Burning Coals

Burning Coals

This entry is part 20 of 35 in the series The Rusted BladeThey fought on. Orthael gave ground again and again, knowing that he could not – would not – strike her. She threw him a dangerously open slice, daring him to show her that Fire destroyed without...
Burning Coals

Blazing Sparks

This entry is part 19 of 35 in the series The Rusted BladeOrthael felt her blow crash into his guard with a stunning violence. He spun to deliver a pommel strike and felt her duck under him before his shield caught two quick blows. Judgement came back around, its edge...
Burning Coals

Pathways in the Dark

This entry is part 14 of 14 in the series The DarkThe room, if you can call it that, for it was enormous, easily the largest single chamber I’d seen down here in the dark, was a nightmare landscape of chaos. I had to shake my head and blink my eyes several times...
Burning Coals

Chase in the Dark

This entry is part 13 of 14 in the series The DarkI ran through the tunnels, following the sounds of your laughter as they bounced off the walls around me. The shape of the tunnels played tricks on my ears — every time I thought I was close to catching you, I...
Burning Coals

Beautiful Triumph

An adolescent boy, nude but for a spotlessly white loincloth. Great feathered wings sprout from his shoulder blades, so perfectly clean and glorious that anyone who saw them would be instantly blinded. But of course there are none who can. He stands in the middle of...

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