She woke when the carriage began to slow, her eyes fluttering open. "Wake up M'lady. We are here." He gazed down at her, smiling, and she leaned up, her eyes dreary with sleep and kissed him ever so softly. "I could get very used to waking up to your smile," she whispered. He kissed her back tenderly and pulled away just as the door of the carriage opened...
Michael retreated from the gorge with his new companion, retracing his steps back towards the river. He thought briefly about taking one of the wolves with him for a meal, but it seemed like a bad idea with his new companion still pausing every few steps to look back for the rest of her pack. Glancing up he saw that the sun was still quite low on the horiz...
An Anasazi village carved into a steep red rock canyon, below a dusty and arid mesa, lay hidden away from the rest of the world. The village housed a small collection of families, all of which were known for their individual contributions. One such family had only one daughter, A 19-year old named Lomamana, which in Anasazi means, "the beautiful one." Her el...
Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * "Please," begged the woman, both her shaky, bloody, arms reaching. "Take me. Take me now, I beg of you." It glanced back in the direction the seer was reaching and there he stood, the pale, handsome, young man. "He won't help you," it said. "He never does. He just watches and waits." "Please," begged the seer, still rea...
The first I knew that I was being hunted was the arrow that sliced my shoulder. Its silver tip burning the skin as it grazed the flesh near my neck. Another couple of inches and it would have been my throat. I spun round and scanned the tree line, the nails of my hands extending into claws. A slight tingle in my eyes and I was sure they had taken on their s...
A World of Womencraft Story Kris leaned back against the tree and casually watched his archons graze on the lowland plains. The Hinterlands were known in the area as a harsh, unforgiving terrain, but near the Blasted Mountains, there were sprawling highlands and lowlands rife with long grass. Raising archons was time consuming work. Six months out of the ye...
+ He was running through the dark forest. The hunters were closing in. He must survive. He tried to look behind while running to see if any hunter was in sight, but saw no one. May be they lost him. May be its time to stop running and look for a shelter. Or is it? The hunters are very cunning. They can hide in the shadow eyeing their prey and then come ou...
There was a bow and some arrows out by the garbage in the alley when I came home from work. The bow was small, maybe two feet long, and made of some sort of pink plastic or maybe some kind of mineral; something I'd never seen before. There were three arrows in the little quiver, and they were tiny too, but perfectly straight and wickedly sharp, with exquisit...
Earth Gatineau Park Dungeon, Quebec August 15, 2019 07:44 EDT Shortly after we finished off the floor boss, there was a rumbling sound and a small section of the stone floor gave way, revealing a staircase leading down, presumably to the seventh floor. First up, though, was gathering all the stuff left behind by the skeletons we killed. While everyone e...
(Nanda Parbat) John Was Sparring With Ra's al Ghul, Ra's Had Centuries of Experience Over John, But John was Ra's Horseman For A Reason. John had Served Four Tours in Afghanistan and Had A Well-Deserved Reputation As A Master Hand-To-Hand Combatant and Infiltrator. John Was Previously Part of A Joint-Military and ARGUS Taskforce as it's Executive Officer, an...