Seeking a Different Future
Lyara was staring at the prisoner. She looked kind of fat, even for a human. Not that Lyara had seen all that many humans, but they had all looked much thinner than this one did. The girl, in turn, was Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p11
He sighed heavily as he gazed at the reflection in the ornate mirror mounted on the wall. The neatly made bed, heavy with fine linens, stood in the far corner of the dimly lit room, right beside a large wardrobe Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p10
Ky’s breath was ragged. He could hear the loud thumping of his heart racing as he stood pressed against the wall in a dark alley, his gaze darting all over in search of his pursuers. What were they up to? Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p9
Loriana lay on her back, staring up at the ‘ceiling’ and trying to figure out what the shapes in the bark resembled. There was one knot that looked a bit like a horse’s head, while another reminded her of a Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p8
Sethian closed his eyes and let out a long, slow sigh. He had read the same set of glyphs a half-dozen times now, yet they refused to stick. His mind kept wandering back to the encounter with the Collector. The Continue reading Voidwalker Chapter Two, p7
Ky was slouching in a chair by the fireplace, absently twisting that precious ring of his around its finger while staring into the flames. The boy was bothered by something, and to most he probably looked despondent about it. Aziz Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p6
It was a lavishly furnished room. The walls were adorned with tapestries and paintings, all aligned perfectly not just to hang level but also for proper symmetry with each other. Ornaments were lined up according to height on top of Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p5
Gerald let out a long sigh. He hated being outside at night. The woods looming beyond the fields, home to all manner of beasts looking to sink their teeth into his flesh. The eerie quiet around the village. The wind Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p4
The tiny creature stared at her with its lone eye. Loriana stared back. The creature, if that was even the right word for it, was perhaps as tall as a hand was long. It was kind of hard to be Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p3
Aziz scowled. Ky was trying to convince Ared that he had acted on instinct with the intent of helping to capture the criminal, and that the death had been an accident. Moreth, meanwhile, was ignoring all of it to discuss Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p2