Black Meridian 20: Blot in Your Eyes
**20**** : Blot in Your Eyes** Raime Transeldaimor wasn't exactly _thrilled_ at having to pull others share of work, but you did what you had to, he understood that; at the same time however, when he woke that morning a part of him still sneered at...
Retreat and Regroup
Llewellyn Chavez shivered in the cool evening air. It had rained that afternoon and a chill was left on the breeze. Adjusting his coat, the zebra began the short trek back to his car. Deftly avoiding puddles and swearing under his breath. The...
A Patient Death 11: Sweat & Shame
**~ Chapter 11: Sweat & Shame ~** When big pig Hando told Breeze the smuggler they were looking for worked out of a place called the Red Lantern Inn, the wolf had expected to find a normal, if perhaps unusually decorated... well, _inn_. "This is a...
Black Meridian 14: Stage Persona
**14: Stage Persona** Blood on his paws. Blood in his ears. His mouth, nose, clothes, so much blood. Justin's eyes watered as he ran through the cold night air, rogue twigs ripping at his face and shoulders as he sprinted by, pumping his little arms...
Black Meridian 11: Yellow Eyes
**11: Yellow Eyes** "My daddy killed thirty-three people w'this gun. Four 'a them he just beat to death, after running outta ammo he spent killing their friends." The Baron Mason Fulbright said, fingering a large copper-plated revolver. The thing was...
Black Meridian 18: Running on Fumes
**18**** : Running on Fumes** "You should have let me go with them." The burly tiger said for the third time, crossing her arms. Merissa Meridian clucked in reply, shaking her head and flicking the reins. They'd repaired the busted wheel about an...
The Lonely and the Loyal
Oliver's Mum waved as she drove off, the Labrador pup waving back woefully. After a second of watching her go, Oliver readjusted his backpack and began heading in towards the playground. He was _always_ dropped off at school early, since his Mum...
Black Meridian 22: Jack in the Box
**22: Jack in the Box** "We'll just have to go without her." Meridian tsked, shuffling back and forth in place, a clipboard in claw, marking off circus tasks. "Damn it Nobu, couldn't you have picked a better bloody time to screw up?" The leopard...
Leviathan 09: Gospel in Chrome
**09: Gospel in Chrome** "Do you smoke?" Nico hesitates, then leans across the table and accepts the cigarette with two fingers, the way they do in the movies. He's surprised it's the real thing, greenhouse tobacco rolled in crisp paper - a luxury....
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...
A Work of Fiction
"Come on in." Marley said morosely, before retreating to her lounge room and falling down on the couch. After a second of hesitation Brady stepped inside, shutting the door behind him. Looking around, he surveyed the damage left by the party, still...
A Patient Death: Epilogue
**~ Epilogue ~** _Two Years Later._ Breeze crept into the quiet hall, the torches dim, his knee throbbing distantly. The leg mostly worked as normal now, although the cold tundra of the north sent aching spikes through the joint intermittently. His...