Juryokine: Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty Toke lay on the cool evening grass for a few minutes, letting his frantic heartbeat slow down. His eyes were glued to the spot in the sky where the spearman had vanished. Had he and Zashiel really just gone toe to toe with him, and...
Juryokine: Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Nineteen When Toke finally awoke, it was night time. He sat up, wincing as the hours spent lying on corn stalks took its toll, and saw Zashiel standing right where she had been before, chakrams still in hand. "What time is it?" he asked,...
Juryokine: Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Eighteen "No!" Toke screamed, and sat up in bed. He sat there for a minute, shaking, before his brain kicked in and he recognized his dorm. After giving the room another glance to make sure he was alone, he hesitantly laid his head back...
Juryokine: Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen Toke crouched atop a building, a cool gust of wind tugging at his jacket as he faced the Capitol. His skin crawled as he knelt there, sure that, at any moment, Klevon was going to swoop down and slaughter him. The mission had just...
Juryokine: Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen The next day, Toke woke up and immediately went to his window to check for a note. There wasn't one. A pit formed in his stomach, but he buried it with an indifferent shrug before getting dressed and stepping into the hallway. _I...
Juryokine: Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Fifteen Toke's fingers twitched, sending the battery clattering to his desk for the third time in ten minutes. "Could you keep it down?" the student next to him asked irritably. "I'm trying to concentrate." "Sorry," Toke mumbled, picking...
Juryokine: Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fourteen Toke's alarm clock had barely begun to ring before his hand shot out, turning it off. He swung his legs out from over his bed and stood up, yawning as he stretched his arms and rolled his head, popping the kinks out of his...
Juryokine: Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Thirteen For a single, confusing minute when he woke up, Toke thought he was back in the cornfield the morning after swallowing Zashiel's feather. His head throbbed underneath the sticky heat of the summer sun, and dozens of tiny, sharp...
Juryokine: Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve A strange crackling filled the air as the spear came down, but it was immediately drowned out by an even louder crack as it split the ground beneath it open. Toke rolled and loosened gravity so that when he pushed up with his hands...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Nineteen **(Sarah)** Sarah flopped down gratefully on the hard marble floor next to Misty. She and the others had gone back to rejoin Ozzie, Misty, Faska, and Manchi, leaving Droma alone to work on the lock. "What did you find?" the elf...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Eighteen **(Vega)** Vega hissed as he ran his hand over the tear in his Slayer's coat. That accursed giant had managed to break through his defenses once, and even though he hadn't actually been injured Vega would now have to return to the...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen **(Glenda)** Dread weighed heavily in Glenda's heart as she was towed behind the army of Mythics. Her hands were cuffed together, and a long chain tethered her to the troll that had been assigned to be her keeper. Her feet,...