Chapter 17 Survivors Carl Witherspoon looked on at the burning house shaking his head. He had received the call from the Sterling butler, Charles, and at his insistence had assembled his team and driven up. They must have arrived shortly after John Sterling and Isabelle, but the damage had been done. The house was now engulfed in flames. Several team member...
Chapter 4: The gift Once Pegasus had rested sufficiently from their journey, Gabriel began taking long solitary rides on the mare. He sought out the uninhabited areas where farmland had lain fallow for so long that it had given way to meadows and young forests. One early morning he saw Stefan, the stablemaster, leading a speckled mare out of the stable, f...
Isolde leaves her home and sets off on her own My son, Faun, had turned 5 years old and was a sturdy, happy little boy. He spent most of his time in the forest, communicating with the creatures and chasing the wood-nymphs. Mother and Grandmother had continued to teach me all that they knew. But it was time for more to explore the world. Mother and Grandmot...
Chapter 1 Awakening The girl started to wake up. She was young, at least in the eyes of some cultures. In the eyes of others, she was well into adulthood. On her home world, she was considered to have just barely reached the age where she could make life altering decisions for herself. The people who brought her here always took those who were legal on the...
A lot of people ask me about dates and times. Though one can read the Alrek/Larya stories in any order, and I even encourage it, the events of this story take place in Year 115, mid-fall. The next story chronologically is Sea Slimes, which takes place in Year 114, summer (don't ask why it's counting down, nobody knows and it's just too much trouble to argue...
"I have to admit, I'm growing increasingly frustrated. I know in my gut that Terica is behind this, but I can't figure out why, or how to prove it." "We must figure out our next course of action, before someone else is hurt." Renwa leaned his mouth against his threaded fingers. "We can't figure out where or who she'll strike next and this bothers me." "I'...
Please forgive the redundant copyright messages, I've found that sometimes my stories are copypasted in part and used elsewhere. Copyright of Nanna Marker 2010. * "Wehiloooooo." "Oh my, oh my," said Kuruma and chuckled at herself. Her mouth was watering as if she were a little girl and not an old toothless crone. "What is it, grandma?" asked Tobi, her f...
I choked on the dust and the smoke from the small explosion, and tried not to inhale any of it. Looking around the room, I saw Annissina standing on the other side, a maniacal gleam in her eyes. I stood, tried to wipe the grime off my clothes, and searched for some relatively clean air. "Never again!" I vowed. "I thought I was actually going to die that tim...
From the time I was born to my twelfth birthday I remember my mother telling me that I control my own fate, that I make my own destiny. I never truly understood her until now. Now, after all this time of being without her, I finally understand what she meant. She was trying to figure out the best way to tell me about what I am. I am one of the Marked, I am...
Jessica is just like any other student in her early 20s, if not maybe a little sheltered. Some of her experiences in college thus far have brought her out of her shell a bit, and though she leans more introverted, she's almost always ready to try something new. Her upbringing has been fairly conservative, and while her kin might find her to be an adventurous...