The warriors rushed through the secret passage. Commander Braze lead them through winding tunnels until they climbed up a narrow leaf strewn tunnel and surfaced in the heart of the Lumar's kingdom. Zak, Remi, and Seth rushed forward, swords in hands to where the sounds of battle rang out. Just over the crest of a hill, Zak looked down and stopped in his tr...
Why did I start to run? I don't think I really even know. I guess ...that maybe it might have been to get into shape. I'm sure that was the start of it. I was feeling rather poorly about the way I looked in the mirror. Then I saw her. I have no idea what her name is. I've never worked up the courage to do more than smile at her as we run past each other...
Chronicles of the Black Swords Black Steel Reborn I can smell the smoke of the burning towns. The harsh smell of the farms we put to the torch to deny the orcs forage. They burned everything else to show us their displeasure. It was a stupid thing to do anyway. The orcs just started eating our dead. To them it doesn't much matter. Meat is meat. I take a...
Alayne stood on the crest of the hill, her bow slung over her shoulder, her quiver emptied; below her lay the ravaged battlefield strewn with the filth and remains of their enemies. The sun had not yet begun to set and already the battle was over. Beside her was Cicale, tall and proud; a warrior in every sense of the word. The two women stood in silent compa...
I'd lost the love of my life and felt like life wasn't worth living. And then along came Fate, forcibly reminding me through tragedy that one should never take one's loved ones for granted. You never know when you might lose them. My name is Yasmin Hussein, and I'm a young Somali-Canadian Muslim woman living in the City of Ottawa, Ontario. What I'm about to...
In an alternate universe, Robert's Rebellion has failed and after winning the epic duel at the Trident, Crown Prince Rhaegar Targaryen spared Lord Robert Baratheon's life. Alongside his new brother-in-law, Lord Eddard Stark, Rhaegar led both the Rebels and the Loyalist armies to the capital to depose his father only to find the Mad King stabbed in the back b...
Author's Note: Sorry the follow up has taken a while, enjoy! ***** Alain and Elizabeth crunched over tightly packed snow towards Oakenwood. They had left their family's farm after helping their father prepare for winter, and joined a merchant train travelling north from Bukhta. Their stores were laden with all manner of exotic spices, silks and trinkets fr...
I slowly rode my horse through the forest enjoying the cool breeze. I was farther in the kingswood then I had ever been as I traveled along the trail heading back towards the small town known as huntersrest. Though I had been living in the city for a month now I still felt more at home out here in the wilderness. City life was growing on me a little each day...
CHAPTER 1 Petra's spell Petra stares from his master's tower window, the highest in the castle as shocks rush through the wooden rafters where mice live. Dust knocks loose from the ceiling framework, catching light off Petra's glowing staff. Staring, crazed, his eyes peer out into the night. A single word slips from his mouth, "Bathemus..." Twenty yard...
Author's Note Last chapter I mentioned that my friend Kate who would have loved to have the opportunities that Jill in the story has, is having a difficult time. When her money ran out she moved back with her husband, after which he was diagnosed with cancer and recently passed away. She feels guilty now having the desires and wild times she did, but she al...