“Course, if your shift is on the sleep rotation, then you don’t got to worry,” Kezil said, breaking me out of considering precisely that worry. “Rotates between chambers, unless things get ...
2025-08-11 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostIt occurred to me that the cliffs would not, in fact, become red with Sahevin blood.
None of them actually bled red, from what I’d seen. It was mostly a bluish black.
Still, if I want...
2025-08-10 17:54:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe journey north was pretty uneventful. Bevel came and sat with me a couple times, silent but squeezing my side tightly. I sat with her until she recovered each time, ruffling her hair.
Then...
2025-08-09 14:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostNexxa was pretty sure being Hydra-souled was supposed to put her above the situation she was dealing with.
She supposed, if she didn’t have principles, it really would be that easy. Just wa...
2025-08-08 14:26:04 +0000 UTC View PostWhile Bevel’s initial reaction had been quite mature, it wasn’t a surprise when I found her in her hammock curled into a ball shortly after Calbern had left.
I didn’t say anything, sitt...
2025-08-07 19:30:05 +0000 UTC View Post“These are for my new home,” Arizar yelled down to Xelinda before I could ask her what was going on with all the luggage. There was way too much. It would take more cargo space than Celinda’s...
2025-08-06 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostAfter lunch, Tamrie and I found Arizar already at the library, hunched over her desk.
Rather than disturb her, I took the opportunity to delve into the shelves, scanning as many books as I co...
2025-08-05 14:15:40 +0000 UTC View PostIt didn’t take long for us to start working out terms with the Vox Knights.
“I want people who’re trained by you, but they can’t be sworn to your mercenary code. We’ll establish a n...
2025-08-04 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostThe morning after meeting Tamrie’s mum, I was feeling surprisingly peppy. More than once, I found myself a few inches off the ground even when I didn’t mean to be. Definitely not related to how...
2025-08-03 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostTamrie had warned Perry that her mum had connections to criminal elements.
So why the abyss were they making their way to her mum’s home?
Maybe with everything that’d happened, betw...
2025-08-02 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWhen we arrived at the source of the explosion, I was glad to see Inertia and Bevel were both safe, though I was honestly surprised to find that it hadn’t been centered on them.
I was also ...
2025-08-01 14:00:26 +0000 UTC View PostBevel’s request to hold the sword had several factors behind it.
The first, and most obvious, (at least to her,) was that if Oltras could use the smoke sword to talk to Equilibrium, then ma...
2025-07-31 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAs Papa and auntie Tresla left, Bevel smiled and waved. She still couldn’t believe she had a new Papa. And such a kind one too. She loved her mother and father, had missed them terribly in the lo...
2025-07-30 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Oops, I apparently deleted the mention of Bevel staying with Inertia last chapter. Not sure how that happened. Anyway, here's the relevant section.
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With the the initial details of our trade agreement in place, we parted ways with Thozgar. Not before he loaded me down with a substantial amount of Worlds materials, plus a decent quantity of Cele...
2025-07-28 14:09:53 +0000 UTC View Post“The Unclean Clans don’t actually call themselves that, of course,” Thozgar said, his goblet still swirling. No matter how many sips he took, it never seemed to run dry. Unlike the smoothies....
2025-07-27 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostEven without my arm tightly secured in Tamrie’s grasp, I would’ve found myself correcting Thozgar. “Ah, I’m not actually single. Tamrie and I are together.”
My immediate clarificati...
2025-07-26 14:00:19 +0000 UTC View Post“Sworn to kill, huh? Sounds like there’s a story behind that,” I said, leaning on the railing as I inspected the dock ahead of us. Instead of wood, it was made of solid stone, with a set of s...
2025-07-25 14:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostThree days after setting out for Spellford, I looked down at the waves passing beneath us, my arms on the front rail.
They sat a long way down, glistening in the afternoon sun as we cut throu...
2025-07-24 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostDespite Tamrie’s worries, it was with an air of excitement that we prepared for our trip to Spellford.
Though the supplies for our voyage weren’t the only thing we were preparing.
W...
2025-07-23 14:00:20 +0000 UTC View PostThe next few days passed in a relatively peaceful flurry of activity. Visits to Tender continued, and I was already feeling the difference from repeated visits on the agility path. Not only could I...
2025-07-22 14:00:49 +0000 UTC View PostThe underground city was immense, yet we weren’t there to explore.
“Come on, can’t I just go in a little ways?” Bevel pleaded from where she hung above me.
“I… fine, I’m g...
2025-07-21 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostWith Tamrie’s success, I’d been hoping to start on the Tethered shortly after. However, after dealing with the… uh… mess, when I went to look at the display, I found it throwing up messages...
2025-07-20 14:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Much as I love this story, there are bills to pay. Now, this might normally lead to the idea that an author's going to put the story on hiatus or slow the release schedule...
T...
2025-07-19 14:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Chapter 3/3 for today. Final chapter of V2. Will be an announcement with the first chapter(s) of V3 tomorrow.
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Half-cast.
Despite telling herself it didn't...
2025-07-18 16:00:22 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's Note: Chapter 2/3 for today.
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‘Thousands of people weren't exactly a quiet thing,’ Books found himself thinking, not for the first time.
He missed h...
2025-07-18 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Chapter 1/3 for today.
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Asitov didn't have much use for ensouled. Sure, Spellford would've collapsed into the ocean years ago without them, but other than keepin...
2025-07-18 14:00:18 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Chapter 2 of 2 for today.
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The time to confront Balthum couldn’t have been worse.
Or better.
The Howl had gathered itself for its last storm. And i...
2025-07-17 15:00:15 +0000 UTC View PostAuthor's note: Chapter 1 of 2 for today.
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While my first thought to toughen up our people was to awaken as many as I could, I suspected there were other options we should consi...
2025-07-17 14:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostWith the Howling Defier crashed, it didn't take a genius to guess what had caused that break in the woods. Nexxa and I didn't bother pushing past the crowd of Tethered around the portals, my sister...
2025-07-16 14:00:17 +0000 UTC View Post