Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty One
Chapter Fifty One I was still holding the wad of money in my hand when I left the restaurant, which, looking back, I can see was a bad idea. I was walking out of a store, onto a busy street, holding $1200 right where everyone could see it. I guess I...
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...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Seven
Chapter Seven **(Porter)** "Tick, get back here!" Porter yelled as he chased the little tailed boy through the woods. Tick was light on his feet, though, and by the time Porter caught up with him they were already back at the wagon train. The...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty One "This is called a dodger." Toke and Zashiel were back at the Massaro Quarry, standing at the bottom of the cylinder shaped hole they had made into their training area. It was two days after their misadventure at the Flashing...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve **(Porter)** The woman took a hesitant step forward, her hand over her mouth. "Porter?" she asked in a soft whisper. "Is it... I had heard Rayalga talking about you, but... it can't really be..." "How do you know me?" Porter...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Sixty
Chapter Sixty I had been sitting in the waiting room for an hour without being called back when somebody finally came and sat down across from me. I almost didn't want to look at him, or her, or it, for fear of what he/she/it might look like, but I...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty Two
Chapter Fifty Two My pulse spiked as I stared at the card in my hand. I had lost D.K.'s money. I'd actually managed to get it, and then I just let some punk dressed as a neon sign take it from me. D.K. was going to kill me for this! No, I told myself....
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 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...
Juryokine: Chapter Twenty Seven
Chapter Twenty Seven Toke could feel something cold and hard clamped around his body. He groaned softly as consciousness began to return to him, bringing a sharp, throbbing pain with it. It felt like his entire face had been hit by a wrecking ball,...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty Nine
Chapter Fifty Nine "What's wrong with her?" I froze in the hallway, holding Kimberly with her head resting on my shoulder. D.K. was sitting in his normal spot in the living room, a bottle of beer in his hand. "It's nothing," I blurted out. "She......
Amber Silverblood Bonus Chapter 4: Easter 2015
Bonus Chapter #4 Easter 2015 _Ooooh crap,_ I thought, taking off after Roy. _Oh crap, oh crap, oh crap!_ How had he managed to do that? I hadn't even taken my eyes off of him, for crying out loud! How fast would somebody have had to move to...