Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 10: Invitations

Turquoise nostrils flared as Utiss emerged from the cave’s shaded entrance into the setting sun’s orange glow. She eagerly breathed fresh air, feeling it filter through her body and cleanse the final remnants of Ginroy’s toxin before exhaling a reinvigorated sigh. Poised on her back, Kilena smiled and comfortingly patted her neck. A breeze sweptContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 10: Invitations”

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 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 3: A Frost Giant’s Friend

Targath at her side and Utiss close behind, a hammer rhythmically clanging against metal guided Kilena through the woods. Silence briefly visited between each strike, absent of calling birds or noisy insects. Clouds reigned in the sky above, greyfo and gloomy with the threat of rain. Trees became more sparse the deeper they traveled intoContinue reading “Miss Knight Book 2 – Chapter 3: A Frost Giant’s Friend”