Seeking a Different Future
The bright hall below their balcony had fallen silent as guards led Ared away, though it had taken much entreatment and bargaining to persuade the spirit to allow him his life – for now. It was broken only by the Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p8
“How’s I supposed to know she’s nobility?” Qaera scoffed, scowling at her empty mug and the equally drained pitcher next to it on the bar. “She dressed like a merchant. A not very successful one, at that.” “Them foreigners’re hard Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p7
“Hey! One-eye! You dead?” The crouching troll poked Aziz’ lifeless body, lifting his head by the beard to peer into his bloodshot red eye for signs of life. “Not a very respectful way to treat a corpse,” the djinni remarked Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p6
A scream pierced the white mists of the Astral. A guttural, high-pitched shriek of anger and frustration. Clawing, thrashing, punching, kicking, raking the smooth surface; he unleashed power gathered over millennia upon the stone, yelling at the top of his Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p5
The sharp smell from Ethnila’s stew filled the air of the small shelter, bringing with it memories of home. It had been a long time since she’d last cooked, and she didn’t really have the right ingredients available this far Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p4
Gorm watched the trio gathered around a table across the room. The whisperling stood with arms crossed and an impassive expression. He had just finished a lengthy explanation of why their associate dueled Ared. The Ireha woman sat scowling and Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p3
Marnius watched the two girls up ahead. Loriana was pointing out things and trying to explain them to her friend, whose wounds had her riding Sun. Imaerla certainly looked awkward atop the beast, unskilled and in a saddle too large Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p2
The moment the hard soles of his boots clicked against the marble floor Ared knew something was wrong, even though he was still disoriented from the teleportation. He had expected to emerge in Moreth’s study, which had wooden floors. It Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p1
“Dangerous?!” Moreth stared incredulously at Ared. “What could this boy possibly do against one of my-” “Any magic in the duel must be enacted by the participants,” Ared explained, pointedly raising his eyebrows. Moreth gazed back at him blankly. “He Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p17
Jaeworl was slumped against a small tree. One lone tree, defiantly standing amidst the destruction wrought upon the village. Around him birds cawed, feasting on the carrion rotting in the fading sunlight. The air was permeated with the stench of Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p16