...

Chapter 66 -Butchery II

Bits of flesh were still in my mouth, caught between my teeth in stringy chunks hanging out and dripping blood all over the ground. I essentially was nothing but blood, the only parts not splattere...

Chapter 65 - Butchery I

I woke up tired, aching, and in a miserable mood, but alive.

I’d probably have been in an even worse mood, but a warm bath did wonders, even with the effort needed to keep my splint out of ...

Chapter 64 - Afterparty VI

I limped back to the ballroom where we left, considering the rotted remnants of Hawkins littered about. Gregory and others had eliminated the leftover Infernal energy so it had stopped actively dec...

Chapter 63 - Afterparty V

Returning to where the remnants of the party were gathered, there was nothing but silence between me and the other Montagues.

There’d be a meeting tomorrow, where two of them would come ove...

Chapter 62 - Afterparty IV

The walk back from the hanging bodies was only fifty feet to round the corner of the manor. It felt close to ten times that as I walked, the wind picking up. It carried a chilling bite that bit dow...

Chapter 61 - Afterparty III

Reaching the stairs again, Gregory and most of the Watch had vanished, leaving only Malstein and a few Watch officers.

“I wonder if they’re the only ones left,” I said quietly as I stru...

Chapter 60 - Afterparty II

I stalked off with nothing but anger in my stomach. Anger at many things, changers, Montague, Voltar, Versalicci, a half dozen other things, but mostly myself.

Had I even felt when I’d star...

Chapter 59 - Afterparty I

“Malvia?”

A voice called to me, breaking through the depths of slumber, and my eyes fluttered open as it spoke again.

“Malvia? Can you wake up?”

Above me, an angel, a halo...

Chapter 58 - A Party To Remember VI

I bit back a curse as the eyes along Hawkins opened, looking all about. I put a hand on the pincer sticking to my side. I pushed on it and immediately stopped as it felt like my abdomen was being r...

Chapter 57: A Party To Remember V

The change shrieked, flesh bubbling as the acid ate through the skin into the flesh beneath.

I didn’t wait to watch, reaching for another vial. 

The acid wouldn’t work for long...

Chapter 56 - A Party to Remember IV

The lead Infernal collapsed, hands wrapping around the wound as it spurt blood. Not a shape-changer. That was disappointing on a few different levels.

His scream made the entire group halt, h...

Chapter 55 - A Party to Remember III

We needed to get this place locked down fast. But looking over my shoulder, something needed to be done first.

Gregory was pale. All color drained from him as he stared at the body of Calab. ...

Chapter 54 - A Party to Remember II

Kill? Kill.

The lord of the manor was currently stomping his way halfway up the stairs, face red, mustaches vibrating as they had during our initial negotiations. 

“It’s bad en...

Chapter 53 - A Party to Remember I

I’d been forced to revise my judgment of William Montague being an idiot. 

Not because trying to sneak into an already forbidden floor of a house trying to find one of your siblings wa...

Chapter 52 - Some slight change of plans

I was supposed to arrive first at the party, several hours before it even began.

It had been decided that all of us showing up at the same time would be very suspicious. The staff were being ...

Chapter 51 - When is Paranoia simply Good Sense?

I spent the fifth day partly in negotiations. At least this time, there wasn’t a gun being pointed at my face. If only because the other party didn’t own one.

“My favorite fish shop is ...

Chapter 50 - Dress and a Layout

Meeting Gregory Montague the next afternoon, my face still itched as I walked to the carriage outside Lord Montague’s manor.

Maybe it was the recent change. Maybe it was spending the entire...

Chapter 49 - Preparation isn't Easy

Five days left to prepare was less time than you’d think. Alchemy occupied each of my mornings, working on an ever-growing arsenal to prepare for the party. Having to outfit a minimum of three pe...

Chapter 48 - An Acidic Proposal

I spent the next two days in the house, to deal with making sure I truly had not picked up any diseases from my dip in the Nover and to work on making some potions. Definitely not because I’d bee...

Chapter 47 - Unwanted Helpers

I was back in a Watch holding cell for the second time this week. At least I still had my fingers, which made this my second-ever visit to the Watch where I’d retained my digits. For now.

T...

Chapter 46 - Limitations

Behind me, the various Pure Blood members and the fake Lord Montague came out from the scow, assembling on the pier.

I half-turned to face them, dagger pointed their way, the saber towards Ha...

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Chapter 45 - Meeting on a Scow

I eyed the garbage scow as best I could. 

The pouring rain didn’t help with that, nor did having to stay collapsed onto the dock’s surface, thanks to the drenched Pure Blood standing...

Chapter 44 - Beginning of the Wet Season

Getting back to the house was a little more complicated than before. Conversation between myself and Voltar had stalled after the second kick, and so I found out moments after we arrived that there...

Chapter 43 - The Second Blow

Something pulled on my horns, and in an instant, I snapped awake. Gregory Montage sat back down across from me, sipping from a cup of tea.

“Ah, the sleeping beauty awakens,” Gregory said....

Chapter 42 - Too Little Sleep

Things weren’t as simple as just leaving the room and immediately going to see Lord Montague first. No, that would be too simple.

“As dramatic as that pronouncement is,” Gregory said. �...

Chapter 41 - Motivation

When I left the carriage, it was peering into the Arcane.

I stayed in the Arcane often back with the Black Flame. Seeing the world colored in magic had often been easier than staying only in ...

Chapter 40 - An Arm of Stone

“Why?” was the first word out of my mouth, followed swiftly by a host of others. “And don’t say I cannot know. If you want me to set foot anywhere near that man, I’m going to need more th...