Petras leaned over me, his rancid breath a form of torture in and of itself.
“Poke, poke, poke,” he chanted, following each word with a swift thrust of his knife into a different part of my body.
It had been a week since Caera and ...
2021-04-11 15:29:46 +0000 UTC
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ARTHUR LEYWIN
I forced my hand to relax around the relic, afraid of it shattering within my clenched fist, and withdrew my consciousness. My eyes opened to reveal the small cell in the Granbehls’ mansion as a broad grin sp...
2021-04-09 18:22:29 +0000 UTC
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ELEANOR LEYWIN
I clenched my teeth, trying to stay focused through the throbbing pain that covered every inch of my body, as Commander Virion addressed everyone present. Mom had been pretty stubborn in her efforts to keep me...
2021-04-02 16:26:22 +0000 UTC
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ARTHUR LEWYIN
Lord Granbehl’s large fist struck my side. His guards stood around me, holding me up by the arms with my hands still shackled. The next blow was to my face, then a series of punches to my ribs again.
Th...
2021-03-26 16:21:15 +0000 UTC
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CAERA DENOIR
“Blood Granbehl has gone too far.” I seethed with malice, and mana leaked out of me, making my adoptive mother flinch. We were approaching the exterior gate of Highblood Denoir’s pristine white stone and m...
2021-03-19 17:50:48 +0000 UTC
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My eyes snapped open and I twisted to look at the “guard.” Sitting next to me was a red-faced old man, his graying hair matted and sticking out at odd angles. He let out a belch, filling the small carriage with the stench of his alcoholic brea...
2021-03-12 19:13:38 +0000 UTC
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The vision of Ellie vanishing in a wave of destruction played over in my mind, again and again. My sister...dressed like an Alacryan soldier...caught up in an asuran attack on the elven homeland…where Nico and Tessia fought side by side, like ol...
2021-03-05 17:31:42 +0000 UTC
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Update:
I have a minor surgery this coming friday. No issues with my health, so don't worry about that, but will need the weekend to rest! Have a great week :)
2021-03-03 21:01:15 +0000 UTC
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Update:
I'm by no means fully recovered but I am at a much better place. Enough to finally come back and say that TBATE novel will resume once more on it's weekly schedule every Friday PST. Thank you sincerely for every one of you that have be...
2021-02-24 20:18:58 +0000 UTC
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Update: a happily boring week for me! No problems which is a great thing for me! We had snow here so got to play outside with wife and the dog. Slowly planning out volume 9 before i start writing chapters again. What are you guys looking forward t...
2021-02-17 20:49:20 +0000 UTC
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hello all, turtleme here! another weekly update for those still reading haha. I had a cardiac stress test yesterday, where basically I ran on an inclining treadmill while hooked up to a machine that reads my vitals until my heartrate went up to 17...
2021-02-11 02:06:12 +0000 UTC
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Quick update!
I’m limiting my updates to Patreons only cuz I don’t want to keep blasting these into the air, haha. So for those who care, I actually started writing a little bit! It’s been a while so there was a lot of deleting invol...
2021-02-04 00:20:55 +0000 UTC
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Another update:
It feels like I'm writing journal entries every time I give an update… hope you guys don't mind, lol. I'm recovering by the day and my body is able to move more and longer with each passing week! I don't feel as sluggish a...
2021-01-27 22:07:14 +0000 UTC
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Hey, quick update~
Not much has changed but I guess that’s a good thing. I’m slowly beginning to exercise and continuing to go to a lot of doctor appointments, but aside from that, I’m doing well! My endurance is slowly but surely rec...
2021-01-21 01:16:47 +0000 UTC
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Some updates from me, I’m taking physical therapy and had two check ups from my cardiologist. Everything looking a-okay so far!
2021-01-13 21:59:30 +0000 UTC
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Hello~ quick update from me. I was discharged from the hospital on 12/31/2020 so I was thankfully able to spend New Years day with my family. I'm sleeping a lot and taking a ton of medications but I'm slowly recovering. My brain is still active an...
2021-01-06 23:58:01 +0000 UTC
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Hello, everyone. It’s TurtleMe here! First of all, I just wanted to say thank you for all of the well wishes. I’ve received so much love and support during this difficult time that it shined a lot on how great my readers are. I, unfortun...
2020-12-23 21:50:12 +0000 UTC
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Hey Turtles,
Just wanted to give a quick update regarding weekly chapter updates. TurtleMe had several chapters prepared in advance. To make up for missed chapters last week, EDIT: THREE, not four, more cha...
2020-12-21 21:35:37 +0000 UTC
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Hello Turtles,
This is TurtleMe's wife, Grace. I'm neither really good at English or writing like TurtleMe, so please forgive me. I wanted to let the patrons know that TurtleMe won't be able to publish his weekly chapters (I'm honestly not e...
2020-12-16 16:54:55 +0000 UTC
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Hey Turtles,
Just wanted to take a moment to acknowledge that I’ve officially reached 1,000 patrons! My Patreon has grown a ridiculous amount this year, nearly tripling in size, and it’s all thanks to you—you crazy peeps.
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2020-12-15 05:36:47 +0000 UTC
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An ox was bellowing nearby. A distant bird cried angrily, our battle likely having disturbed its peace. My own heart was banging against my ribcage audibly, but I could hear Tessia’s and Curtis’s as well, which felt wrong somehow, almost like ...
2020-12-08 21:25:36 +0000 UTC
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I followed several feet behind Tessia, keeping my face carefully passive so that the soldiers bustling around us wouldn’t see how nervous I was. Most of them were elves out of necessity; humans and dwarves were at a disadvantage navigating the f...
2020-12-04 22:09:15 +0000 UTC
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The pain of my fall was really starting to set in by the time we found our way back to Elder Rinia’s cave. Most of my body was covered in black and purple bruises, which I knew would look even worse by the time I made it home.
Mom is g...
2020-12-01 21:11:39 +0000 UTC
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I smirked at Elder Rinia. Her wry sense of humor was one of the things I really liked about her. While everyone else in the underground town walked around as if every day was one long funeral, the old seer could still find humor despite...
2020-11-27 20:41:30 +0000 UTC
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Ellie
I heard the creatures skittering through the darkness before I saw them. The dim light artifact I carried only lit up about ten feet around me, enough to walk without twisting my ankle but not enough to show me what was coming.
T...
2020-11-25 01:50:50 +0000 UTC
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I met my mother’s gaze and tried not to roll my eyes.
She let out a sigh. “Oh, don’t you give me that look. You’re too young…”
Forcing what I hoped was an understanding but slightly incredulous smile, I said, “Mom, you ca...
2020-11-20 20:42:26 +0000 UTC
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Author's note: Yo! If you've read chapter 309, we only have one chapter left in volume 8 from Arthur's POV. HOWEVER... there is still a bit of dicathen chapters that is crucial to the build up of the end of v...
2020-11-13 20:01:01 +0000 UTC
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EDIT: Hey everyone, as you may have noticed, I accidentally uploaded the sneak peek for next Friday's chapter instead of this week's. I'm sorry for any confusion this may have caused! (And enjoy the early sneak peek~)
2020-11-11 23:27:09 +0000 UTC
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chapter is out! Didn't edit so might be riddled with mistakes. forgive me and enjoy <3
I could feel Old Broke Beak’s blood pumping frantically through the fragile neck I held in my grasp as he jerked in sh...
2020-11-06 21:36:25 +0000 UTC
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Another weekly sneak peek! Please enjoy and, as always, let me know your thoughts below :)
2020-11-04 20:16:30 +0000 UTC
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