Seeking a Different Future
The lizard stared at the Djinni, craning its long neck to move its head this way and that. All around them the darkness loomed thick, yet no shadows were cast upon them. Even the lightning flashes of deep yellow and Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p13
“Manhunters?” Marcus stared at the little girl fluttering back and forth in the air in front of him, her dragonfly wings beating rapidly and her eerily purple eyes staring back. She was looking at him like he was an idiot. Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p12
The opulent hallway stretching from the throne room to the palace gates was inordinately tall, especially given how short it was. At either end a pair of guards were standing with their halberds crossed to bar passage, their silent vigil Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p11
Safira looked up the stairs with a certain satisfaction. The walls remained bare and the wooden steps looked a bit rickety, but at least it was no longer so gloomy. Gethak had helped her cut out some small, circular windows Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p10
Ethnila pulled her cloak around here to ward off the night air, still heavy from the afternoon’s rain. She could still see the lights from the inn where they had rested last night. A washed out bridge had forced them Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p9
The bright hall below their balcony had fallen silent as guards led Ared away, though it had taken much entreatment and bargaining to persuade the spirit to allow him his life – for now. It was broken only by the Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p8
“How’s I supposed to know she’s nobility?” Qaera scoffed, scowling at her empty mug and the equally drained pitcher next to it on the bar. “She dressed like a merchant. A not very successful one, at that.” “Them foreigners’re hard Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p7
“Hey! One-eye! You dead?” The crouching troll poked Aziz’ lifeless body, lifting his head by the beard to peer into his bloodshot red eye for signs of life. “Not a very respectful way to treat a corpse,” the djinni remarked Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p6
A scream pierced the white mists of the Astral. A guttural, high-pitched shriek of anger and frustration. Clawing, thrashing, punching, kicking, raking the smooth surface; he unleashed power gathered over millennia upon the stone, yelling at the top of his Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p5
The sharp smell from Ethnila’s stew filled the air of the small shelter, bringing with it memories of home. It had been a long time since she’d last cooked, and she didn’t really have the right ingredients available this far Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Six, p4