Seeking a Different Future
Aziz hummed to himself as he strolled along the road. He wasn’t just in a good mood, he was happy. He had purpose again; a clear goal, something beyond just daily life, and he was out on the road instead Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p6
Taral was crouching amidst the underbrush, his gaze darting from tree to bush to shadow as he listened to the forest. He was trying to pick out the noise of his quarry from the myriads background sounds of the woods. Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p5
Kyrion lounged in the comfortably cushioned seat of a well-crafted chair, quietly sipping expensive wine paid for by the Royal Guild. His eyes were locked on the small fireplace, but his gaze was distant and his mind further away still. Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p4
Imaerla stood atop a small outcropping with one hand against the trunk of a nearby tree for balance. Her gaze was sweeping along the distant horizon, where the disc of the day moon was all but done going into hiding Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p3
Shadow pulled his “silver” cloak tighter around him, trying to ward away the draught in the dilapidated tavern where Kyrion had chosen to gather them. There were few signs of the former owner or his muscle, except for some bloodstains Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p2
On the outskirts of the colony of Wyrm’s Edge, just inside the fencing separating settlement from forest, a crowd had gathered by a small trail leading from the well to a dwelling a ways into the woods. At the center Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p1
In the middle of the forest, amidst trees and shrubbery, the ground dipped, marked as though a smooth boulder had fallen from the sky and left one impressively defined mark into the soil before bouncing back up to the heavens. Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p13
Aziz grumbled under his breath, annoyed by the size of the chairs in this place. The room was cramped, too. The ceiling was too low, the doors were a nightmare to get through. Really, this entire inn was too small Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Two, p12
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