“Good morning, your highness!”
Samuel kor Harvest paused with one leg extended from the doorway of his carriage as he stared at the irksome woman that had made it her mission to find new ...
2024-10-21 14:51:02 +0000 UTC View PostDays away from Quest, Rey surprised Maxine once more. Expectedly, not in a good way.
There weren’t many places to find comfort while traveling. As a Guiness, Maxine’s carriage was far mor...
2024-10-14 11:57:26 +0000 UTC View PostRey was acting strange.
Namely, Maxine hadn’t seen much of the whaler, which was incredibly strange. From the moment they were introduced, Rey was underfoot. The whaler would breathe the sa...
2024-10-14 11:45:26 +0000 UTC View PostMaxine didn’t know how she’d ended up a pirate wrangler. She did know that she didn’t enjoy her new role.
The rationale behind the unspoken designation made sense. She needed to return ...
2024-10-14 11:30:21 +0000 UTC View Post“Hey, fancy pants.”
Maxine was coming to intimately learn the effects of prolonged stress on the body. Rey, the nightmarish whaler, followed her back to the tavern she’d made her tempor...
2024-10-14 11:12:55 +0000 UTC View PostHaving a woman that had just killed a man and still bore the signs of violence of her person sitting at her feet was beyond unnerving, but Maxine knew pressure well. She felt sick to her stomach, a...
2024-10-08 11:35:08 +0000 UTC View PostThe young man shuddered at her words and Maxine didn't blame him. If she were the focus of the horrid eyes, a pretty blue made surreal by their star shaped pupils, she'd tremble as well. Artor didn...
2024-10-08 11:25:27 +0000 UTC View PostHow does one explain the threat of a competent summoner?
The pirate captain wasn't daunted by the simple warning of danger. He knew danger intimately, walked hand-in-hand with it. Threats wer...
2024-10-08 11:10:14 +0000 UTC View PostOne didn’t keep a captain waiting when called for.
Jack gave her the leeway to decide when they left, but it wasn’t a kind gesture. Each wasted minute risked invoking her sponsor’s wrat...
2024-10-01 07:03:57 +0000 UTC View PostMaxine never cared for love.
She didn’t object to the idea of romance. She objected to the reality of it. Any thoughts she had of admiration for another were always accompanied by cruel rat...
2024-10-01 06:41:02 +0000 UTC View Post“A pleasure doing business with you.”
“Ye, maybe for you.” Dunder scratched at his bald head, the dusky skin almost entirely covered by a tattoo of an octopus, its tentacles splayed w...
2024-10-01 06:21:32 +0000 UTC View PostThe old sea hags that read fortunes in fish bones taught the children of Graywatch that people could be born beneath bad stars, poor bastards so despised by the world that it conspired to ruin them...
2024-10-01 05:57:41 +0000 UTC View Post“Time’s up, love lizards.”
Little Water looked up as Lou entered the room. After confirming her human was himself, for the most part, and they were still a team, their chat had turned t...
2024-09-23 11:15:38 +0000 UTC View Post“I guess we should start with introductions…though that feels wrong.”
Little Water thought back to their first meeting, to how she had handled her human back when they knew nothing of e...
2024-09-23 11:03:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Just do it.”
Little Water set aside her confusion at the strange request she’d been asked to perform and pressed her lips to Khan’s, bending over his seated form, tail outstretched t...
2024-09-23 10:52:04 +0000 UTC View Post“We haven’t seen each other in a while.”
The next afternoon, Little Water was once again seated in the welcoming room of the estate, trying to contain her excitement. She’d wanted to ...
2024-09-23 10:39:11 +0000 UTC View PostIn a spare room, several women had disgusted looks on their faces as a strange creature was placed on the table before them by two estrazi servants. As Lou demanded, Little Water returned the follo...
2024-09-17 23:22:15 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Water fought a flinch as the predator she worked so hard to ignore made herself known.
Lou pointed a stern finger toward the purple woman. “You aren’t supposed to be saying anythin...
2024-09-17 12:48:38 +0000 UTC View PostIgnore her.
That was a tall order.
One did not tend to ignore the predator in the room.
But Little Water mustered her courage and did everything she could to put the purple woman ...
2024-09-17 12:38:37 +0000 UTC View PostLittle Water didn’t understand human homes.
The point of a warren was to keep the brood safe and there was no place safer than under the earth. A warren placed underground offered natural p...
2024-09-17 12:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostIn the brood, worth was determined at birth.
If you were born without the ability to reproduce, then your fate was to labor for the brood. How you served was dependent on your talents but the...
2024-09-09 08:52:50 +0000 UTC View PostRemming half expected to be led to a small, dark room not unlike the one in the king's dungeon, and interrogated for his secrets.
The other half expected to be escorted to an execution chambe...
2024-09-09 08:35:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Do you want to know what your problem is?”
Lying on the ground and panting for breath, it takes a moment for my mind to process his words. I’m not out of breath, of course. After a fre...
2024-09-09 08:09:18 +0000 UTC View PostFew things inspired concern in Kierra.
Wyverns were chief on that list. Arrogance ran in the Atainna blood but only a fool didn’t respect the sovereigns of the world. Their closest relative...
2024-09-09 07:59:52 +0000 UTC View Post“Start.”
Between sparring with Kierra and the truly unfortunate number of troubles I stumble into, I’d like to say I have a lot of experience in combat. Am I a skilled fighter? There’...
2024-08-26 13:10:49 +0000 UTC View PostOrum knew he would have to watch his daughter give her heart to another one day. It was hard to imagine when she was stumbling around, somehow rolling into trouble despite not having the strength t...
2024-08-26 12:57:52 +0000 UTC View Post“And you? I can’t quite figure you out.”
It’s Alana turn to face the inquiring gazes of Kierra’s parents. So far, my blond hero has been distracting herself with food and drink. Bei...
2024-08-26 12:31:12 +0000 UTC View Post“I suppose I’m next.”
I want to tell her not to bother, as the look in her eye suggests trouble. Saints, Morgene is nothing but trouble. Besides, it’s not as if our dinner has been fu...
2024-08-26 12:10:39 +0000 UTC View Post“Father.”
Kierra’s exasperated rebuke cuts through the tension around Orum like a knife through untrained flesh before it has a chance to spread to the rest of the room. And, like a dog...
2024-08-21 02:59:12 +0000 UTC View PostIt’s a good thing people can’t die from tension.
I hope.
It would be terrible to find out awkward tables are my fatal weakness after arranging what promised to be a tension-filled d...
2024-08-20 11:43:20 +0000 UTC View Post