Chapter one Jost was not a patient man by nature. Unfortunately, a man in his position learned to acquire such skills whether he appreciated the finer points of them or not. They were a necessary part of the job, and he was nothing if not good at his job. “Please. Please, no. I’ve told you…
Tate waited in front of a large iron wrought gate and eyed the monstrosity it protected with a conflicted expression that edged towards distaste. While the house behind its barrier wasn’t really that hideous, it was the complete opposite of anything she’d planned to live in. It was huge and overdone, lacking any class while…
They were moving too slowly. The villagers would catch them again. It was only a matter of time. When they did, their mercy would be nonexistent. Fallon crossed his arms as he sized up the reason for the delay. It might be better for them all if he were to eliminate the injured man here…
“We’re being pursued,” Fallon observed. It had started shortly after their flight from the village. The strange woman’s team had made an effort to delay their trackers by releasing the horses—a sound, if ultimately ineffective, plan. It appeared the villagers had wasted little time rounding up the mounts and forming a posse intent on their…
Every warrior knew death could come in an instant, a split second where the odds turned against you and ended your time on this world. It was the one thing that bound all clans living in this fucked up land. It was an inescapable fact of life—eventually the cold embrace of death came for them…
Sometimes Finn questioned the sanity of this sword he’d taken. How else should he explain Kira’s belief Finn would let her go gallivanting off with some mysterious stranger whose face he couldn’t even see? One who’d already made threats against Finn’s life. Not to mention Kira’s. Did Kira not know him at all by now?…
Selene calmly sipped her tea as the house shook and trembled around her. The decorations and paintings she’d accumulated over the months and years with the intent to make this place a home threatened to topple as a second boom came on the tails of the first. It had started. A part of Selene had…
This scene takes place right before the last scene in book one and was the original prologue for book two. The en-blade rose and fell in time with his steps. Up, down, diagonal, side-to-side. Each slash precise. Pristine. As meticulous and powerful as the man executing them. Harlow’s feet whispered across stone as he moved…
Day – Who the hell knows anymore? Morale was low. Boredom had set in. Communication with the outside world had been lost ages ago. Since then, Jin had made no attempt to reestablish it. Drastic measures would need to be taken to restore order amid chaos. Jin was just the drone for the job. His…
Chapter One Slime. Or so close to it that the description fit. It was everywhere. In my hair. Covering my body. Oozing from my shoes with every step. I grimaced as my skin pulled and a patch started to itch. The only thing worse than slime was slime as it hardened. I held my bike…
