Scarlett wasn’t sure why she’d expected anything to look different just by glancing at her hand. The fragment from the altar hadn’t entered her, after all. It had been absorbed by Thainnith’s legacy, where the other Anomalous One ...
2025-05-15 21:09:37 +0000 UTC View PostRinging.
That was the first thing Scarlett registered. A sharp, hollow tone that filled her ears like a cracked bell held too close to the skull. It pulsed with each heartbeat, echoing through her blood, vibrating against he...
2025-05-12 20:21:33 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett stood silent for a long moment, her gaze sweeping over the newly arrived group.
How had they made it this deep already? That part still didn’t make sense.
Her party had been the first to enter Beld Thylelion. That much she w...
2025-05-09 21:50:12 +0000 UTC View Post“There’s something I need to do.”
Fynn’s words hung in the still air.
Scarlett and the others stared at him. A low, restless wind curled around their feet — barely more than a whisper, but enough to graze their skin ...
2025-05-05 21:51:48 +0000 UTC View PostLeon’s voice barely left his throat.
“Your Highness—?”
The title snagged behind his teeth. For a moment, the world slowed. Not from fear, but disbelief.
She was standing there. Here. Inside Beld Thylelion, of all...
2025-05-04 10:21:39 +0000 UTC View PostDue to some unpredictive schedule stuff, today's chapter will either be up tomorrow or the day after. The next chapter might also be postponed one day, though we'll have to see. Sorry about that, but thanks for your patience with me.
2025-05-01 21:36:11 +0000 UTC View PostThe halls of Beld Thylelion stretched onward, silent and enduring, as if sheltering the ancient whispers of the Zuver within their stone bones. Raimond walked at an easy, unhurried pace, his footsteps faint against the floor. His gaze traced the w...
2025-04-27 20:42:34 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett stepped along the stone bridgeway, her gaze drifting past the illuminated railing and into the abyss below. The darkness stirred thickly, impenetrable and devoid of any sign of life or depth.
She’d never been one to fear heights i...
2025-04-25 21:03:43 +0000 UTC View PostLeon couldn’t quite place it, but there was something about the air here. A presence that felt dense and watchful. The more he tried to focus on it, the more it seemed to deepen, like the lingering tension of a held breath stretched too long. 2025-04-21 20:22:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Chapter'll be up tomorrow. Contrary to what my post last week might have implied, on this particular occasion the delay isn't because of deadlines and other work interfering, but just simple easter celebrations. And candy. Far too much candy.
2025-04-20 22:09:12 +0000 UTC View PostThe lift’s descent stretched on for some time, accompanied by the low murmur of the others’ conversations and the hum of the platform’s workings. Gradually, the smooth stone walls changed. Pale, etched surfaces gave way to glimpses of a shee...
2025-04-17 20:44:02 +0000 UTC View Post“…For a relic of the ancient Zuver, this thing’s kinda slow, isn’t it?” Kat remarked dryly, arms crossed as the woman glanced around the platform.
Scarlett gave her a brief look before returning her attention to the engraved panel ...
2025-04-14 21:48:14 +0000 UTC View PostHi folks. Unfortunately no chapter today/tonight. It'll be out tomorrow instead. Felt like I needed to give some (brief) context this time, as a potential warning for upcoming weeks. I am currently (in my non-writing related work) in the middle of...
2025-04-13 21:51:12 +0000 UTC View PostFynn shot across the chamber like a bolt of green lightning, trails of viridescent wind spiralling in his wake. Shin stepped forward, sword and shield raised to guard the others. Beside him, Allyssa pulled a glowing yellow vial from her bandolier ...
2025-04-10 21:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett examined their surroundings in silence — the walls, the floor beneath their feet, even the intricately designed ceiling that stretched overhead. She scrutinised it all, taking in the endless glyphs and channels of magical circuitry wove...
2025-04-06 22:09:17 +0000 UTC View PostThe space around Scarlett twisted into a web of tangled hues, a lattice of colour and awareness collapsing into a marine void of shifting black. Then, after a weightless beat of silence and absence, light welled back into the world, spilling acros...
2025-04-03 21:16:29 +0000 UTC View PostGodwin raised an eyebrow at Scarlett’s question and cast a mildly surprised glance at Arnaud. “I may be leaping to conclusions, but it sounds like I’m missing a touch of context.”
Arnaud was silent for a moment, then gave a small nod...
2025-03-30 21:34:34 +0000 UTC View PostThe Hartford mansion’s foyer buzzed with quiet tension as evening shadows stretched across the estate. Scarlett sat slightly apart from the others in a low-backed chair near the corner, red journal open in her lap. Garside stood by the entrance,...
2025-03-27 21:58:26 +0000 UTC View Post“These are the Chain Devil Gloves,” Scarlett said, holding out a pair of deep crimson leather gloves. Chains coiled around the wrists, the metal etched with faint, arcane script. “And this is the Candleflame Claymore.”
From a stand b...
2025-03-23 22:12:37 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett frowned.
She knew this day would come. The last time they’d met, he’d even hinted that he might call in her favour when they next crossed paths. That was one of the reasons his appearance here hadn’t entirely surprised her. Sh...
2025-03-20 22:13:25 +0000 UTC View PostScarlett observed The Gentleman closely for several moments. His polite, enigmatic smile didn’t waver.
“…Since you are already here, I suspect my preferences hold little importance,” she finally said, gesturing to the empty space on ...
2025-03-17 22:25:25 +0000 UTC View PostToday's chapter will be delayed for one day. (My sincere apologies for the semi-cliffhanger)
2025-03-16 22:44:26 +0000 UTC View Post“I imagine you are all wondering why I have gathered you here,” Scarlett said, letting her gaze sweep over the faces of her closest companions and confidants in this world.
Allyssa sat beside Shin on a sofa, absently toying with the prot...
2025-03-13 22:13:44 +0000 UTC View PostKat wasn’t really sure what she expected to see when she returned to Freybrook. Streets reduced to rubble? People going about their lives as if nothing had happened? Turned out, it was something in between.
She rode past entire blocks wher...
2025-03-09 22:13:36 +0000 UTC View PostIt was one thing to hear of the wonders the Zuverian civilisation had wrought at the height of its power. Another entirely to witness their remnants with one’s own eyes.
Raimond walked at the centre of the procession, a convergence of figu...
2025-03-06 22:34:33 +0000 UTC View PostThe murmur of voices and the rustle of parchment filled the chamber, punctuated by the creak of wood as people shifted in their seats. Bookshelves climbed the walls, and banners bearing the Shields Guild’s sigil—an upturned triangle enclosed b...
2025-03-02 22:27:49 +0000 UTC View Post“—I received a report that monsters were sighted near Stillshire as well, but the mercenaries we hired to guard the keep and surrounding villages managed to deal with them,” Evelyne said, flipping through a thick stack of papers in front of ...
2025-02-27 22:29:05 +0000 UTC View Post