Seeking a Different Future
“Dangerous?!” Moreth stared incredulously at Ared. “What could this boy possibly do against one of my-” “Any magic in the duel must be enacted by the participants,” Ared explained, pointedly raising his eyebrows. Moreth gazed back at him blankly. “He Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p17
Safira stretched out lazily, thoroughly enjoying the midday sun’s gently caress against her skin. A few days ago she had discovered a way onto the roof, and had made herself a little refuge there. Here she was above the stench Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p15
They pushed their way through the crowded market. Their voices drowned out by merchants hawking their wares and customers attempting to bargain, they didn’t bother to speak until they finally escaped the throng into a relatively empty side street. “I Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p8
Ky, the Locksmith, had spent what seemed like an eternity trying to build some kind of rapport with the prisoner, yet the Chancellor’s speech was as incoherent as anything Rima had ever heard. Most of it didn’t even seem to Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Five, p2
Rima was pressed up against the dirty wall of the underground passage, as close to those up ahead as she dared go. She couldn’t see much, with the only light-source having disappeared around the bend, but she could feel that Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p15
Rima cursed under her breath. That was the third pick she’d broken trying to get the stupid cabinet open. She glanced about the room, looking for something else she could purloin, or perhaps even use to pry open the infernal Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p12
“There is something I need to show you,” Katrina had said. Kyrion looked at Safira and Shadow sparring without really seeing them. He was supposed to meet Katrina in front of the Royal Halls at dusk, and the question was Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p9
Ky pushed his way across the crowded balcony. The air was thick with pipe smoke and the noise of revelling merchants felt deafening. An evening mingling with guilders, and all he had to show for it were platitudes of resistance Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p5
Qaera settled into her evening post, leaning on the crenelations of the tower atop the Guardians’ Guild. She had a wonderful view from up here, with the entire Inner City spread out around her. The soft glow of magic lanterns Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Four, p2
The muck and sewage did not overly bother Gethak as they plodded their way through the sewers of the city center (not much worse than the streets outside the Guild; except the stench). Those parts which lay within the old Continue reading Voidwalker: Chapter Three, p10