Try as she might, Nicole couldn’t stop thinking about the death and destruction left in the wake of the Sylan attack. She’d been out there for more than an hour after the battle ended, he...
2024-11-09 07:26:11 +0000 UTC View PostNicole blinked as the world came back in a rush, color returning all at once as everything snapped back into focus. The blade was right there, still moving towards her, but it was oh so s...
2024-11-09 07:25:10 +0000 UTC View PostA blade slammed into the wooden counter, digging deep into the solid surface as its wielder grinned madly. The man was rather proud of his blades, and loved to demonstrate them in the most de...
2024-11-09 07:24:01 +0000 UTC View PostAlright, a bit of a quick update. The next chapter in the docket was originally the last chapter of volume one, but significant changes to the edited draft have altered enough things that pretty m...
2024-11-07 12:32:23 +0000 UTC View PostStep. Shoulder tensed. Strike coming wide and low. Adjust spear. Impact. Manageable. Adjust. Thrust. Contact.
“Point, Cunningham!” The judg...
2024-11-06 21:02:04 +0000 UTC View PostBecca had picked a rather upscale Italian place in the Maple Grove shopping plaza, which was set up to resemble a small town main street in what could only be described as an overly elaborate open ...
2024-11-04 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNicole had been given a few days off from school for her injuries, not that she needed them. She’d ended up back in the gymnastics room while Grace attended classes, running through her old...
2024-11-01 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostRecovery had taken some time, but Nicole was finally back in the saddle, or rather, the passenger seat of a rumbling fire truck as they tore out of the station and towards the latest blaze to warra...
2024-10-30 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNote: This chapter was drafted after the initial edit pass that most of these chapters were based on and might be inconsistent with some details, fair warning.
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2024-10-29 02:10:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Cultivating?” Grace asked with a frown. “Like growing them?”
Carlos waved his hand in a so-so gesture. “More like creating conditions in which Rangers are selecte...
2024-10-25 20:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe White Ranger, Nicole knew she shouldn’t be surprised that the mysterious researcher that just happened to come check on her turned out to be one of the people he was going on and on about.&nb...
2024-10-23 20:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“General Maraline,” Bartran growled. “This does not concern you.”
She turned, not quite facing away from the Rangers as she did. Nicole could see that she had kept h...
2024-10-20 20:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostNicole’s limbs trembled as she drove her blade through one of the connecting tissues of the massive beast. She was gasping for air within her helmet, adrenaline the only thing keeping her u...
2024-10-16 20:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostFair Warning - This chapter probably conflicts with the edited version that goes live on RR/SB/SH more than any other. Keep that in mind while reading as it is still in line with the Patreon draft...
2024-10-13 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThey left the tattoo parlor with an appointment and several ideas for what they might be getting. Nicole was torn between a sprawling black rose vine, and some Gaelic poetry. She was ce...
2024-10-10 08:00:21 +0000 UTC View PostAs I edit chapters in anticipation of the official launch of The Reluctant Ranger I've got a few options for how I can handle this, and so I'm gonna put it to a poll for my Patreon subscribers! Le...
2024-10-08 08:40:32 +0000 UTC View PostNicole stretched out, her joints popping as she did. She usually wasn’t one to take an afternoon nap, but her classes had been tedious, and she stayed up far too late with Grace the night b...
2024-10-06 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“That is concerning,” Carlos said, leaning over a claimed table under a pavilion at the same park they had wrecked only a week prior. Whatever the training session had been intended for o...
2024-10-03 08:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostCereal was almost offensive in Nicole’s book, she hated almost every variety, yet some cereal bars were edible. She blamed the insistence that cereal had to be eaten with milk. Such a...
2024-09-29 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostThe last thing that Nicole ever expected to see was Maraline, sitting peacefully in a park while strumming a harp for a crowd of children. The woman attempting to destroy humanity, one of the...
2024-09-26 08:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt wasn’t a date.
Four simple words, repeated like a mantra within the confines of Nicole’s mind. She could almost believe it too if she hadn’t just spent over an hour agoni...
2024-09-22 07:00:12 +0000 UTC View PostA lazy Sunday wasn’t really in the cards, not with classes resuming the following day. Nicole woke up bright and early to get a start on the things she had planned the night before. I...
2024-09-19 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGrace stared down into her strawberry shake, she twirled a french fry in the confection then shoved the golden stick aggressively into her mouth, chomping away. Nicole had to stifle a giggle ...
2024-09-15 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostThe diner was busier than it had been the first time she and Grace paid it a visit, but then again, that had been at ass a.m. in the morning. This time, she was bringing the rest of the Range...
2024-09-12 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostPacing back and forth, Nicole tried to build up her courage; it wasn’t working, which was a bit funny. She could face down Maraline—one of the Sylan invaders—without flinching. Wh...
2024-09-08 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThe halls were so dreadfully sterile, there was no life to anything on the dreadful ship, at least outside of the labs. Mutants were always being grown, experiments being performed that pushe...
2024-09-05 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNote: This chapter is being inserted after some later chapters went live, so no you aren't misremembering having read chapter 11.
“You want us to do what?” Devon asked.
Kayla...
2024-09-03 05:42:58 +0000 UTC View PostThe machines all turned their focus on the flash of light that spanned the visible spectrum. The power swelled within, and Nicole relished the feeling. She couldn’t help but smile as ...
2024-09-01 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostNicole tossed a ball against the wall, watching as it bounced off and back to her. Grace was still busy with some homework her professors had assigned to make up for the lost week of classes ...
2024-08-29 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostNicole took a seat on the back of one of the engine cabs, the higher ground offering some comfort in the sea of chaos around them. She couldn’t take her helmet off to drink anything, not wi...
2024-08-25 07:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post