Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 5
Tun-Na heard everything. Nusha had been wandering through the forest for hours now. It was getting dark, but still she pushed onwards, as if pursued by her own fears. It wasn't the end of the world. She tried to tell herself that. Tun-Na's word was...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 4
"I request an audience with Countess Arriana Valga." The castle guards blinked at her. She cleared her throat and repeated herself. "I request an audience wi--" "We heard you the first time. But you can't just waltz in here expecting to see the...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 3
Nusha's ears pricked up at the sound of horses and men's voices. She crawled out of her bed of mud and pine needles and stumbled through the trees. After a few minutes of trailing the sound she emerged onto a road where a caravan was trundling...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 15
The chamber was dark when they entered. Nusha squinted, her eyes quickly adjusted to the gloom. It was a wide, spacious room, and all around the edges were crates, piles of clothes, and weapons. The Akaviri army had clearly used this room for storage,...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 14
Karme was greeted by a skeleton as soon as she stepped inside the fort. She readied a fireball realising that this one was well and truly dead. She approached carefully, in case it changed its mind, but it stayed on the ground. There was a piece of...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 13
"Tun-Na." Nusha practically spat the name out. He had always been a thorn in her side. She had hoped that once they came of age, went their separate ways to complete their assignments for the Brotherhood, that they would at least be able to slip into...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 12
From Dragonclaw Rock they made quick progress westward. With the snowstorm gone, they could talk more freely, and Karme filled Nusha in on the history of the Akaviri invasion. It was comforting to recall details from her tutoring, and it excited her to...
Balanced on the Knife Edge Ch. 10
Karme expected to plunge into darkness, but the sewers were filled with a faint natural light, just enough to see by. Which could only mean one thing: they were almost to freedom. Once she was sure they were safe, her emotions took over. Hot tears...
Part 3: The Arena Blademaster
_'You said the slavers took you and other hatchlings to market, but the city you described was most likely Leyawiin.'_ Bloodies-His-Face nodded. 'They took us to Leyawiin first, and then they sailed up the Niben to Bravil where they tried again,'...