Lexie held her breath, as the panic spiked through her at the thought of that. She didn't show it. She didn't want to alert Aiden that something was wrong.
Instead, she swallowed the thought down, just like she’d swallowed down everything else she’d learned today. She would pick it apar...
2025-03-18 21:19:34 +0000 UTC View PostLexie tried not to show her emotions. She tried to look normal, but she had a feeling she looked like a stiff marionette.
“Hello,” she managed. “Nice to meet you.”
The Eldritch Lord didn’t respond to her greeting. His head cocked as he stared at her, in the eye. <...
2025-03-17 20:21:04 +0000 UTC View PostLexie didn't know what to do or say. She felt frozen like she was watching a horror movie play out.
The men in black were real??
They certainly seemed real, standing there with identical grave expressions, like they had to carry out a deeply odious task. They were not l...
2025-03-16 22:10:17 +0000 UTC View PostTorren looked like how he did in the photos, but also not. Not that Lexie blamed the photos though. He had a vibe that was probably very hard to capture and translate in two dimensions.
First, he was tall. At thirteen-years-old and five foot seven, he was probably somewhere in the 95t...
2025-03-15 23:34:54 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Name change alert. Realized I called someone else Gunther in book 1 so Gunther the driver is now Lars. Also extra chapter incoming in a few hours!
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Hakeem Jimenez, AKA Top Dog, walked in through the pristine glass doors of a studio gym, the location of an ad he was supposed to ...
2025-03-15 20:35:32 +0000 UTC View PostAN: I made a mistake in the last two chapters. The Repulsion Effect is actually created using <Easy Clean Up> and <Shut Up and Dance> not <Charades Champion>. I'll go back and change those. And there are a few technical things in this chapter so let me know if anything needs...
2025-03-14 21:05:00 +0000 UTC View PostAs they rode out of Moulding, Lexie, Xena, and Gunther kept glancing back to ensure the boys weren’t giving chase. Despite what they said, Lexie wouldn't put it past them. Maybe their backing off was a trap to lure Lexie and co. into a false sense of security, while they went to get more men to...
2025-03-13 22:28:56 +0000 UTC View PostDewie’s mom’s Road Rocket had been designed for extreme comfort. It had plush leather seats that molded to one’s form fitted with a massage mode, perfectly tempered glass, ample leg room even for Xena who was nearly five-eight at this point, and the pleasant scent of eucalyptus in the air. ...
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“Xena Lightlark?” Lexie glanced at her friend in confusion. “Why does this say ...
2025-03-11 20:37:16 +0000 UTC View Post“What is it?” Aiden asked wiping some of the icing off his fork.
Lexie sighed. “Just scroll down a little on my screen. You should see it.”
He nodded and while Lexie focused on eating her cake, Aiden went back to reading her system screen. She knew the second he saw it because...
2025-03-10 20:38:22 +0000 UTC View Post“Xena!”
Lexie got up to chase her friend but then thought twice about it. Xena hated being emotional in front of people and Lexie’s presence would probably be more of a bother than anything else.
It was probably better to give her space. Right?
Lexie wasn’t sure bu...
2025-03-09 21:35:40 +0000 UTC View PostThe day before system day, Aiden called his daughter for what he termed ' a very important talk'.
Lexie knew what that meant. He was going to try to soothe her fears and tell her that even if she doesn't get the exact pre-affixation she wants, there are still options open for her. He ...
2025-03-08 21:35:53 +0000 UTC View PostThe months passed with an interesting routine.
Most of Lexie’s time was dedicated to training with cards, now under her father’s supervision. However, he wasn’t around most of the time because he began teaching at the Arcadian Research College during the summer. Lexie had ...
2025-03-07 22:49:05 +0000 UTC View PostIt turned out that the Fae method of communication and identifying ‘intent’ made no damn sense.
Alright, maybe that was unfair. It made a little bit of sense, but not in the ways Lexie would like it to.
They told entire stories just to pass on a single message. And sometimes that ...
2025-03-06 20:56:58 +0000 UTC View PostAiden had asked Lexie this morning if she deduced what the intent in the poem was, and what card the poem had been used to create.
Lexie told him no. She needed more time and possibly more information, and she tried to get as much out of him as possible. But he refused to tell her more.
... 2025-03-05 22:35:46 +0000 UTC View PostAN: Another chapter will be posted in a couple of hours to build on the advanced chapters! Thank you!
Conrad immediately stunned everyone at the start of the match, by leaping straight into offense. This was the first time Lexie had ever seen him do that. Typically, he waited for o...
2025-03-05 20:10:53 +0000 UTC View PostLexie snatched her eyes away from the man before he could see her, staring straight ahead. Her heart raced, her fists clenching and everything inside her cautioning her to stay on her guard. A conversation between Xena and her uncle continued but it was drowned out by Lexie’s thoughts. 2025-03-05 00:03:21 +0000 UTC View Post
Lexie sat crosslegged in front of the low living room table, with her pad in front of her, while her father paced like a university professor. He looked the part too, with his tweed suit and hair brushed back and jelled to hold. But his dapper attire was also partially because he had an interview...
2025-03-03 21:38:56 +0000 UTC View PostAN: One more chill chapter before card lessons begin. Also I wrote this exhausted so might have more grammar errors than usual.
Lexie might not have wanted a party for her birthday, but that was exactly what she got when they got back later that night.
The sun had sunk long a...
2025-03-02 21:22:25 +0000 UTC View Post“So that’s why people were staring at us on the way here,” Lexie teased looking up at her dad as they exited the shop, walking down the quaint cobbled walkways. “Because you’re famous.”
“I thought that might be one reason,” he chuckled. “I didn't want to say...
2025-03-01 20:51:35 +0000 UTC View PostLexie gaped at her father, then at the box, then back at her father again stunned at what he was telling her.
“Are you serious?”
Aiden nodded with a wide grin. “Yes. Typically, you would need to be at least a year 2 scholar to get access to those, but luckily your fa...
2025-02-28 20:22:01 +0000 UTC View PostThe gates opened to reveal a vast compound of freshly trimmed grass and maze-like hedges leading away from the central building into one of the smaller outer domes that lined the four corners of the research institute. The central building itself was also a dome of shimmering black glass that see...
2025-02-27 20:18:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe sky bird was like nothing Lexie had ever experienced before. According to Aiden, it was technically a type of train but it didn't move like a train on a straight-forward track. Neither did it move like a plane, where everything was kind of steady and there were regular dips and gentle rises. ...
2025-02-26 22:45:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi guys!
Thanks so much for signing up for my patreon. We’ve been able to to reach the goal of at least a 100 paid subscribers which means I will be increasing the amount of advanced chapters in each tier.
Hero Tier will be going from 7 to 10 Advanced Ch...
2025-02-26 20:32:00 +0000 UTC View PostMax’s leg bounced underneath the table, as he glanced around the metallic interrogation room, mentally counting how many cameras were in there.
It wasn’t his first time in a metal matchbox like this, and it wasn’t even his second.
But it was the first time he’d been here...
2025-02-26 20:28:24 +0000 UTC View Post“Bumble bee, where on earth are we going?”
“I’ll show you when we get there.”
“Alright but can you at least tell us why we’re going to this mysterious place?”
“Not yet.” Lexie had to be sure first. She didn’t want to raise everyone’s hopes onl...
2025-02-25 21:18:27 +0000 UTC View PostUncle Max killed the eye in just under a minute.
They watched him do it. The second he arrived, he didn't wait for explanations and just charged into the bingo hall. He paused for a second when he saw the wailing, writhing creature, then pulled out a gun from his backpack and clicked a...
2025-02-24 23:14:45 +0000 UTC View PostWhat happened next reminded Lexie of that famous Mike Tyson quote:
'Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.'
The unexpected retaliation from the Hechtl threw everything into disarray.
Suddenly everyone was screaming and dashing for safety, which m...
2025-02-24 00:48:50 +0000 UTC View PostLexie had never seen anything more terrifying in her life.
It wasn’t just the fact that the creature–the big, floating, bulbous eyeball with veins streaking across its sclera and tentacles erupting in place of its optic nerve–looked like something out of a demonic nightmare. Lon...
2025-02-22 21:10:41 +0000 UTC View PostAiden was furious.
Lexie could feel his anger vibrating in the air around her, could sense his hurt that she’d deceived him underneath it. And she felt the guilt crawling through her because he was right to be mad. She’d given him her word that she wouldn't do any experimentation withou...
2025-02-21 21:00:36 +0000 UTC View Post