A New Light -- Prologue: Hunted
**Prologue: Hunted** * * * The night began like every other. When the orange, glowing sphere in the sky dipped beneath the horizon—when she no longer felt its warmth on her dark crimson scales, the dragoness and her family immediately...
A New Light -- Chapter 7: Standoff
**Chapter 7: Standoff** * * * Charles awoke with a gasp. Where was he? He couldn't see anything. He tried to suck in a breath, only for cloth to get into his mouth. No wonder he couldn't see anything; he had a sack covering his...
A New Light -- Chapter 8: Captive
**Chapter 8: Captive** * * * Charles awoke with a gasp. Where was he? He couldn't see anything. His skin itched. It buzzed angrily and demanded immediate relief from his fingers. The air smelled like mountain soil, drenched in termite pheromones...
A New Light -- Chapter 6: Brazen
**Chapter 6: Brazen** * * * "Sir Graham, are you sure you want to do this?" Charles glared at the man on the other side of the desk. He was the office manager of Henrico's first and only branch of XP Investimentos, an independent stock...
A New Light -- Chapter 3: Training
**Chapter 3: Training** * * * "Charles Preston Graham! What the fuck was that? You were a _maricón_ back there!" Charles flinched. Pops was livid, all but foaming rabidly at the mouth. "Why the hell didn't you shoot?" Charles' legs...
A New Light -- Chapter 2: Subdued
**Chapter 2: Subdued** * * * Charles Graham surveyed their Jeeps roll into Uncle Paul's backyard, coming in from a _callejón_, a tiny alley barely wide enough for a car that always led to a dead-end. That he'd been oblivious to the gate...
A New Light -- Chapter 5: Sharky's
**Chapter 5: Sharky's** * * * Charles stood in front of a mirror, buttoning down an Old Navy Oxford shirt. The fabric was dark red with tiny, orange Saguaro cacti stitched all over it. It was last year's birthday gift from his mother. He liked...
A New Light -- Chapter 1: Sales Pitch
**Chapter 1: Sales Pitch** * * * Charles gazed distantly out the dark, tinted window. He stretched his legs out on the spacious interior of Pops' Jeep Wagoneer. The gorgeous vanilla sky outside would have made a perfect backdrop for any...
Rexville 35: New Light
Keanu never saw a person being all this joyful as if a new light had finally come to the end of the tunnel. or a child opening a christmas gift. keanu honestly didn't expect this outcome, but he was glad for terrence to move on.
Scene Concept: Uninvited Guests (set in ANL canon) (Spoiler warning)
**Scene Concept: Uninvited Guests** * * * "There it is… the Laguna Country Club." Charles Graham followed his security escort onto the unmarked road, veering off of the smooth asphalt of the highway and onto the stone-strewn driveway. Pops'...
Scene Concept: Dealmaking (set in ANL canon) (Spoiler warning)
**Scene Concept: Dealmaking** * * * "Welcome to the Laguna Dragon Banquet." The doors opened to reveal a large function hall, big enough to fit at least two hundred people. Exposed to the open air, it was not fully enclosed and had a full...
A New Light -- Chapter 10: New Management
**Chapter 10: New Management** * * * Chanteirwen would never break. She would escape from here. Find her brother. She would live free, winds lifting high, soaring to the brightest future she could see. These thoughts sustained Chanteirwen as she...