vengeance

Several months had passed since Nymeasha's induction into the Empire, an induction which had been based upon a promise: that Medja would aid the Princess of Salitra in tracking down her betrayer and getting her the justice she deserved. That was a promise that she intended to keep, yet she was...

"Tell me your name!" Heike said. Her words desperate and pleading. She was crouched down in the snow and the palms of her clawed hands were pressed down on the dying man's shoulders. An empty vial of coagulating salve lay next to Heike's feet. Around them the snow continued to gently fall in the...