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Sovereign of Wrath Ch184: Flying by Zarenna

I went looking for Paladin Warren first, reasoning both that he’d be up earlier, and that I’d have more difficulty finding him. On the first count, I was right.

On the second count…

Shyll told me where to find him, unprompted, before I’d even had a chance to ask anyone else. A...

Scales & Shadows Ch59: Out of Light

I’ve never had the temperament to truly understand betrayal. Only to know its pain.

—Jii’Hssen Ssyii Ssyri’Jiilits

Huddled together, we floated with arms and tails held together against a frigid void. A pressure mounted, a presence I knew all too w...

Sovereign of Wrath Interlude: Monster

A/N: Volume 1 (updated) and 2 pdfs will go up this coming week. I was hoping to have more time to edit them, but I'd want to do more than I should, especially for volume 1, and I don't want to go down the rewriting rabbit hole (I also just can't seem to find the time).

2024-01-21 22:05:07 +0000 UTC View Post

Sovereign of Wrath Ch183: Whichever Came First

Seyari woke up mid-way through the long night, and I looked up from the farming ledger I was going over at a table across the room. Behind it sat a stack of notices; sitting prominently on top was the notice of Nadya’s death.

She’d died fighting for her city, and I felt callous for sorr...

Scales & Shadows Ch58: Crossed Tails pt. 2

The moment my aunt looked at me, the entire room seemed to shrink down until it was only me and her, bound up in coils of emptiness. I felt myself shaking, remembering that night on the Jii’Hssen’s private terrace.

“Issa,” Hssen Zaiia hissed my name, voice saccharine in a way that m...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch182: New Tricks

“Don’t forget my book.”

I glanced over at Sey, who was getting dressed despite the setting sun casting long shadows across our room. “Won’t that take extra time?”

My wife rolled her eyes. “You’ll need to stop by the Gelles Company to ask after what they’ve said and t...

Scales & Shadows Ch57: Crossed Tails pt. 1

A/N: A sneks n sneks chapter? Yep! It's been absolutely kicking my butt, but it's finally taking shape. This scene, that is. I'm not intending there to be more than 2 parts to this chapter, but my guess is 3-4 chapters for this big scene as we move toward the end of V2 (short volume!) 2024-01-05 06:33:52 +0000 UTC View Post

Sovereign of Wrath Ch181: Cottage Fantasy

It took me all of a minute to realize I had no idea where my wife was, and a few moments more to decide to risk scaring one of the people running around the place. Some were servants, but we’d not done much to set that up yet; hiring was supposed to happen en masse when I returned.

All th...

Sovereign of Wrath Interlude: Shooting Star pt. 4

A/N: Hi all! last post of the year! I was hoping to get the next S&S chapter finished, but it's a monster and repeatedly stymieing me. Expect it nebulously next week sometime, around the next SoW post. 

In the next few weeks, ...

2023-12-31 04:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Sovereign of Wrath Ch180: Post Script

The demon whom Nelys had been fighting was the last of the greater demons involved with the assault. No Lorelei. Mordwell wasn’t directly involved either, but that was no surprise. I learned all this on the walk back through the city, aided by my friends and… citizens (that was still...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch179: Sunrise

Blood had spattered across Kartania’s amulet, dulling its shine. More had spilled down the front of Countess Elstein’s meticulously-tailored dress, the torn and battered garment now sticky and heavy. When I’d crashed through the wall, the amulet had gone with me, and even now it was somehow...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch178: Hole in the Wall

Seyari felt the castle shake. Without hesitation, she changed course toward it and sped up, wishing her wings could open in the cramped hallway.

This is bad. We’ve been compromised.

Already, she’d passed several corpses; faces that she’d begun to grow familiar with.

Scales & Shadows Ch56: Prelude to a Dance

A/N: I finished it by the end of the weekend in my time zone! Quarter to midnight!

The next two weeks passed with agonizing slowness, as we were confined strictly to routine. The tutors we were given over to, loyals of our sire and the Jii’Hssen, were strict a...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch177: Marvelous

A/N: Hiiiii! Sorry for the sudden hiatus. FlitterPuff and I got an apartment at what seemed like mach speed and a pretty normal week ended in a big move. Add a busy work week into that and I haven't had as much time to write as I'd hoped. Still, I should have posted a st...

2023-12-16 04:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Scales & Shadows Ch55: Sundial

For one strange, incomparable evening, we were a family without station. Word spread, certainly, and Ynna ended the evening out of food far before the crowd dispersed, but we were together and I didn’t care if people came for us or the food.

With help from Sire and Dyni, I managed to slip...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch176: Flare in the Night

I flew so fast that the air felt thick against me, and the bubble of wind I’d created heated of its own accord. Astrye at night looked peaceful, almost cozy. From within nearby trees, I could see the lights of new watchtowers, and the castle had a scaffold near the hole I’d punched in its out...

Sovereign of Wrath Interlude: Shooting Star pt. 3

Kartania glanced up at the sky just in time to see a crimson comet streaking across the sky low and to the west. It’s the same color as Zarenna’s fire, she thought wistfully.

A warm hand on her shoulder urged her forward wordlessly, and Kartania continued across the Academy of ...

Scales & Shadows Interlude 7: An Evening's Read

Ussen Ysta Ssyt’s life had taken an impossible twist. She’d come to Uzh in the hopes of meeting the Guardian’s students, of brushing shoulders with knowledge she could use to arm herself. She’d thought her efforts to play the factions within her family off each other would have afforded h...

Sovereign of Wrath Interlude: Shooting Star pt. 2

“What are you thinking about?” Inva asked, standing up from getting the evening’s fire going. “And you still look cold. Should I get a blanket from the cart?”

“No, I’m fine,” Sonia said slowly, even though the bases of her horns were cold enough to give her a headache. “I�...

Scales & Shadows Ch54: Royally Served

My plan had a fatal flaw. Something that all my life experience couldn’t have prepared me for—could have prepared none of us for: waiting busy tables. Ssiina and me, specifically, as Kyrae’s sharp mind went to work putting everything together as the go-between of cook and waitstaff.

Y...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch175: Shooting Star

Dignity didn’t get considered. Decorum couldn’t get a word in edgewise. I scooped Paladin Warren up into a princess carry and darted with him out into the hallway.

“Close your eyes and hold your breath. I’ve been told it helps.”

Before he could respond, I dashed for the sour...

Scales & Shadows Ch53: Around Again

A/N: Wow sorry for the hiatus! Life and writer's block hit me hard, and I was struggling to find mental energy and motivation to write S&S. This story's a lot more involved, and often harder than SoW, which isn't an excuse, but it does make it draining from time to time. Regardless, ...

2023-11-21 02:36:25 +0000 UTC View Post

Sovereign of Wrath Ch174: Smoke

“Duchess Kapel!” Paladin Warren was the first to react, turning from me to dash toward the duchess.

Duke Reynard moved next, catching her arm just as Duchess Kapel fell to her knees, pale and shaking. Her eyes were wide, staring past and through me, and her mouth moved soundlessly.

Sovereign of Wrath Ch173: Winter Ball pt.2

Seyari had taught me basic spellwork, Tren had expanded upon that with theory, and Seyari had returned with practical application. Even Tania had given me a few pointers. Lilly as well, while never having given me a formal lesson, had taught me the application of magic in combat.

All that�...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch172: Winter Ball pt. 1

The rest of the week wasn’t a blur. It was a moment-by-moment, hour-by-hour effort of concentrated focus. By the end, I’d hardly noticed a difference other than knowing more potentially-useless names than I ever imagined I could; but I was told I walked a different way and had a diff...

That Time I Summoned A Demon From Another World: A Succubus Tail/Sovereign of Wrath Crossover

A/N: Hi all! Here's a crossover for Halloween! And yes, this unfortunately means the regularly-scheduled SoW chapter for tonight is delayed. It's a pretty complex one, and this week's been busy with people over and prepping to move (which will be ongoing this next month) and all that. 2023-11-01 02:07:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Scales & Shadows Ch52: Fried Rat

Under Dyni’s “lack” of guidance, we stole out of the Emerald Palace under cover of the morning sun. That our bodyguard had acquired ssen’iir clothing for us, instead of Ssiina, was a boon: we didn’t look quite so much like a group of ussen trying to act humble. Rather, the scra...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch171: Etiquette Lessons

Tina looked almost disappointed that I was awake and ready in the morning. In truth, I’d finished the novel mere minutes before she’d intruded on my peace to have her and Mary run me through an overlong cleaning routine.

In truth, the only victory I had was that only my clothes would fi...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch170: Winter Moon

Seyari pulled her wings closer against the chill of the night’s wind. She stood alone on the highest balcony of Castle Astrye, the room that would be come her and her wife’s behind her. Down below, in the valley, Astrye lay sleeping, some few flickering glows in windows as smoke rose skyward ...

Sovereign of Wrath Ch169: Someone Listened

I expected to find a greater demon of envy—or of avarice—when I drew close to the shouts. This part of the city was older, more tired in the way the rooves sagged, and it had probably only just escaped the fire.

While I found chaos, the creatures I beheld instead were definitel...