“We strike from here, here, and here,” Riyan said, pointing to the enormous map of the Saian capital city that had been draped over an ornate oak wood table the eccentric man had somehow...
2024-10-31 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostBeing in the good graces of the city’s ruler had helped more than we thought. Being celebrities didn’t hurt either. The clerk flipped out when she learned we were the ones behind the c...
2024-10-30 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostI rushed to Dominion’s temple with Aerion on my back. I barely noticed the hot, muggy air making my sweat cling to my skin.
It was just dirt. Dirt! And in just one attack, they too...
2024-10-30 18:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostIt was with heavy steps that Vir stepped through the Ash Gate back to the Bairan camp, and from there, to his garrison in the outskirts of the Ash, where he’d left Ekat’Ma in the capab...
2024-10-29 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostSinclair blinked. “You wish to defer selecting your treasure…”
“Not quite,” I said, tapping my finger against his Mahogany desk. While Sinclair didn’t ordinarily...
2024-10-28 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostVir and Ashani made short work of the other Gate, built in a similarly sized chamber as the other, though this one sat on the border of the Chitran neighborhood, making it strategically mo...
2024-10-26 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostAerion walked around me as I got in and out of my suit, refusing to believe her own eyes.
“How?” she asked. “What even is your Blessing, to allow such a bizarre p...
2024-10-25 18:17:07 +0000 UTC View PostThere was no silencing this madness, no quieting this crowd, and so Vir didn’t deign to try. He stood, unmoving, watching over those who chanted for Ashani. For their goddess… And for ...
2024-10-24 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View Post[Elf Cannon]… Betrayed expectations.
I thought Aerion would shoot out of my inventory, ready to rain death upon whichever unsuspecting foe happened to be in her pa...
2024-10-23 18:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post“We were not expecting you,” Greesha said as she led Vir through Samar Patag’s city streets. She kept throwing glances at Ashani, who tagged behind Vir in her demoness form, though s...
2024-10-22 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post“Quite a character, that one,” Richard said, munching on some potato crisps we’d had delivered to our door. One of the perks of renting the penthouse suite—24/7 concierge. Didn’t...
2024-10-21 18:07:04 +0000 UTC View Post“No!” Annas roared, punching a wall, before slamming his back against it and slumping down. “No…”
“It is true,” Raja Matiman said. “Our spies confirm the Akh Nara was s...
2024-10-19 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostDespite wanting nothing more than to explore the hidden city of the Iksana, Vir knew he would not be welcomed there. As Sagun’Ra said, he had yet to win the clan...
2024-10-17 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe returned to our inn in the early hours of morning, dead drunk, and barely able to walk at all.
Which really said something, because as I discovered, one of the stats—likely Vigo...
2024-10-16 18:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMaiya practically pranced her way back to her orb room. Yes, Maiya had an orb room, whose sole purpose was to hold Vir’s communication orb. Not only was it guarded at all hours of the day, she’...
2024-10-15 17:11:59 +0000 UTC View PostAs I looked into Richard’s confused eyes, I finally understood what my angst had been all about. It wasn’t keeping my origins a secret that had bothered me. Not when it had been necess...
2024-10-14 18:01:38 +0000 UTC View Post“I believe you owe me an explanation,” Vir said, his voice cold and low, barely above a whisper. And yet, it contained such authority that even Ra froze, regarding him as he would an Ash Beast....
2024-10-12 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostIt was incredible what a long, hot bath did for the soul after weeks out in the wild. Well, that and waiting two long hours for Aerion and Richard—let’s be honest, mostly Aerion—to finish. No...
2024-10-11 18:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMaiya the bloodstained woman glared at Vir. In each hand, she held a head. The severed heads of her parents.
Apramor, grimacing, as if blaming Vir in his final moments. Alisci...
2024-10-10 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostI gulped, not quite ready to have this conversation. Not now, and not here, of all places.
“Greg, Aerion…This may sound off to you, but…”
Here it comes…
“Woul...
2024-10-09 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
The third book of Ashborn is now on Kindle! Audio, narrated by Heath Miller, will follow later this fall.
I'm loathe to ask anything more of all of you, who've supported...
2024-10-09 17:30:37 +0000 UTC View PostVir left the suspended city with a heavy heart and even heavier legs. He’d scarcely soaked in the spectacle when the Raja beckoned him down a dark corridor.
One that led deeper und...
2024-10-08 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Oh, gods!” Passion half-panted half-squeaked in a voice several octaves too high. She was currently squatting, hands covering her face. As if standing was too much for her swooning self to bea...
2024-10-07 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostAnd that's it for the year! I'll see everyone back here on Tuesday, January 7th. Hope everyone has a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! Stay safe and have a great time, eve...
2024-10-05 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostNOTE: Welcome to Arc 5! Disclaimer for this chapter. There's a bit of sexual assault in this chapter. The sexual aspect is minor, but the related traumatic content is more signific...
2024-10-04 18:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post“I do believe we’re lost,” Ashani said.
Vir didn’t need to turn around to know she had a smirk on her face.
“We’re not lost,” he grumbled, peering down arou...
2024-10-03 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA snap of Cosmo’s fingers had us leaning against the polished steel railing of the superyacht as the small waves broke lazily against its pristine white hull. The coastline of Maui where...
2024-10-02 18:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostVir walked away from the kothi’s corpse, already eyeing his next target. There were few guards to begin with, and after the wolves’ attack, even fewer remained.
In the past, he m...
2024-10-01 17:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostI stared at the option for a good, long moment. “Interesting…”
“What’s the matter?” Aerion asked. “Do you not have an option for soul evolution?”
“No, that’s the thi...
2024-09-30 19:22:43 +0000 UTC View Post