Ch. 213 - Total Eclipse
Leo only had a few seconds to struggle with his rising panic before he heard the familiar voice. “There’s no going back after this, I’m afraid.” Even before Leo whirled around, he knew who it ...
2025-01-27 14:59:02 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 205 - Enemies at the Gate
By the time he reached the palace steps, it was worse than he feared. There were almost no defenders left, though, in the swirling scrum of combat, it was hard to say for sure. Everyone was wear...
2025-01-27 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 195 - Time Flies
The years slipped by in the service to the Alexins faster than he would have thought as Simon lost himself in the pursuits of art, teaching art, and just plain teaching. It was a mixture of experiences, ...
2025-01-27 14:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostA second batch of chapters for devoted readers
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2025-01-20 15:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 112 - Making Magic
Though he’d taken the challenge to cover up for his own goals, Lucas thought that it would be an easy win to shove in Heisenburgle’s smug face. He was sorely mistaken. Though he made a few batches ...
2025-01-20 15:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 221 - The Last Day (part 2)
Leo dove into the pit like a falling star and the foulness that reached for him from the walls burned away to ash long before it touched him. The place was a warren of nightmares, and as he fe...
2025-01-20 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 211 - A Taste of Light
They were married after the harvest, less than a year after his return. Everyone would have said that was long overdue, of course, but Leo hadn’t noticed. He’d been too busy spending time with ...
2025-01-20 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 202 - Brutality
For as long as he was moving quickly, Simon stayed on the trail. After that, he made his way up the slope, sticking to the largest rocks he could. Despite the fact that they’d fired two volleys, and he...
2025-01-20 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 192 - A Reunion of Sorts
“I told the sailors not to untie you lest you…Oh,” she exclaimed in surprise as she turned around and saw him, but even that was muted as she quickly buried it beneath the expression she us...
2025-01-20 14:56:00 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 110 - The Morning After (Part 2)
“Oh?” the Prince said, raising an eyebrow. “I’ll listen to your request, but I can’t promise you anything. I consider justice in this matter to be quite a gift already.”
Ch. 219 - Free For All
Even though Tenebroum’s mortal enemy was approaching from somewhere over the horizon hours earlier than he normally would, the spirit of darkness felt no fear. Why should it? In a single stroke, it h...
2025-01-13 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 209 - Primeval (Part 2)
When the Titan emerged from the hole into the depths at the center of Tenebroum’s lair, it was just part of the flood. Shadowy monstrosities raged past it in all directions. In the past, the Lic...
2025-01-13 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 199 - A New Beginning
Later that evening, Simon was finally allowed to meet his son. Before that, though, he was given a tour of the palace he already knew reasonably well and shown the apartments he’d be living in unt...
2025-01-13 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 189 - Shifting Paths
Simon woke up in bed, in a dark room. At first, he feared he’d returned to the cabin, but when he didn’t feel the familiar lumps in that straw mattress, he calmed down. Well, woke was perhaps not...
2025-01-13 14:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 108 - Alone with the Dragoness
“Actually, before we go back to your room for a drink, I need to stop by the Prince’s study,” Lucas said, grasping at straws.
“A drink?” she laughed. “My dear boy, w...
2025-01-06 15:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 217 - Something Missing
Something terrible was happening, but Jordan did not know what. He could barely even point to something specific, but that didn’t matter. What mattered were the things he couldn’t see or had g...
2025-01-06 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 207 - Quenching the Forge
When all was in readiness, Tenebroum opened the floodgates and sent dozens of cubic yards a second cascading into the darkness below. In time, the river might run dry, but if that happened, than...
2025-01-06 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 196 - Making A Mess
The first thing they did that morning was sweep with the straw brooms that had been brought for just this purpose. Bertrand had balked at that, but Simon had insisted it was a vital part of the proces...
2025-01-06 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 186 - Lay of the Land
Simon was gone before Ennis emerged from the tower, but he preferred it that way. He’d done a good deed, but there was no knowing how it would all play out from this point forward. The best of int...
2025-01-06 14:56:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 106 - A Gala Event
Even after Lucas walked Mr. Twee out and watched his carriage depart the fortress that afternoon, the adrenaline flowed through him. It was only when that was gone, and his heart rate had come back dow...
2024-12-30 15:00:23 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 215 - Among the Ashes
Krulm’venor was only slightly harder to find than the Shadow Drake had been. This was because his partial goblin nature blended in so much better with the green skins that infested the area, and h...
2024-12-30 14:59:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 205 - A Chance Encounter
Leo planned on returning to his friends. He really did. He just had no interest in taking the direct way back to Wayward. That was both because he felt guilt for lingering so long away and fear t...
2024-12-30 14:58:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 193 - A Little Longer
“Eight years,” he sighed as he lay in his old bed, which Niko had so graciously lent to him after he’d come back. “I waited for five years only to be told to wait for another eight. Who does...
2024-12-30 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostCh. 183 - Something To Do
This time it wasn’t a question of where he wanted to spend his time, it was a matter of how he wanted to spend this life, and Simon spent several days considering that question. At this point his ...
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Ch. 103 - Breakthrough
One ingredient at a time, Lucas prepare...
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Ch. 212 - A Flickering Candle
The battle was not a quick thing...
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Ch. 202 - Purging the Darkness (part 2)
That night was a long ...
2024-12-23 14:58:00 +0000 UTC View PostWell, the promised week has arrived. We will now see Simon three days a week!
...but not this week I do not deliver three chapters. No, I deliver four! Merry Christmas! Please enjoy your bonus chapter in good health and holiday cheer!
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2024-12-23 14:57:01 +0000 UTC View PostWell, the promised week has arrived. We will now see Simon three days a week!
...but not this week I do not deliver three chapters. No, I deliver four! Merry Christmas! Please enjoy your bonus chapter in good health and holiday cheer!
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2024-12-23 14:56:00 +0000 UTC View Post