* The party of adventurers find a new goal to fulfill in their quest to find the demon lord. * 22 - Valdys Ulric carried their trembling attacker in his arms out of the thicket. The spirits rushed at him again but diverted away before getting close, and twirled in a wild cloud at a short distance. 'Looks like they don't dare attack now that you caught the...
Author's Note: This chapter of Twilight's Pleasure is a bit of a somewhat-cliffhanger, so I hope you readers enjoy it. I had to do a bit of research to figure out where to put Variona's lab, but anyway, in this chapter you get a more in-depth look at Variona's experiments from a different point of view. ***** Caithana Duskwhisper snorted softly to hersel...
"There it is," Mjen waved his torch through the cavern's opening burning off a number of spider webs that had gathered over the millenia. "I told you we would find it." He looked back over his shoulder to where Lhiren was still crawling over the edge of a damp rock formation that had made the last few hours of travel exceptionally difficult. Her face, lit by...
Chapter 23 The refugees had set themselves up in family groups in the cavernous building in which they'd taken shelter. Ellerie made her way between them, careful not to step on the few who were still sleeping. The villagers' mood was subdued after everything they'd been through. Their headman's death the previous afternoon had just been one more shock adde...
The Dawn ---- Talos and Casiama returned to the mundane world after a long night of long-awaited passion. The elf had taught him much of magic last night; for one, the mere fact that an expert conjurer could teleport people at all. While Casiama was only capable of teleporting point-to-point between her other-dimensional plane and back to the same point...
The Imperial City's magical academy's opening ceremonies were not the fanciest or the most attended events the academy hosted. It was primarily just to welcome the new students and there were no special performances. The welcoming event definitely was nothing in comparison to the magic competitions that filled the same arena with thousands of eager spectator...
Really short scene of action at the end of the story. I didn't think that a big one fit well within the story line here. A lot of other kinds of action though, and some plot development which (I guess) needs to be done ; ). For those of you disappointed in the relationship between Celeste and Brian, I want to tell you right now that this is not a love st...
Michael and Buffy lay snuggled up in bed together in Buffy's bed. "I wish I could stay here forever, it's so warm and comfortable." Buffy said. "Mmm, me too." Michael said and pulled Buffy even closer to him. Buffy squeezed Michael and held him close. "OK, oxygen becoming an issue here." Michael said. "Oo, sorry. Didn't mean to crush you." "It's OK." M...
"I am not too late," Yennefer exhaled sharply as she saw Geralt alive, a wave of relief flooding through her body and untangling the knot of worry in her chest. He was squirming uncomfortably inside a giant cauldron, his hands tied behind his back, but he was very much alive, thank the Gods. Always getting into tight spots like this one. What would she do...
Narlissa Quickhands, half-elf and master thief, studied her copy of the treasure map carefully. She had skirted Hallowblossom earlier that morning, avoiding the inhabitants. Watching them from afar, she had realised that they were harmless enough, but she did not want to risk them finding out about the ruins and being trapped by the demon magic. According t...