“Last day,” I mutter to Alana over breakfast. When Kierra and I brought the goliath down, my wife-to-be promised that we would only march for another week. What that actually translated to, acc...
2023-04-18 14:39:47 +0000 UTC View PostArthur decided he hated the north.
Truthfully, he had decided so long ago, when he first reached the fort with the hunters he had infiltrated. Any sane person would have concluded the same. W...
2023-04-18 14:39:45 +0000 UTC View PostI follow behind Kierra as she leaps off the goliath, scanning the snow. Unfortunately, there are no tracks for her to follow. After all, the reapers don’t run. They skate. Incredibly fast. There ...
2023-04-15 13:32:54 +0000 UTC View PostI raise my arm as I sprint forward, protecting my eyes, and my vision, as the projectiles aimed at us become a constant rain. Kierra slows and moves behind me, ducking so she can use me as cover. I...
2023-04-15 13:32:52 +0000 UTC View PostPast the camp, the gloom is too deep to make out my surroundings, the natural light of the moon and stars covered by thick clouds. A ‘film’ turns the dark night into a scene of gray and silver....
2023-04-13 07:49:40 +0000 UTC View PostOur formation as we move deeper into the north is vaguely triangular, the point facing the looming mountains. The base of the triangle, the frontline, contains the bulk of our forces, comprised of ...
2023-04-12 02:56:39 +0000 UTC View Post“Oi, are they already leaving?”
“Crazy bastards.”
Our army is the last to wake, Alana deciding our troops should at least have the benefit of a good rest after sacrificing the s...
2023-04-12 02:56:37 +0000 UTC View PostDespite everything, the army was in a good mood.
Objectively, Robert understood that they had plenty to celebrate. Despite two battles in two days, one of which was an ambush, they hadn’t s...
2023-04-08 12:23:13 +0000 UTC View PostAs we walk, the ground eventually starts to slope downward rather than up and the path narrows. Our pace slows as the army is forced to squeeze together. Not by much. Thomas, who I’m guessing is ...
2023-04-08 12:23:08 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s no time to gawk. The army is swarming around the titan. By the wall of conjured earth, the tired casters suffering from mana strain are put on the shoulders of knights and carried away fr...
2023-04-06 08:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post[It’s coming.]
The visual of the giant mass of snow hitting the hastily erected defenses is stunning despite the lack of sound sapping some of the impact. As I thought, the walls aren’t e...
2023-04-04 20:39:32 +0000 UTC View PostI’m thrown away with no hesitation as Alana scrambles out of our stone dwelling. Lying on my back, I let out a huff of a laugh. I can’t blame her for rushing off. Those reflexes have been ingra...
2023-04-04 20:39:30 +0000 UTC View PostA measly war doesn’t stop the sun from shining. The weak light that escapes the overcast sky illuminates an orderly war camp atop pristine snow. No trace of the conflicts that transpired last nig...
2023-03-25 10:08:57 +0000 UTC View PostThe assault persisted for hours. It felt like hundreds of birds swooped down to claim a few light snacks. I certainly chucked several dozen into empty carts. I even had to wrestle a couple after th...
2023-03-25 10:08:55 +0000 UTC View PostMarching is a boring affair. Less boring than my time traveling alongside the Squiddies along the King’s Road, but only because of the tension in the air and the hilarious reactions of the ill-pr...
2023-03-23 05:21:58 +0000 UTC View PostThousands of people readying to march is an incredible sight. A noisy one as well. Despite Alana’s inevitable rise to greatness, she is still a mere acolyte, an average caster, and a novice comma...
2023-03-21 09:18:28 +0000 UTC View Post“Why didn’t you stop me?” a very hungover Alana says while perched on the end of her bed, head in her hands. The sun has barely risen but the rest of the house is bustling with activity. Toda...
2023-03-21 09:18:22 +0000 UTC View PostA woman strolls into the room and my first thought is that she doesn’t belong amongst these warriors. She’s wearing a dress, for saints’ sake. A pretty blue one with long sleeves, a modest ne...
2023-03-18 09:13:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe banquet gets rowdier as the knights get a few cups of wine in them. In payment for browbeating Alana into saying she wants to marry me, I told Bell to mix two barrels of watered down Herbanacle...
2023-03-18 09:13:32 +0000 UTC View PostThis really isn’t my idea of a party.
When people started throwing around the word banquet, I got my hopes up. I should have known better than to expect anything from this dour place. Hones...
2023-03-16 08:05:56 +0000 UTC View PostTomorrow is the fated day. In the morning, when the permanently cloudy sky brightens from black to the light gray, thousands of Victory’s knights and hundreds of hunters will march through the no...
2023-03-15 05:45:04 +0000 UTC View Post“You! You’re Lourianne Tome’s pet, aren’t you?”
The creature put a hand over her chest and bowed, her tail wrapping around her waist. “I am Geo, her contracted thrall.” She stra...
2023-03-14 06:05:23 +0000 UTC View PostHis first impression of the giant walls of Victory was a deep, stomach-twisting dread.
The scale of it was beyond anything he had ever seen, which was especially impactful as Robert Quintana ...
2023-03-11 08:08:44 +0000 UTC View PostI take a deep breath, reminding myself that I am about to turn a significant part of her world upside down and prepare myself for the inevitable backlash.
“The journal I read was written by...
2023-03-11 08:08:41 +0000 UTC View PostAlana enters the room before I can wheedle the rest of the story from my wife. She looks stressed, brows heavily furrowed and thin lips pressed tight. Ah. Suppose I did leave her to fend off her fa...
2023-03-09 05:02:18 +0000 UTC View PostThe room is empty when I arrive. A good thing. Gives me time to plan what I want to say as opposed to verbally vomiting out my discoveries. Lounging on the bed, I play with my adorable imp’s feet...
2023-03-07 10:05:21 +0000 UTC View PostSeveral hours later, I close the journal, thoughts racing.
I have to wonder if anyone in Victory has taken the time to read this work. I doubt it. This is not a bed of scholars. There is also...
2023-03-07 10:05:20 +0000 UTC View PostOnce I return to the James estate, it is time for a treat. What I have been looking forward to most about our journey to the north, though I never considered it to be an option when we discussed ou...
2023-03-04 05:37:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s been three days since the March. A busy three days, though not physically.
In the wake of our talk, my contrite lovers proved clingy. Their arms held me prisoner in Alana’s room, mos...
2023-03-04 05:37:10 +0000 UTC View PostEleanor was in a bad mood and it showed in every step. While the women of status in Victory were expected to hold themselves a certain way, they didn’t indulge in the etiquette of the capital. Th...
2023-03-02 06:02:57 +0000 UTC View Post