I jolted awake when the room’s door opened. Half buried under me, Seyari twitched then shoved me off her with surprising strength. It was enough that I tumbled over and caught her wing while my tail tripped her.
We landed in a haphazard pile on the cushions looking up at the person who’...
2024-09-03 02:38:19 +0000 UTC View PostA few very long days ago…
Joisse crunched her way through days-old snow on the road back to town, hands stuffed into her pockets despite how the woolen cap made her forehead itch. The coat she was wearing, something simple she’d borrowed from the castle, didn’t fit quite righ...
2024-08-25 22:16:17 +0000 UTC View PostDid Sey and I waste time having more than a little fun?
…Probably.
I’m gonna regret this, aren’t I?
When we emerged from the… enlarged cave system, Quiraxa was waiting for us, dressed to the nines in a flowing suit. The way she’d been peering into the cave, ta...
2024-08-20 04:46:00 +0000 UTC View Post“So let me get this straight,” Paula said slowly, gesturing forward with both gloved hands. “You want to start building something in the dead of winter when half the town’s burned down.” She kicked at the ground. “The fuck are we gonna get through this?”
“That’s what magic...
2024-08-03 00:30:07 +0000 UTC View Post“And that was how I knew she was still my sister,” Kartania finished.
Gareth stared into the campfire for a long time before responding. “What does this all mean?”
Kartania tilted her head to look at his distant-eyed face. “What does what all mean? Were you even lis...
2024-07-21 04:34:15 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This chapter was another tough one, not to mention a heatwave with no AC and exhaustion after getting home until my body remembered not to be allergic to furry friends that were no longer there constantly. Chapters SHOULD resume normal weekly frequency soon. Chapter 201 PDF is on this post.<...
2024-07-08 05:04:59 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: I really ought to make announcements on the Patreon! For those who don't know, I had an out-of-state wedding to attend into a long-awaited vacation. This chapter is a couple days late even with that, so my apologies! But I was struggling a bit with making it right. Anywho, pdf ...
2024-06-27 05:33:57 +0000 UTC View Post
We didn’t make it far before the ash cloud lowered visibility to nothing. Worse, it carried faint traces of mana, rendering aura sight worthless. Even the shining crimson light from my wings reflected back at me, almost blinding.
By the time I’d put my magic together to blow the ash awa...
2024-06-10 02:25:01 +0000 UTC View PostEntering the Sovereign of Conceit’s demesne wasn’t like entering Lilly’s back in Navanaea. Instead of a progressive, soft feeling like a smothering blanket, the edge here was sharp enough to cut. A hard, invisible edge, a rapidly fading headache, and then… nothing. Looking back over my sh...
2024-06-05 01:46:30 +0000 UTC View PostImagine how much more pretentious this tale’d seem if I added epigraphs!
-Taava, Bard of Great Renown and Grace
Renna and Sey were gone, Shyll was cowed into being a merely gigantic bitch, and Taava was picking up the slack. Sure, wandering the world playing...
2024-05-29 03:54:34 +0000 UTC View Post“You are more than you appear,” Quiraxa said, raising her voice just over the rushing wind.
I looked down at her in my arms; she was already looking away with her chin up. “How do you figure that?”
“Your wife appears to be a competent woman, and an angel. I did not know such...
2024-05-19 03:19:05 +0000 UTC View PostKartania stopped in Norgath for the night. Armor stowed in saddlebags and wearing plain clothes, she’d be tougher to recognize even if she wasn’t ahead of any news. The inn she’d chosen was on the far edge of the city—and she’d ridden around to get to it.
Once before she’d been ...
2024-05-06 21:40:24 +0000 UTC View PostWhen I got back to our shared room, Seyari had come down from her supposed-to-be-secret perch on the roof and was standing out on the balcony. Already, afternoon was turning to evening, though all the colors of the sky were hidden behind white clouds and whiter mountains. Closing the door softly,...
2024-05-05 18:01:30 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Most of the way through this, I realized I'd said S&S on Friday and SoW on Saturday. So, a bit of a reversal (S&S tomorrow), but for those of you in time zones ahead of me (most of you), it's actually SoW on Saturday and S&S late.
The first p...
2024-04-27 04:22:59 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Sorry for the delay! I don't normally talk about life stuff that comes up, so I won't. But suffice to say, it combined with a busy two weeks of work to create a state where I just couldn't get my head into writing. But now I am very much back into things, so expect S&S soon, ...
2024-04-22 22:49:46 +0000 UTC View Post
It took the better part of half an hour of standing next to her, glowering, before Shyll started cleaning the latrines. She’d absolutely left the moment I’d stopped observing, but I also didn’t care to punish myself by standing out there all evening.
So I’d returned to mine and Sey...
2024-04-07 05:16:25 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: Made it!! Formatting fought me a little for some reason. Also, S&S out tomorrow night!
What about my title as Sovereign of Wrath?
The thought came to me soon after I left my room with Sonia. Would what I’m thinking, of restraint and ...
2024-03-30 04:16:16 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: We're back! Well, we were back yesterday, but that's S&S and I know my readership rates. More chapter(s) by the weekend. Anywho, chapter below - not gonna keep you.
Seyari was out on patrol when someone knocked on my bedroom door. I put my quill down...
2024-03-26 22:16:50 +0000 UTC View Post“I thought I told them to make the doors taller.” I rubbed at my horns, then remembered I was supposed to be professional. Guests claiming to know me in Church iconography and all that.
So, I looked up and cleared my throat, stepping fully into the room. Three people were seate...
2024-03-11 00:00:24 +0000 UTC View PostTraining in the morning turned into administrative work by the afternoon, and close to evening, I found myself seated in Astrye’s single surviving, intact inn. Around me were townsfolk, and the circular table where I was seated had three others across from me. Ideally, Sey would be with me, but...
2024-03-04 06:50:37 +0000 UTC View PostMy dreams had changed.
The void was now comfort and familiarity, not ice-cold emptiness. Except for tonight. Tonight, in a vivid, lucid dream, I waded through a twisted, hazy landscape. Fires of unnatural color burned in spots, and the ash that swept the jagged, ruined valleys bore shards o...
2024-03-01 05:22:16 +0000 UTC View Post“Kartania, if you’re willing to work with me, I can get you cleared for promotion back to—”
Kartania punched the stone wall of the barracks, hard enough to split her knuckles open. “I said ‘no’, Walter.”
“You’re being unreasonable.”
“I." Bang...
2024-02-24 07:22:09 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This chapter's a little on the short side, but there's another on the way tomorrow!
My stop in Linthel went relatively smoothly. Sure, I got a few looks landing outside the city, but I was making great time and the sun still wasn’t setting when I’d left. Arden, the branc...
2024-02-23 07:27:22 +0000 UTC View PostTyaniis was a firm believer in the cycle of reincarnation. Not just as a devout of Jaezotl, but on a deep, personal level. Hinssa had passed too soon, but her next life would be full—Tyaniis was certain of that. And Tyaniis hoped, fervently, that she would meet her beloved again in the next lif...
2024-02-17 06:42:22 +0000 UTC View PostI started up a spell that would end this fight, but I couldn’t focus with all the noise in my head. Demon Vivian fired another bolt as I dove for the floor.
Spinning, my tail batted it away and I landed with a crash, claws cutting through my boots and into the stone floor. Immediately, ma...
2024-02-16 05:39:49 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: This one's a big'un. SoW's next chapter is mostly finished, despite hangups in a couple of areas and a rather hefty fight scene. More surprisingly, the next Scales & Shadows chapter after this one is also done. I'm planning SnS -> SoW -> SnS for the next couple days. Ideal... 2024-02-15 06:07:59 +0000 UTC View Post
“Have you ever killed someone?”
Arina’s question caught me off guard. “…You know I killed Vivian.”
“The mercenary? No, not like that.” Arina sighed, looking up from the freshly-signed aid agreement back to the portrait of her family on the wall. “I suppose what I mea...
2024-02-08 04:09:05 +0000 UTC View PostA/N: New Sovereign of Wrath chapter is in the works, but this S&S chapter absolutely dominated my writing and editing time, and my headspace. But, it's finally done and I hope you enjoy. After this, things will get less complex (and lighter I promise), so the chapters should flow fas... 2024-02-06 06:51:38 +0000 UTC View Post
Landing in the garden was immediately followed by a mixed cadre of estate and city guards demanding answers. For the first time in a while, I was glad to be in my human form. That didn’t stop the looks; I’d just landed in the middle of the estate using wings of crimson fire after all.
D...
2024-01-31 05:47:48 +0000 UTC View PostHiya folks!
I've had requests (and I am sorry it took this long) for PDFs of the first couple volumes. At first, I wanted to just do a proofread, but then I got into the weeds with all the line edits I could make, including changing other perspectives to third person in V1. Then ...
2024-01-31 05:37:00 +0000 UTC View Post