best friends

"Come on boy." Otho disliked the saddle, especially at first. It meant that Voe was going to feed him that certain mixture ores and minerals that reacted so spectacularly within him. Otho whined but followed unwilling to face disobedience. The bucket smelled of salt peter and lime. Death to...

Nightmares had become the unwelcome guest in my life. Tormenting me night after night the moment I surrendered to slumber’s warm embrace. And when closing my eyes, I signed the contract with the nightmare. For several weeks, Ysobel’s life had been a living hell. Every night she was ripped...

Khari sat at the prow of the small boat that she had commissioned to take them up the coast to Nari. There was an excited smile on her face, like a child who was looking out forward to the trip ahead. They had only left Dornoch a few hours ago, but Khari had hardly left her place on the front of...

Varés Henry Bauer Talus stood quietly on leaning on the side of the window, watching the streets below with no small amount of disinterest. Varés was one of the Free Cities of Cortos, one of the few places that the Radiant Church had not managed to dominate completely. The Count here had...