When I held my mother’s corpse in my arms, I knew I was next. I hadn’t felt much emotion since. I didn’t need to. Just had to work. There was nothing, no point to my life but that. As I...
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DarkFyre Chapter Twenty-Three
"Silmaria struggles with doubt in the aftermath of a horrible night."
Even as the evening crept on the heat was palpable, a smothering blanket of energy sapping misery, dry and acrid. The only reprieve from the heat was the caress of the wind sweeping down the crags and valleys and rock...
DarkFyre Chapter Twenty-Two
"Rael and Silmaria face a harrowing trap. Rael finds potential answers. But at what cost?"
The inn’s stillness and quiet was unnerving, the blackness of the halls and common room below an ominous contrast to the noise and bustle and light that should have been coming from downstairs this early into the night, just a...
DarkFyre Chapter Twenty One
"Rael and Silmaria take some much needed rest, then become restless."
DarkFyre Chapter Twenty-One Rael sank back into the large brass tub sitting in the middle of their room. The room’s furnishings were modest, but the bed was large enough for them both to settle into comfortably as long as Silmaria...
DarkFyre Chapter Twenty
"Dangerous nights give way to hospitable days."
Silmaria’s heart beat violently, thudding unpleasantly in her breast. As the men stepped into their small camp she swallowed and fought to ignore the rising tide of panic threatening to drown her entirely. There were half a dozen of them,...
DarkFyre Chapter Nineteen
"Rael and Silmaria travel to The Reach and share a passionate and emotional night."
Never had the sun shone so bright and warming north of The Teeth before spring had even come. The breeze was chilling and sharp as it rolled off the mountains and swirled along the rise and fall of the open...
DarkFyre Chapter Eighteen
"After a desperate gamble, Rael and Silmaria discuss plans and honorifics."
DarkFyre Chapter Eighteen The next day, Rael was a busy man. Silmaria sat back and watched him with a sort of amused fascination. After a long night of rest, Rael was renewed and overflowing with energy and robust health. They’d...
DarkFyre Chapter Seventeen
"Rael and Silmaria discuss the events of their very odd night."
DarkFyre Chapter Seventeen The bear pelt was heavy and warm. Strange, to think that the pelt and meat were keeping them alive and comfortable after the bear had nearly killed him. There was a sort of grim irony in that,...
DarkFyre: Chapter Fifteen
"Silmaria and Rael journey into the mountains, and peril."
DarkFyre Chapter Fifteen The next day was lost to the blizzard. They spent the better part of it huddled together in their blankets, pressed in close, as near to their small fire as they dared. The stone cliff was a...
DarkFyre Chapter Fourteen
"Rael and Silmaria journey dangerous roads."
The wilds of DarkFyre Dale were a raw, wretched place, and never more so than in the grip of winter. For the first few days they traveled mostly through the open, sweeping meadows and plains of the western highlands. During...