The soldiers of the Hæňgaram Empire stood atop the hill that connected the shoreline to the lands above. They stared down upon us and I could tell that my crew was none too pleased by their presence. The gleam of their armor under the moonlight, the pointed tips of their arrows and blades, and the bellows of their horses told us that they seemed ready for co...
***By the Tenth Century, the peoples of Northern Scotland, the Faeroes, Orkneys and Shetland Islands all found their ways of speaking being supplanted by a language that is today known as Old Norse. The more southerly groups regionalized this even more with what is now known as Norn, a rather insular variant which is now extinct other than as a flavoring in...
Native Dawn Series Part 2/ Rogue Dawn Book 1 Candace and Will's Story Dawn's Promise By: J. Lynn Scott Prologue The night was filled with the sounds of battle. The unearthly moans of the dying shattered the peaceful sanctity of the woods. Screams of terror echoed through the darkness. The air was thick with the scent of blood and the cloying, swee...
Thanks as always to Lady_Sith with her editing work and advise. Thank you as well, to anyone who messaged me, to everyone who rates and favorites and all that good stuff. Love hearing from people reading my works, it truly means a lot to me. Axle. ****** Confucius was wrong. Patience isn't a virtue... It's a fucking torture technique. Two days of waiting...
Dominic wasn't sure how long he was unconscious, but it felt like it had been a long time. Dream-like darkness was his constant companion; a thick sludge that clung to him like honey. He was only vaguely aware of what was going on around him. Elusive feelings and random flashes of light kept him just awake enough to know time was, in some fashion, passing. O...
Author's Note: This story involves characters first written about in the short story, "Saved by my Human Mate." You may want to read that first; this story starts about ten years later. -Partwolf ***** The wolf pups tore through the open plan kitchen, the brown and white male chasing the black female as they yipped at each other. The black one took the tu...
Author's Note: I want to thank everyone who has taken the time to read, enjoy and review this story. I love knowing what you all think. To the Anonymous reviewer who mentioned my transposition of the "Your" and "You're" in the previous chapter...i HOPE that's the only time it's happened, but it is very hard to see those things when reading my own work someti...
Orc 4 - Would the real Orc chapter 4 please stand up? Right. Considering the frankly ridiculous amount of time between chapters there is no possible way this will be worth the wait. That said I hope you still enjoy it! No promises for more frequent submissions, however I will say that I do seriously want to make this a more regular occurrence. I will try to...
The sun's fierce light bore down mercilessly on the shimmering water, the relentless light scattered into a million crystal shards, each blinding ray intent on finding it's way into Walter Hansen's tormented eyes. He scanned the light gray instrument panel quickly, noted the threat receiver still blinking intently, and he looked at his airspeed indicator. 46...
He put his hands on her hips, his chest to her back with his head next to hers. "I have always wanted to see you in the sun, but never dreamed I would get to." He kissed the top of Bianca's head, "But there is something going on here and I don't know what it is. I know I am getting more powerful and now it seems you are as well," he said, moving his arms t...