The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Nineteen
Chapter Nineteen ** ** **(POV: Porter)** "Everyone, get behind me!" Porter commanded, holding Flicker up in a threatening stance. Tick whimpered a little when he saw the men in the black coats, and went to hide behind Sarah. To Ozzie, Porter said,...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Eighteen
Chapter Eighteen **(POV: Ozzie)** Ozzie saw the Slayers arrival before he saw the Slayers themselves. A thousand teleportation rings lit up the forest behind him like a second sun had ignited underneath the trees, and the young man raced down the...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Seventeen
Chapter Seventeen ** ** ** (POV: Sarah)** The gnome turned to look at Sarah through bleary red eyes, and the scowl on his face was almost enough to make her go slinking back to Father Lucius' table. She steeled her nerves, though. She _had_to talk...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Sixteen
Chapter Sixteen **(POV: Ozzie)** _The fairy army,_ Ozzie thought as he leaned back against a tree. _A worthy challenge for the heroic Slayer, Ozzie Druid!_ He was lying at the bottom of the hill, less than a hundred feet from his thousand tiny...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Fifteen
Chapter Fifteen **(POV: Ozzie)** Ozzie watched the sun set, sitting with his back against a tree. A few feet away from him, a small fire crackled, and the scent of a cooking squirrel wafted through the air. He glanced at the fire to make sure the...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Fourteen
Chapter Fourteen **(POV: Porter)** ** ** "Here is where you will be staying," Brother Koob said as he unlocked the door and waved Porter and Tick through. Inside, there was a dresser with a mirror mounted on top, another door that led to a modern...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Thirteen
Chapter Thirteen **(POV: Porter)** How much farther is it to the Historians' Tower?" Porter asked. The sun was beating down on the four travelers again, and this time the temperature had risen so high that even Tick was content to walk...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twelve
Chapter Twelve **(POV: Ozzie)** Goblin bodies lay strewn all around what had once been their campsite. Blood soaked the earthy ground, and Ozzie could already hear crows cawing from up above, eager to investigate the enticing smell. He grinned his...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Eleven
Chapter Eleven **(POV: Sarah)** "Yeah, it was just sitting there at the edge of town." Sarah's head was spinning, but she could tell she was lying on something hard. She tried to open her eyes, but the sense of motion threatened to make her sick,...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Ten
Chapter Ten **(POV: Porter)** After two nights of sleeping on the hard, cold ground, Droma's bed felt like a cloud. Porter was asleep the minute his head touched the pillow, and he didn't wake up until long after sunrise-- and only then because...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Nine
Chapter Nine ** (POV: Porter)** Porter looked up in terror at the Tall Thing as it came into the camp. It was aptly named, because its head almost touched the branches on the trees above it. Its hood was up, and in the darkness Porter couldn't see...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Eight
Chapter Eight ** ** **(POV: Ozzie)** "Ozzie?" Ozzie was staring out the window, barely aware of who was speaking to him. The sun was shining bright, with hardly a cloud in the sky. What a shame, to be missing it, trapped inside Red Castle. The...