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...
Call of the Void
The dead body hung totally still. There was no wind, and the dead fur had been hanging for days. Nine-year old Brady stared with his eyes wide, his fluffy tail hanging limply between his legs, not unlike the corpse in front of...
A Patient Death 15: Smuggler's Run
**~ Chapter 15: Smuggler's Run ~** Breeze watched Erasmus closely, the otter's furry round face pushed as deep in his hood as it could go. The moonlight glinted in his blue eyes, which - in the darkness of night - currently seemed only a step away...
Black Meridian 13: Kallinger Colours
**13: Kallinger Colours** Justin ran into the night air, eyes peeled for his friend. His mother was howling for he and his sister to get into their beds, but the eleven-year-old hadn't seen his pet feral all evening. Brakka was known to catch a scent...
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...
Black Meridian 17: The Calm Before
**17: The Calm Before** Narem hefted the knife in his paw, feeling the weight. He held it by the tip, studying the blade. Wicked sharp, matte black, narrow, the grip just blunt metal, no rubber, like a sliver of infinity. They belonged to Aloysius,...
Black Meridian 19: Hold Me Close
**[Part Three: Ouroboros]** **19: Hold Me Close** Lyric leaned back against the rearmost wheel of the buggy, unlit cigarette held loosely between his lips. He patted his pockets down for matches, again cursing the Vellem guards. "Here, try not...
Black Meridian 15: Psychic Eyes
**15: Psychic Eyes** Dopesmoker rose from his bed with a mechanical groan. Mornings were always difficult for him, but cold, seven-degree mornings like this were especially bad. His joints sung choirs of protest as he clambered out of bed, wrapping...
A Patient Death 20: Wicked Hearts
**~ Chapter 20: Wicked Hearts ~** Roland sighed, undoing the buttons on his jacket as he slid it from his shoulders. He licked his lips, tasting the dryness in his mouth and wondering if it were worth weathering Fantine's scorn for a nightcap. He...
A Patient Death 23: King of the Mad
**~ Chapter 23: King of the Mad ~** Roland swallowed tightly, shivering into his fur-lined coat. "You alright, m'lord?" One of his guards, a stout orange fox, asked him, shifting in place. "Fine, fine." Roland replied. "Let's get this over with."...
Black Meridian 16: To The Gallows
**16: To The Gallows** Thume trudged forward through the muck, inwardly cursing Bantam and it's poorly maintained thoroughfare. "I'll be glad to be rid of this stupid town, tell you what." He muttered. To his left, Dopesmoker and Ursula nodded in...
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...