“Come to finish the job?”
It was with that question that the air around us subtly changed. The man in red was far too professional to show any outward sign of tension, but the mess of bodyguards and personal attendants were not. Hands cr...
2021-02-05 17:19:40 +0000 UTC View PostI read quietly within my mother’s quarters, as I often did when she was taken with sudden bouts of the consumption we eventually came to know as Nithia’s syndrome. It hadn’t gotten serious yet, father still insisting it was nothing more than...
2021-02-02 00:44:57 +0000 UTC View Post“What kind of edgy adolescent crap is this? It’s a recipe for disaster, it is.” The red infernal named Garth was bulky and large, wearing a simple black apron that reflected my face. I’d opted for the establishment that Persephone had poin...
2021-01-31 17:06:27 +0000 UTC View PostAgain.
I heard the words, but the darkness did not flee. It gathered around me like a blanket, muffling my perception with a dull groaning buzz. I held on to the void and immersed myself in it. Strangely, it was no longer as terrify...
2021-01-30 21:50:17 +0000 UTC View PostI was incredibly relieved that, so far, Ralakos had not shown.
No one wanted to move first. Everyone stood across from each other, feet planted, eyes narrowed. The straining tension was insufferably thick.
Mifral, suddenly released by ...
2021-01-27 15:42:56 +0000 UTC View PostThe degree to which I’d underestimated Ephira became clear the moment I took at seat at the table. I’d thought her melodramatic and petty. She was those things, but she was also more.
I was skilled in negotiation and statecraft.
Ep...
2021-01-23 18:13:01 +0000 UTC View PostEphira’s expression barely changed. But the palpable bloodlust she emitted slackened, and an expression of puzzlement played across her brows.
Before anyone could do anythin...
2021-01-21 22:12:48 +0000 UTC View PostNot to mention, I really did...
2021-01-19 21:20:20 +0000 UTC View PostAshby of House Morrow lay crumpled in the dirt, whimpering, his left arm bent at an odd angle. I watched from a distance as hi...
2021-01-18 23:16:57 +0000 UTC View PostThere was a loathsome image in my mind ever since Persephone had given me this job. The image of a man dressed in black sneaking about in the dead of night, skulking between houses, his heavy breath fogging dimly lit windows while he spied on obli...
2021-01-18 01:06:57 +0000 UTC View PostI left the building at a brisk pace with Jorra on my heels. He stopped, but I kept walking, heading towards the city center.
“Cairn—er, Sontar, where are you going?...
2021-01-18 01:05:24 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks. Sorry for the wait. It took a little more effort than expected to rework Enclave. I was also dealing with some personal stuff that triggered a lot of self doubt and made it hard to focus on writing.
Anyway, the new outline is...
2021-01-18 00:57:06 +0000 UTC View PostI need to take a few days to re-outline enclave. It was originally slated to be about thirty chapters, but at the current pace it's looking closer to fifty, which is just too long for a single arc. So I need to figure out what I can cut and what I...
2021-01-09 02:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostI thought about sneaking back in...
2021-01-06 22:35:02 +0000 UTC View PostThere was nothing I could do about my eyes and lack of horns. Regardless of how discretely I dressed, the eyes would give me away immediately. Thankfully, I was not the only non-infernal within the Enclave. There were a dec...
2021-01-04 23:03:59 +0000 UTC View PostEverything I had seen, everything that could happen—would happen if I did nothing—weighed heavy on my shoulders. It was always there, lurking above me, threatening to crush me if I stopped and really considered it.
Emotions could only hu...
2020-12-31 13:49:38 +0000 UTC View PostApparently, the line breaks from the software I use aren't showing up when I copy from HTML. My apologies. It's fixed for the most recent chapter and will be fixed for the others shortly.
2020-12-29 21:57:58 +0000 UTC View PostI felt the darkness call to me. Somehow, I knew, even in the addled depths of my mind, that all I had to do was breathe, and it would all be over. Just open my mouth and suck in, and I could go back to a different time. It had been so peaceful. St...
2020-12-28 07:44:24 +0000 UTC View PostA wave of adrenaline washed over me. Months ago it would have left me shaking and practically useless, but the days spent training with Kastramoth had beaten that weakness out of me ruthlessly. I allowed myself to fall backwards, Bellarex’s swor...
2020-12-27 04:45:15 +0000 UTC View PostA pale yellow light crept in the apothecary window, confirming that I had once again stayed up all night. It wasn’t my intention. I had planned to go to bed a little after four, but after taking stock of Maya’s gift, I...
2020-12-24 01:52:02 +0000 UTC View PostI woke up, like I always did, around midnight in the room Jorra and I shared. It would be easy to blame it on the vurseng. But the truth was I had already started to expect for things to go wrong. The relative tranquility ...
2020-12-23 22:41:50 +0000 UTC View Post