Part 1 – Amira and Sadira’s Story I’ve only wept twice in my two score years. The first time was for my sister, the second for her cat. Both were strange instances, my emotions on edge. I thought our deaths were upon us for sure, both times, but I truly wept for their lives rather than mine. I have seen things, and had seen things, that made my life seem fu...
It is dark, and cold. I don't know what time it is, to my eyes it is merely dim. Adjusting the swords at my sides I sigh quietly. Guard duty is so very boring, especially compared to my usual duties: stalking and assassination. However I am the best at what I do hence the guard duty. I am known simply as Shadow Guard. The only thing that distinguishes me fr...
Author's note: Everyone in this story would be over 18 if they were normal humans. Part II: The Past Chapter 7: First Kiss Jacob, Marquess of Sparta, squire to His Majesty William CCLXII, King of the Twelve Realms was anxious to get back to Terra. Much of the court, including Ed, James, David, and his brother Malcolm had been traveling with the king fo...
The Region of Botswana, South Africa, circa 1211 A.D. The sun rose over the beautiful City of Dumazile, crown jewel of the Zulu people. Andile Bafana lay in his bed, feeling a tiredness that had nothing to do with the mercilessness of the Southern African sun that was high in the sky. The six-foot-three, ebony-skinned young man finally got up. As the son of...
The Nibelung saga is one of the oldest written documents of the Nordic literature. Anyway, there are parts inside the original script described only scarcely, especially concerning the wedding night. This short story may suggest a description what might have happened in reality. The Nibelung saga tells us the story of the court of the Burgundian King Gunter...
The next morning Mr King seemed more aloof than ever. He hardly spoke at all and said nothing to me, about his offer of the previous day. I assumed he had changed his mind and felt foolish that I had even considered it. However, during lunch he sat down across the table from me. "So, Julian," he said patting my hand repeatedly. "Have you given any thought t...
I hear you. I smell you. I taste you. You are near, aren't you? The first orb has awakened me from my long slumber, a slumber that had been long and lonely. For hundreds of years, I have been patiently waiting, waiting to be reconnected with you as you had promised, sweet witch, and that promise has been the only blood that has kept my sleeping heart pumping...
7. She couldn't quite believe she was here, in this situation. That it had actually come down to this. It was done now; it really wasn't the time to be questioning whether she had crossed some line, or if she had any dignity left at all. She supposed that she didn't. But then, maybe she had given up dignity years ago in the forests of her island, feigning...
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...
Once upon a time there was a King and Queen that ruled a Kingdom. They had a beautiful daughter appropriately named Beauty. The subjects in the kingdom were well treated, and generally happy. They had sex, made babies, got along with each other, and raised happy families. There was only one hard and fast rule. Ever since the king had accidentally seen his w...