A Patient Death 02: Let the Dead Judge
**~ Chapter 02: Let the Dead Judge ~** _At least when I'm dead, I won't have to move._ Breeze thought, sagging in the saddle, Erasmus's slender paws tight around his waist. Everything hurt. His face throbbed with the devil's fire, his muscles were...
House Mutt
**Twelve: House Mutt** "Get up, lazy mutt." Bailey yelped as the sharp end of a broom was jabbed into his stomach, violently waking him. He scurried away on his ass until his back hit the wall, and he was forced to look up. A hornless Akkedisian...
Blood and Dirt and Bone
**Eleven: Blood and Dirt and Bone** _Die young, save yourself._ Resh thought, handing Misha a piece of bread. The mutt took it but did not eat, his eyes lost in some other place. _Nothing ever stays the same...I know. I always take the...
If They Ever Learn the Truth
**Thirteen: If They Ever Learn the Truth** Oderan was sitting on the side of his bed when the knock came at the door. He'd had a nightmare of some kind, already forgotten in the haze of morning. He ran a claw over his head, tracing it along one of...
Leviathan 01: Name of the Game
**01: Name of the Game** There is no perfect way to tell someone you love them. Especially if they aren't expecting it. Nico's telling himself it's the message that matters most, that it's the person behind it and not the packaging it comes in. He's...
Leviathan 03: The Professional Difference
**03: The Professional Difference** "Kal, for once, don't be a cunt." The short, barking laugh of an insufferably smug border collie is all that comes back through the phone. Vick rolls her neck, pacing back and forth along the wharf. Most people...
Leviathan 12: Speak Your Word
**12: Speak Your Word** Air that's taut like a noose, breaths held in unison, questioning eyes. The crowd's fingers rest on Nico's trigger. They came for Ahab but they got him instead, they're happy enough that way, what they _really_ want is...
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....
These Scars of Ours
**Twenty: These Scars of Ours** _Two Years Later._ Garrett woke slowly, vision fading in gradually. The bed was warm, and he stretched out in it, groaning slightly as his joints popped. Being able to wake up whenever he wanted, it was one of the...
Spilling Over
**Three: Spilling Over** "So... feeling ready?" Clara asked, crossing her legs and leaning back in her seat. Max sighed, her own legs folded beneath her on the seat, her grey hospital-issue tracksuit bunching up around her knees. The young fox took...
Thicker Than Water
**Five: Thicker Than Water** _Connect The Dots - Ayreon_ Dinner with his brother was more awkward than Ethan would have liked. After leaving the city, he drove absentmindedly for hours. He wasn't sure how long exactly, but it must have been a...
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...