Recent content by Shiloh Albright

  1. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    The bald man laughed; his tone was warm yet boisterous despite their circumstances. When he crossed his arms over his chest, his shoulders rolled back, tightening the cord of muscle along his neck and broadening his chest. If any of Santiago's words unnerved him, he didn't show it. "Santi,"...
  2. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    At this point, Shiloh was used to grabbing Santiago's skinny wrist to drag him all around Elbion. She hadn't thought about it until now, but they must have been a funny sight to behold. When she turned to look back at him, the way his robes and long, bright hair moved was far less dignified than...
  3. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    “Show off. I thought you said you lacked familiarity with this kind of stuff?” Shiloh was quick to huff out, crossing her arms over her chest so she could glower at Santiago as he smiled wide for her. For a moment, her heart betrayed her, the steady tempo quickening, threatening to make her...
  4. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    The feline familiar wasn’t partial to the skinny human they had continued to cross paths with for the past ten years, and as fate would have it, the cat itself was a fickle thing. It wasn’t partial to Santiago either, but it was partial towards one thing in particular, mischief. So it readied...
  5. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    “Don’t help him!” Shiloh protested once more but Mr. Sneezy could hardly care her personal shit-scooper’s complaining. Another flicker of her ears and Shiloh had her answer. The black cat went to circle around Santiago and the frog, inspecting the two of them with the sort of interested...
  6. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    Her head raised up, her dark eyes were wide with good-natured humor. “When I lose?” She asked, a hint of laughter in her voice even though she tried to sound appalled by such a statement. Shiloh scoffed, rolling her shoulders back as if adding a spell to a frog was the same as menial labor...
  7. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    “A wager, you say,” Shiloh said, a devilish look in her eyes. She looked over her shoulder back at Santi. Mr. Sneezy, that traitor, had trotted her happy, furry self to Santiago. The cat chittered for attention, rubbing her cheek against Santiago’s calf. Shiloh tried not to look jealous or...
  8. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    The group of young men were enthralled by the display of magic, something so simple and yet still extraordinary. They turned to look at one another, then back to the two newcomers before looking amongst themselves again. Shiloh was grinning at Santi’s inclination to participate in her little...
  9. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    Her dark brows raised in momentary surprise as he took her hand once more, bowing like she had yet his gesture inherently held refinement despite his bemused grin. Shiloh straightened, tilting her head as she looked up into his eyes. With a gentle squeeze to Santiago’s warm hand, she decided...
  10. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    “My parents don’t like gambling. My mother specifically told me how low class frog racing was and not to do it. But whenever someone tells me not to do something, I end up wanting to do it a lot more than I did before. So I do it and consequences be damned.” Shiloh had no idea that Santiago had...
  11. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    Shiloh gave her biggest grin, dark eyes alight with mirth and mischief. With a gentle squeeze, she began to lead Santiago. No one could blame her for wanting to hold onto the hand of a pretty boy like Santiago. She really hoped that this time her hands wouldn’t get clammy from her nerves, so...
  12. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    She followed after Santiago’s unspoken idea, getting up herself. She didn’t care about stains. Shiloh never did her own laundry, that was on Ina, the in-house maid. It was a luxury that few had, it was also a luxury that Shiloh wouldn’t appreciate until she had to start doing her own laundry...
  13. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    Santiago suited him better than Pretty Boy did. She was glad to finally put a name to his face. Heat crawled to her cheeks. He was a student at the College? It was just her luck to somehow get tangled up with College student. Yet he didn’t regard her with disgust. It meant he didn’t know of her...
  14. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    Mr. Sneezy purred as compliment. She was proud of the man’s assessment. Usually everyone thought she was a pet. And a male. She didn’t have the time to explain to everyone that Shiloh was foolish and stubborn. They often would find out for themselves soon enough. “Because….” Shiloh trailed off...
  15. Shiloh Albright

    Private Tales Swallow Steps

    “Because we were being chased.” Shiloh responded fast, inhaling deeply soon after. “She was being chased.” Mr. Sneezy corrected. “You were just dumb enough to get caught up in it.” The cat shared a silent exchange with Shiloh. Elbion’s greatest delinquent huffed and turned her head from the...