When he returned to the kitchen, he noticed Jess and Angela bustling around, preparing various items for consumption. There were reassuringly regular eggs, bacon, and toast, but also more exotic fa...
“I’m not a Prince,” Arcturus said into the silence with a growing sense of incredulity. “I figured out while you were all talking that my father was probably Terran, which, by the way, is <...
Angela was the first person he noticed fully, sitting at the head of a rectangular table that could seat six, her chair facing the wall to the left of the archway through which he’d entered. She ...
Arcturus deliberately refocused on the task at hand, eyes once more locked on the primary attributes that defined the essence of his being with their deceptively si...
Arcturus spun at the sound of shattering glass, realizing a moment later that it meant someone had just smashed in the window of Angela’s store. He o...
“This here is your standard aether rifle. Three hundred meter range, as opposed to the standard one hundred, single-shot accurate, and with limited but effective burst-fire capability in...
Arcturus drifted in the void of his mind, vaguely aware of his physical body moving with outside impetus. It was not so much a sensation as it was an understanding, a comprehension of altered posit...
He had to be smart, and on top of that, he was losing blood, which meant that eventually the fatigue would catch up to him—slowing him down at a vital moment, and making him an easy target for th...
Arcturus took a moment to compose himself and catch his breath, straightening his jacket and double-checking himself in the glass of the door. Vanity was the last thing on his mind, concerned as he...
Arcturus’ back hit the mat with a shock of impact, compelling a groan of pain from his lips. A laugh from above drew his attention, and he turned to where his father was standing victoriously, ar...
Explosions and shouting voices followed as the corridor outside the fortified ritual chamber carried the sounds of conflict to the armored individuals withi...
I have reviewed all the comments sent in by various people here, and with gratitude at that. This new version of Chapter 16, truncated both for length reasons and for impact, is the Second Draft, ...
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