The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Forty
Chapter Forty **(POV: Porter)** Everything was dark. "W- what's going on?" Porter asked, looking around. He couldn't feel Lowatai's hand on his head anymore. "We are in your mind," the elf's voice answered. A soft light broke the darkness to his...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Thirty Nine
Chapter Thirty Nine **(POV: Porter)** A soft hand touched Porter's cheek. "S- Sarah?" he mumbled. The young man lay on his back with his eyes closed. His entire body felt numb, except for the part of his face where the hand was touching...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Thirty Eight
Chapter Thirty Eight **(POV: Misoki)** "So, you said you know Sarah?" Misoki asked as she lay on her side, letting Droma's fire warm her belly. The giant pulled down his hood, letting the firelight dance on his smooth, shaven head, and...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Thirty Seven
Chapter Thirty Seven **(POV: Porter)** Porter and the others had already been on the move for two hours when the sun rose, doing a feeble job of chasing away the cold. Porter was in the lead, stepping with more energy than he'd had in weeks....
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty Two
**Chapter Twenty Two** ** ** **(POV: Sarah)** It was the middle of the day, and Sarah was beginning to long for the cold winds of winter as the blazing sun milked her for every drop of sweat she could produce. It had been a full day since Porter...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty One **(POV: Porter)** _"Porter? Porter?"_ The name bounced inside the young man's head like an echo in a cave, soft but persistent. His skull felt like it was being inflated like a balloon... and it wouldn't take much more to pop...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty ** ** **(POV: Mr. Heisen)** The morning sun rose above the trees, bathing the ruins of Heisen Manor with light. Where the sphinx family's mansion had once stood tall and proud, there was nothing but a pile of ash and blackened timber....
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...