Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Fifty Six
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Fifty Six \*\*\*\*\* Shrouded in a veil of crumbling dream, Revaramek followed the music. Behind him, there was only darkness, and silence. Ahead of him was also dark, but there was song, there was life. He crawled towards the...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Forty Four
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Forty Four \*\*\*\*\* When the storms faded at last, Vakaal followed his father to the front of the tunnels. Father put his hands to the stone, and took a deep breath. The rock parted before him like hide curtains being pulled...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Twenty One
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Twenty One \*\*\*\*\* Mother was already gone when the hatchling awoke. Her dawn farewell was a drowsy memory of loving licks and soft murmurs woven into his dreams. The scraps of old fur and hide she slept usually upon were...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Seventy Eight
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Seventy Eight \*\*\*\*\* "Alright." Asterbury cracked his knuckles, his oversized ears perked. "Time for my spin the globe trick. Brace yourself." "Can't we just go there the normal way?" Revaramek groaned, unsure that his...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Seventy Seven
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Seventy Seven \*\*\*\*\* "You stay the hell away from my family!" Revaramek snarled and unsheathed his claws as protective instincts raged inside him. "I won't let you-" Asterbury put a hand on Revaramek's chin, a gentle touch...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Seventy Five
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Seventy Five \*\*\*\*\* "No! Stay out of that water. Do you want to go back in the cave?" Revaramek glared at his son from a short distance away, trying his best to act angry. But the hatchling didn't even seem to notice him....
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Thirty Five
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Thirty Five \*\*\*\*\* A strange sort of loneliness settled over the hatchling as he made his last patrol around the only home he'd ever known. Mother was leaving soon, and this time she was taking him with her. They would not...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Sixty Four
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Sixty Four \*\*\*\*\* The creak of the door opening startled Vakaal from his fitful slumber. He jumped to his feet, reaching for his knife. But it hadn't been it his hip since the day he was caught. Though his shaping remained, it...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Sixty Three
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Sixty Three \*\*\*\*\* Sometime in the dark of night, Revaramek awoke with a piercing scream. He jumped to his paws so fast he banged his head against the stone ceiling. Pain thudded through him and brought a second cry. He...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Sixty
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Sixty \*\*\*\*\* "You should learn to hunt." "I _know_ how to hunt." Revaramek arched his neck. He flicked his spines out, trying to glare at Nyramyn. As always, the way she smiled at him, the tiny tilt of her head, it was...
Revaramek the Resplendent: Chapter Eighty
\*\*\*\*\* Chapter Eighty \*\*\*\*\* For an instant that spanned eternity, Revaramek traveled through the infinite spiral of stars. Wreathed in heat and cold, he pierced the endless void between worlds. The once-familiar smell of burning vellum...
That Tell-Tale Heart, Guilt.
you cradle it in your hands like a lover's beating heart feel its gentle pulse as it tries to dig into your veins you can feel it / a little bit of corruption thriving beneath the surface of skin and flesh and matter you may deserve it / you may...