The Weakest Link
**Chapter Five: The Weakest Link** Rain made the days even more miserable. Bailey had assumed that working under a hot sun was the worst possible condition, but apparently, he had been wrong. Whilst it was true that the sun burned your back, dried...
Playing Pretend
**Chapter Eight: Playing Pretend** Bailey stood in line, shifting uncomfortably. The damned weather was being it's usual unpredictable self, and after being rained on all of yesterday they were now being subjected to fur sizzling-temperatures....
A Patient Death 01: Descending
**A Patient Death** **Part One: The Age of Insanity** **~ Chapter 01: Descending ~** Breeze raked a claw through the mud, dragging his body forward, the stench of piss and shit and blood filling his nostrils. Death stained the senses in a way few...
Black Meridian 26: Closed Circle
**26: Closed Circle** _[Imagine you are Fletcher Fulbright.]_ A cold voice in the darkness, syllables like ice. _[Who is that?]_ Dark eyes watching, a chilling cradle of support. It all ends here, it had to, and you know that. There can be no...
A Patient Death 04: Civilised Folk
**~ Chapter 04: Civilised Folk ~** "Halt, you there, on the horse!" A hurried voice cried, the words splashing at Breeze's backside. Clenching his teeth, he pulled reluctantly on the reigns to stop Marlough's pace. The horse's hooves clomped on the...
A Patient Death 03: The Gift of Guilt
**~ Chapter 03: The Gift of Guilt ~** Lord Roland san Estoc did not care for Claude Morgan. He watched him now, resisting the urge to roll his eyes as the Inquisitor studied the clerk's order. His lips moved as he read over the order, the faint sound...
Black Meridian: White Lies
# **Black Meridian: White Lies** _What kind of name is Spoons anyway?_ That was the thought running through Nadine's head, as she approached the little nest in the rocks that the gang's head cook had made himself. There were always stupid thoughts...
A Patient Death 05: Kingmakers
# **~ Chapter 05: Kingmakers ~** Breeze hissed as the weirmother smeared a foul-smelling black paste across his gaping shoulder wound. She was a twisted old branch of a woman, perhaps a once stocky raven, perhaps even once the envy of her flock; but...
A Patient Death 06: Wail of the North
**~ Chapter 06: Wail of the North ~** Roland gazed through the glowing crimson of his wine glass onto the city below, deflating. The relief of being finally, mercifully alone washed over him like warm bathwater, and he felt his hide twitch with the...
A Patient Death 13: Tied Down
**Part Two: Foam Born** **~ Chapter 13: Tied Down ~** _Like a soothed pup in cotton._ It was a saying for a reason. Breeze and Erasmus watched as Abigail slept soundly in the makeshift crib, blankets rising and falling with each tiny breath. The...
A Patient Death 12: Annihilation
**~ Chapter 12: Annihilation ~** Miverwak flinched as the report was slapped into his paw, licking his lips, nerves electrified at the prospect of undertaking his first _true_ task. No more scrubbing latrines for ungrateful soldiers, no more oiling...
Keeping Secrets
Max looked up from his mug of hot chocolate, smiling into Brady's eyes. The wolf smiled back, before breaking the contact to sip his coffee. He moaned a little as he drank the hot liquid, inhaling the very essence of the caffeine. Max sipped his own...