Once upon time there lived a handsome young king named James, who lived in a beautiful, glorious kingdom. However, he was deeply impoverished; James planned to make a critical alliance to finance his kingdom, and most importantly feed his starving people. One fateful morning King James left his kingdom to make a pilgrimage to a neighboring kingdom to negoti...
Aeva scoffed at the notion. "I have the Ultiplex. I am invincible. What could possibly worry me?" "Mistress, with all due respect, you are not invincible. Verily is your sword legendary, boasting powers both destructive and protective, but it is only one part of the set. In addition, you are not a learned Sorceress, and your ability to wield the Ultiplex is...
The Kingdom of Mirantia.... Known and admired throughout the world as the fair land where magic and mortal coexist. For well over one hundred years the inhabitants of the kingdom have prospered, thanks in no small measure to the wise leadership of a succession of good kings. Its current monarch, King Malcolm, has continued the policies of his father and gran...
The souls of exceptionally wicked men are made to endure a special Rite of Passage in Hell and those who succeed, they get to become Demons. In mortal life, I was Baler, the right-hand man of His Highness the Great Aku, an ancient king who ruled over the Basaa people in what is today called Cameroon. In my time, I was a particularly brutal warlord. I was bor...
Chapter Eighteen Queen Velorina was nursing her newborn babe when the guard stormed in. All black armor, he clanged over to the queen. A vassal of King Toros's trailed behind him, his gangly form stumbling the moment he entered the queen's birthing chambers. He looked young, no older than eight and ten with light hair that fell into his blue eyes. He spo...
The end is coming. I tried so hard to prevent it. Seriously. A lot of people say that but I'm not most people. In fact, I'm not like anything you've ever seen. My name is Azor. I am a Super Vampire. Not just any Vampire. One of the Guardians of the World. We were the Masters of the Night. The lordly Vampires that ordinary Vampires feared. A long time ago, th...
"Guten Morgen (good morning)," I said cheerfully to everyone. I grabbed my books a hurried to my one night class. As I walked, my mind and vision clouded. 'What's going to happen to me now?' I thought. What was going to happen after I graduate. Was I going to live that long? I only have eight more months in the human world......AWE!!!!!!!!' --------------...
The next few days were heady for Mona. That she was to be a crowned concubine was a great honor. Technically it would not change her status. Legally she was still chattel. However The public declaration of King Peter's love meant that she would be given greater honor and esteem by Peter's court and the public at large. Peter scheduled the ceremony for a wee...
He was born the second son of a mighty warrior. His name was Murdock. The sea warrior of the clan who is fiercest of the fierce. They were known and feared all along the known world for their courage and honor in battle. When he was still an infant his father and older brother were killed during a raid on a Western King's Castle. As was usual for the time h...
The sun filtered through the window as it crested over the cliffs as Bane finished reliving her story. The girl slept close to Bane, calmly tucked against the warrior's side. Bane dropped a kiss on the girl's head and untangled herself from the blankets and walked over to the balcony, peering over the grounds. She wanted to rescue the girl. Bane knew about h...