The gnawing of a serrated blade sheering through wood and the grinding of a file making small adjustments created a cadence outside the carpenter’s workshop. Ezekiel wiped his sawdust covered leather gloves in vain against his dusty leather apron before scrutinizing his project. Alongside his partner, they diligently worked to fulfill an order of aContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 14: Healing in Warchester”
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Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 12: Synu’s Grace
Legs limp and useless, Targath’s shoulders throbbed from the strain of his own weight while being dragged by the arms. Through hazy vision he watched the light grow dimmer, and the doors made of rusted iron bars drifted by. Behind him, a door creaked open, and he was dragged inside before being unceremoniously deposited inContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 12: Synu’s Grace”
Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 9: A Dragon’s Heart
Frineer snorted awake to his name on the vehicle of a pleading roar reverberating throughout his cave. Seeing a blurry Utiss canter inside with Kilena hugging her back, he peered quizzically at them before they took refuge behind him. An explanation to his unspoken question came when a dragon of charcoal scales followed them. TheContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 9: A Dragon’s Heart”
Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 8: Ginroy
Jogging toward Roselake Castle’s threshold, Kilena found the guard posted outside stared horrified up into the cloud speckled sky, a trembling hand on his sheathed weapon. She and Targath rushed passed him on to the path connecting the imposing structure to the rest of the city. “What’s the order, princess?” Halting in the middle ofContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 8: Ginroy”
Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 7: Your Turn
“It’s your turn, Miss Knight,” Sedrik summoned, dripping with resentment. Swept up in her ruminations, a few seconds passed before Kilena lifted her head with confidence and marched forward into the throne room. She knew by the sound of light footsteps in longer strides behind her that Targath followed. “Miss Maverick, before we discuss yourContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 7: Your Turn”
Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 6: Unconventional Methods
On the opposite side of the drawbridge from Roselake, Kilena led Targath through the grassy outskirts. The broad kingdom’s outlying terrain proved treacherous to navigate, especially each time he pushed her head under the grass at the first sight of a guard along the rampart. At the castle’s rear, overgrown grass arched over the groundContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 6: Unconventional Methods”
Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 5: Entry Denied
“I never thought I would be passing through these gates so soon after my list visit,” Kilena said with a sense of astounded disbelief. The drawbridge echoed her footsteps back to her, and that of her companion’s lighter strides. Targath held his silence, but spared a look of intrigue in her direction. Ahead of themContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 5: Entry Denied”
Chapter 11 – Library
Cyrah woke to a sharp knock on a wooden door, eyes popping open wide. She leaped from the small cot at the back of the servant chamber no larger than her cell, though it smelled much nicer. Fixing her hair and wiping the drool from her chin, she hurried to open the door. Without evenContinue reading “Chapter 11 – Library”
Chapter 7 – A Brighter Past
Grim decorations lining the castle’s corridors passed by as a shadowy blur in his vague peripheral. Only the peeking pale light of the moon glinting in through tall, tapered windows guided his hooves forward. Every turn, each cracked stone, and the broken step on the second staircase were memorized. The portraits of his mother andContinue reading “Chapter 7 – A Brighter Past”
Chapter 6 – A Life Sentence
Cyrah rested against the vertical bars of her individual cell with her head tilted back, gaze transfixed on the ceiling somewhere up in the pitch darkness. Every breath was shallow, evading the stench surrounding her. She closed her eyes and considered her situation. Home burned to the ground, chased out of her home for decliningContinue reading “Chapter 6 – A Life Sentence”
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