Imagine, if you please, one asked around the castle, "Whatever happened to that maiden murderer, assuming she was indeed a murderer?" It wasn't difficult to imagine. That's what people were saying. All this time, ever since that incident at the Imperial Court, the mysterious trespassing maiden had seemingly disappeared. No more murders, as far as everyone...
An Unfinished Story Waiting to be Lived He figured after 34 minutes if she didn't show then he would stop waiting, but no, he waited 54 minutes and completely gave up hope. He had been stood up, she wasn't coming! The pain of the realization hit him and his voice cracked as he called the waitress over. He could get a quick bite to eat and leave. "I'm ready...
~ Book I ~ The Midnight Maiden Chapter 4: A Midnight Meeting Lord Brion walked calmly but briskly over the flagstone floors out to the garden where he had previously met Lady Eryca. He made his way through the trees and shrubs and found her leaning against the now familiar dome-shaped stone covered in honeysuckle vines. Although Luna had not yet rose to h...
Sir Bertrand was stretching his bulging muscles in his hall after a hard day of hunting when the king's herald was ushered into his presence. Sir Bertrand guessed immediately that he was going to be summoned on yet another quest. He sighed; had he not already dispatched the wild Wyrm of Wyndham, the diabolical Demon of Darkwood, and the gruesome Gryphon of G...
CHAPTER 1 - LOST AND COLD Adriah shivered and trudged onward down the street. She couldn't feel her nose or ears and the snow blew sideways in her face. Her coat was threadbare and she was freezing. Since she failed out of college three months ago, her family had disowned her and she had lost all focus in life. She had been wandering aimlessly around Tokyo...
Chapter 1. Meeting Sari “There is someone I would like you to meet, David.” Father had walked into my study looking like the cat that had just found the cream. I followed him into the library and as we entered a young woman rose from an armchair. To say I was overwhelmed would be an understatement. She was tall, perhaps five feet nine or ten. Her figure...
A great banner fluttered in the smoky battlefield, a black crescent moon with a rich violet backdrop marking its heraldry. Accompanying the sound of billowing cloth, was also the crackle of fire and the cries of the dying. War had come to Camelot. Morgana strut among the dead, back to her command tent as her warriors went about burning the dead and dying. T...
Maiden. Iron Fuckin' Maiden. You've been waiting for six months to get to this concert. It all started about 8 months ago when you met Him online. You started chatting and just getting to know each other. You found that you both like the same music, the same style of clothes, just about everything. Then 6 months ago he asks if you wanted to go to a concert w...
Dedicated to my Lord Justin who brought out the maiden in me. A young maiden was walking along the road one late autumn afternoon. The trees were thick on both sides. The shadows were beginning to lengthen and you could feel a chill in the air. Between the thick carpet of fallen leaves and the density of the trees the road seemed to narrow; or perhaps it...
Chapter 1 - The Capture There are people of great merit and talent who live out their lives shunning their true potential. People with high intelligence or stunning beauty who actually hide their natural assets to embrace whatever benefits obscurity can afford them. Liz was one such person. Though adroit in intellect with a seemingly endless knowledge in a...