Recent content by Cassidy Ackerson

  1. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy was only vaguely aware of what was happening; Neith had obviously been granted Mar's magic, but he had no idea how or why it had happened. He didn't know that could happen! Regardless, he wasn't about to look that gift horse in the mouth, not when it enabled her to speed through a...
  2. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Things already weren't looking good for Cassidy; He was surrounded on all sides, with more guards likely on the way to back them up. Their escape was blocked off by a horde of people a city put on high alert by his vindictive step-mother and a community that had been convinced he was a murderer...
  3. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy sneered back at the onlookers, but he paid no mind to the chatter of the growing crowd, as the masses that had been stretched across the parade route began to converge on the singular wagon that carried the Ackerson heir. There was a time when he'd dreamed of returning home, confronting...
  4. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cass had been biding his time, waiting for just the right moment, not realizing that a pair of old friends were hot on his tail. Jerrok and Rae were like sharks smelling blood in the water, and as soon as the crowd dissipated behind Cassidy, he'd have nowhere to run. The dense cluster of men and...
  5. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy himself had long given up on breaking his Father out of his stupor. He'd tried, even before he'd been to callously ousted from the family. Garreth Ackerson was blind to the true colors of his wife, and even if he wasn't, Cassidy wasn't certain that would be enough to sway him. No, his...
  6. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Neith's tightened grip on his hand told Cassidy everything he needed to know about her willingness to help him. Her touch conveyed every ounce of fury and shared sorrow that ran through her body at the sight of Cassidy's pain personified. Any fear that she would falter or waver was dispelled...
  7. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Outside of the darkening gloom of the pair's room, free of the pressure of pain and heartbreak, fanfare began to sound throughout the streets of Inner Oban. The usually busy and crowded roads were cleared of pedestrians both rich and poor, man and woman, in their place sat festive and colorful...
  8. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    "I've never had this much to lose before." Cassidy felt himself wince. Of course she was right. All that they'd gained together, the home they'd bought, the love that they'd forged... A mistake in a place like this, against people like his family... It risked everything. In Cassidy's...
  9. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy stepped back as Neith's frustrations boiled over, a startled expression washing over his face. She'd never shouted at him, never shoved him or stood against him on something he felt so strongly about. As she pushed him aside and began to gather their belongings, Ackerson could only watch...
  10. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    He could feel the tension in the air, lingering from the moment she roused him awake with the tender touch of her lips against his. It would have been naive of him to think this wouldn't affect Neith, being back in Oban, chasing after some mysterious magic that he refused to elaborate on. It...
  11. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Just like that, with the flirtatious laugh of the woman he loved pouring into his ear, all of the strife in his mind was painted over by the deep, vibrant colors of love. Neith was absolutely right, the nightmare that he had to face had waited years to stare back at him, and it would just have...
  12. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Neith's support was always invaluable, but now more than ever it held Cass together when he would otherwise have crumbled. The very notion of being this close to his estranged family, of being this close to the person who hated him more than any other in Arethil... it was mortifying in ways he...
  13. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy tensed again. He'd been asking himself the same question since they'd left the safe haven of their home. Neith, bless her soul, had already been so patient with him over this ordeal: his sudden suggestion they leave home, his refusal to tell her what he sought, and now his obvious...
  14. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    Cassidy didn't need to look over at Neith to know she was struggling with the weight of her memories. The bond the two of them shared had grown deep enough that he could practically feel her aura change beside him the further they traveled into the city where they'd both been born. He shifted...
  15. Cassidy Ackerson

    Private Tales Long Days of Rest

    The smile Cass gave at the revelation of the extent of her talents was bittersweet, though he turned his head to hide that edge to his grin when she leaned her head into the crook of his neck. It was good that she would be able to shorten the length of their trip and make it considerably safer...