Hunting Death- A Change in the Story
"Speaking of food, where's my stuff, I need to get something from it?" I speak up, taking my time walking back towards where the gear was likely stored. "Oh, for your stone?" Rophan asks. "I'll show you," Hashal nods as he starts leading the...
Chapter 1- the death of a soldier.
This does get rather bloody and descriptive so you've been warned. My heart pounded as I ran from my enemy. My gun sheltered by my chest, my breath coming in short shallow gasps as the humid hot exhiliration of my heart beating leaving my lips in a...
Death from the Shadows: Prologue
My name is Gabriel Alexander, though it hasn't always been that. I have gone by a few names in my life. Nyeusi Kifu, Nyeusi Rigby, and finally Gabriel Alexander. As I watch over my wife, Jamie, and my son Edward as they work to clean up the leaves...
Chapter Two - Creatures of Death
I saw no creatures, no blood, no dead bodies... i saw the children playing about in the street, the parents about getting the mail and creating small talk with others. i shook my head with confusion and tried not to think about it for now.
A Patient Death 11: Sweat & Shame
**~ Chapter 11: Sweat & Shame ~** When big pig Hando told Breeze the smuggler they were looking for worked out of a place called the Red Lantern Inn, the wolf had expected to find a normal, if perhaps unusually decorated... well, _inn_. "This is a...
A Patient Death 08: Three's Company
**~ Chapter 08: Three's Company ~** Breeze sneezed, cursing the pawful of woodchips and dust he'd just snorted from the air. He shook himself, again raising the axe, and again bringing it down on the errant log blocking the path. _Kunk._ The sound...
A Patient Death 07: King and Country
**~ Chapter 07: King and Country ~** "Get up." Breeze coughed himself awake, scowling at the boot prodding none-too-gently at his ribs. "Hope you enjoyed your night, damn savage." He looked up, his mind wondering briefly if it was time to fight. The...
A Patient Death 24: Gift Horse
**~ Chapter 24: Gift Horse ~** Roland stood on the edge of the overlook, cloak wrapped around himself. The wind buffeted his side, but he paid it no heed. Below them, Niverron burned for the second time this year. The bait had worked, in fact it had...
A Patient Death 23: King of the Mad
**~ Chapter 23: King of the Mad ~** Roland swallowed tightly, shivering into his fur-lined coat. "You alright, m'lord?" One of his guards, a stout orange fox, asked him, shifting in place. "Fine, fine." Roland replied. "Let's get this over with."...
A Patient Death 21: Everyone Talks
**~ Chapter 21: Everyone Talks ~** Erasmus sat next to the bed, watching Breeze. He didn't know what to think. Three weeks locked in this room, with the only company besides Fenton the local weirmother, who occasionally visited to scold Breeze and...
A Patient Death 20: Wicked Hearts
**~ Chapter 20: Wicked Hearts ~** Roland sighed, undoing the buttons on his jacket as he slid it from his shoulders. He licked his lips, tasting the dryness in his mouth and wondering if it were worth weathering Fantine's scorn for a nightcap. He...
A Patient Death 26: Love and War
**~ Chapter 26: Love and War ~** _Nurjan is upon us._That's what the missives said, when Niverron first fell to Astmoor. A devastating blow for the war effort, one of the Emperor's greatest victories in the hundred. _What do they think now?_ Roland...