Chapter 39 - Too Many Leads
I got out of the chair, too late to chase after Varrow.
“I’m not working for Versalicci!” I protested as he neared the window. “I’m here on my own business.”
To my rel...
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Chapter 38 - A Returned Coat
I shrugged at Versalicci’s comments. “Truth be told, even if it wasn’t suicide for myself trying to hammer through that…well, the Duke certainly made it easier by melting the middle. But it...
2024-07-26 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 37 - Knock Knock Knockin on Hell's Door
My chisel cut into stone, slicing through the quartz with difficulty as I tapped it slightly with the hammer. Bits of the crystal flaked as the diamond head of the chisel carved out a curving path,...
2024-07-24 16:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 36 - Bargaining and Holy Water
Melissa froze, her expression of smug satisfaction immediately turning to fear. The color drained out of her, leaving her nearly as white as a human. Her eyes flickered between my face and Versalic...
2024-07-22 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 35 - An Emptied Bag
Moving into the house didn’t take long.
The house I was currently in, not the one down the street which was also there’s but served as a way to keep attention off of themselves. The...
2024-07-19 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 34 - In Which a Tongue is Gained
It was afternoon by the time I’d woken up, and not on the same day as I’d swallowed the sedative.
I’d gotten dressed and tried to get used to being in my old body once again. Missing th...
2024-07-17 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 33 -Sedation
I stumbled through the Infernal Quarter bleeding more than just blood.
The constructed illusion I’d woven around myself was fading fast, getting pumped out at about the same rate as I actua...
2024-07-15 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 32 - A Hole in the Sky, A Way Out
Simultaneously feeling internal relief while puppeteering my face for a subtle expression of fear was quite the trick.
I spat and cursed their names and made a lunge for Voltar that saw me cl...
2024-07-12 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 31 - The Trial Farce
The carriage jolted as it turned corners, the sudden movement throwing me off balance.
Normally I’d be able to tell it was coming and brace myself, even at the speeds we were traveling. Nor...
2024-07-10 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 30 - Three possible exits
Just as a note, the previous chapter did not include the original last line for reasons I’m unable to determine. I’ve since edited it in, but we’ll also be opening this chapter on the sam...
2024-07-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 29 - An Eye of Fire
Well, this was a conundrum.
My metal-thread-wearing intruder was moving into the warehouse with a lantern in hand. Given the organization of the shelves from the route he was taking, I ...
2024-07-05 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 28 - Trapdoors and stuffed Leechs
It was never advisable to walk the docks of Garretsville at night.
This district had started well outside the city’s limits, a thousand years ago, but as the city had grown it had swallowed...
2024-07-03 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 27 - Rooftop Conversation
It was never easy to walk the rooftops. It meant was walking across one roof, climbing down, and then finding a way onto the next roof. Heavens and Hells help you if that next roof had tiles or any...
2024-07-01 16:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 26 - Two Masks, One Conversation
It didn’t take long for Liu Xang to talk the nurses into letting me visit with him. Being a distant descendant of a Companion of the Shining Princess came with some perks, even after this many ge...
2024-06-28 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 25 - Possessed are no longer allowed in the Hospital
I needed to come back here and steal this bed.
My apartment’s bed had hardly been the worst place I’d slept, indeed an improvement over the gutter, the street, or even coffin beds, all of...
2024-06-26 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 24 - The Poor Rats
“No,” I whispered, turning away from the sight. My tongue slipped out unconsciously, licking some of the arterial spray off of my face. I bit down into it, holding it in place before it could s...
2024-06-24 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 23 - Top Hats are not Friends
It took far too much time to return to the Infernal Quarter. I hadn’t asked about a carriage to take me back, simply retrieved my belongings and started my journey on foot. Going on foot meant a ...
2024-06-21 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 22 - The perfectly wrong way to drink tea
After I’d returned from her heir and delivered my report, Lady Karsin insisted I stay for at least a cup of tea, which I didn’t turn down. After all the chaos of today, it was barely afternoon....
2024-06-19 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 21 - A Seemingly Pointless Visit
The walk through the interior gardens of the estate was enjoyable, if brief. Lady Karsin’s servants took us through the gate and guided us along a path towards the back of the estate, trees and b...
2024-06-17 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 20 - Careful Timing Required
They’d had a carriage waiting for me, which had drawn enough onlookers pulling out onto the street had been an issue.
“I’m going to have no peace for the next few months, perhaps ...
2024-06-14 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 19 - Sword at a noble's throat
The stairs creaked beneath my feet, some of them shifting under my weight. The half-hearted thought of seeing these fixed rose up again. There was no real chance of them ever being fixed. I didn’...
2024-06-12 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 18 - Logs for a Fire
Kalasyp was going to be furious.
It’s all that echoed in my mind as I walked the street. It shouldn’t. On the list of things that had gone wrong, not fulfilling my word to Kalasyp was far...
2024-06-10 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 17 - Cost of a buried past
I didn’t try running. Helvek had spotted me already and made swift progress to where I stood. All running would do is delay this and antagonize him and Almaseck. Not something I could afford to d...
2024-06-07 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 16 - Weave a Web
All around me, the dwarf settlement extended up and down along the cavern's walls.
I’d been in a few dwarf-built settlements underground before and each tended to differ depending on where...
2024-06-05 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 15 - What lays underneath
I really needed to stop going into dark places.
I did have a lamp with me this time, a candle burning at the center and providing some light. Not as much as I’d prefer. The darkness ahead s...
2024-06-03 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 14 - Never a moment's rest
I resisted the urge to curse. Not only would it not do anything, but the assortment of thugs before me and Tolman might think it referred to them.
It did, but provoking them wouldn’t do any...
2024-05-31 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 13 - The Vanishing Act
My testing closet lay utterly empty except for a small pile of dockworkers' clothes. I stared down at them. I….the door had been locked. I leaned down, lifting the clothes up, searching through t...
2024-05-29 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 12 - The Art of Street-fighting Urchins
Silence reigned as those words left my lips. I looked at Voltar, but his expression still refused to shift.
The poison was called Angel’s Sorrow for a reason. It didn’t need to be an ange...
2024-05-27 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 11: Never Consume Unfamiliar Substances
“Shit,” was Zarrow’s only remark. His eyes flitted towards the doorway, trying to find a way out without touching Voltar.
The detective watched in mild amusement as my patient tried to ...
2024-05-24 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 10 - The Unforgivable Crime of Ruined Tea
The following day began with tea.
I stared at my small teapot, focusing on counting the seconds. It helped distract me from the pounding also on the inside of my head.
I’d come here a...
2024-05-22 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post