The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty Six
Chapter Forty Six **(POV: Sarah)** "Porter?" "Up here." Sarah paused and looked up into trees. Porter was sitting up in the topmost branches of an old oak, his legs dangling over the side of sturdy branch. The sight was enough to make the sphinx...
Juryokine: Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten "What do you mean there's no class today?" Toke asked in outrage. "Just what I said," the secretary snapped, standing behind his desk instead of sitting at it. "Professor Navras has fallen ill and cannot be here to teach you...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty Five
Chapter Forty Five ** ** **(POV: Porter)** The whole world seemed to come to a halt when Mortoph appeared. The wind ceased to blow, and the crickets in the woods stopped chirping. The only sound Porter could hear was the pounding of his own...
Juryokine: Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine When Toke stumbled back into his dorm that night, sore and on the verge of passing out, he let out a ragged sigh. Zashiel had pushed him all day long, for over seven hours straight. The breaks, when she allowed them, had only been long...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty Four
Chapter Forty Four **(POV: Porter)** Graybark Drive. A chill ran down Porter's spine and his palms went slick with sweat when he saw the sign, barely legible under the rust and moss that had grown on it over the years. A cold breeze blew down the...
Juryokine: Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight Toke's head throbbed with pain as sunlight attacked his eyelids. The hot air was sticky with humidity, and the rough bed of corn cobs and stalks didn't allow him the illusion that he was lying in his dorm at school. With a groan, he...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty Three
Chapter Forty Three **(POV: Porter)** "You can open your eyes now." Porter felt like he was frozen in place, flinching from an attack that would never come. Faska's voice was cool and reassuring, and besides that Porter couldn't hear the sounds...
Juryokine: Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven It was past noon when the great doors of the Capitol opened again and Professor Navras stepped outside. He paused for a few seconds, shielding his eyes from the sun as he scanned the area, and quickly spotted Toke sitting against the...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty Two
Chapter Forty Two **(POV: Porter)** Azkular was in Red Castle. Porter didn't even have to think about it to make up his mind. He'd abandoned the djinn once already, but he wasn't going to make the same mistake twice. Hurrying back through the...
Juryokine: Chapter Six
Chapter Six Toke woke up bright and early the morning of his twentieth birthday. As soon as the first few rays of dawn poked their way through his blinds, he was practically leaped out of bed, and twenty minutes later he was showered and dressed....
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty One
Chapter Forty One **(POV: Porter)** Red Castle stood tall and imposing at the center of a flat, grassy plain, like a scarlet beast that blocked out the early morning sun. Porter and Faska knelt in the underbrush at the edge of the forest, with the...
Juryokine: Chapter Five
Chapter Five "Try not to order anything _too_ expensive," Mr. Gnasher advised his family as they sat down to look at their menus. The restaurant Evanya had seen on arriving in Jerulkan was called Tivinski Kolo, one of the finest, and most pricey,...