After the storm, Victor and I begin to get closer than ever. As strange as it is, we go out on our first date together as soon as all the roads have cleared. Going to the restaurant together, I know, is a bit of a spectacle. After all, in such a tiny town, everybody knows everybody. Still, it’s nice being able to go out with Victor. Once the initial shock wears off, people will go back t...
2019-09-11 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“It’s only a wedding!” The woman cries. “Please let me go!” She expands her great wings, knocking over several priestesses. I then notice them start to lunge at her, so I charge out and knock her free of the priestesses grasp. I pull her behind me and get her back near her carriage.
“It’s ok now, I’ll see you get into the keep safe and sound. I’m so sorry my lady that you-” I turn to look at her and our eyes meet. She’s stunningly beautiful but I recognize he...
2019-09-10 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
When I was little, my parents moved to Alaska as part of my father’s job. It was the most remote and strange place I had ever seen. Having grown up with skyscrapers and cars all around me, the nature that took its place was like a whole other world to me. My mother hated it. She was constantly worried about wild animals, and lamented the fact that there was nowhere close by to shop. My d...
2019-09-10 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostI held my tongue all that time, growing up knowing Lady Swaene hated my guts as she did all Blights. I grew up knowing what I was, and still I carried on as if I didn’t. I excelled in my studies and my father even let me learn swordplay, although it was a watered down version of it. My teacher, Rolf, was young, just five years older than me, but he was smart and studious and already an accomplished swordsman. He also knew I was capable of more than just women’s swordplay. He taught me how...
2019-09-09 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Now everyone is aware that there is a Leviathan in the area. Despite it never showing up near the anemones, and never attacking anyone, everyone is on the highest alert. For the first few days, I kept to the anemones, but now I’m slipping away. I can’t take being surrounded by people anymore; I have to get out. My mom is a little bit better, but she’s still annoying me. I guess she t...
2019-09-09 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
This month, don't forget, the mail outs only go to my $75 - $20 Patrons. Not to worry $10 patrons, I have something super special planned for October!
Anyways, this month features artwork of my green fairy Bolivar! The artwork is by Trashchan (trqshchan on twitter) and he is so cute! She's actually the one who inspired the story too.
Next month, for the spooky month of October, I have something super special pla...
2019-09-09 17:11:34 +0000 UTC View PostI’ve decided to update my commissions rules a bit. I’ve been wanting to do this for a long time, but after some soul searching I decided now is the best time.
From now on all commission inquiries will be handled via email. That brand new email is momoladycomms.gmail.com. Below I will include a format I wish you to follow so that the commission you want is assured, and I will have all information needed in order to complete the job easily, smoothly, and stress free. ...
2019-09-09 14:54:37 +0000 UTC View Post“Look, we all believe in Medvadeva and what she provides, but she is not going to take your stress away, Lady Siyana. She is not going to come down and pluck Lord Behrouz from your bed.” Lilova gestures grandly. “She will provide help for you, but sometimes it isn’t in a way you would expect!”
“Oh wow,” I murmur. “You girls are more on top of this than I give you credit for.”
The girls all giggle and smirk together at this.
“Well,” I start. “For one, ...
2019-09-06 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post
There is a cave near the anemones that I like to go visit, even though I have been told it isn’t a place we should go. It’s the kind of thing that kids do just to rebel against their parents - enter the cave, poke around, then pop back out before anyone notices. I never really grew out of that, as I enjoyed what I found inside the cave.
It lies just beyond the anemone fields wher...
2019-09-06 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostBehrouz chuckles. “You think I am a fool, don’t you, Siyana?” He claps his hands around his waist. “How long have we known one another?”
“Too long,” I roll my eyes.
“And in all this time, you’ve always thought me the fool.” He cracks his neck. “I can see it in those bleak, dead eyes of yours. Good thing your body is better looking.”
“You say that every time, Behrouz,” I scoff. “Please, get to the point, you interrupted my meditation. If I don’...
2019-09-05 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Part of me is submerged in water as I ride Fionnla’s back. Due to him being a Kelpie, he can never venture too far away from water, or there is a strong chance he could die. So whenever possible, we travel along water - or in the water, as is now the case. The stream is high from a recent storm further north, so I’m up to my waist in the muddied current while Fionnla walks. The banks a...
2019-09-05 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“Remember your story?” He asks. “The one where you got lost in the woods?”
“If you say you’re the Snare, I’m going to beat you to death,” I snarl at him.
“No!” He gasps. “No, of course not. But-” he frowns. “I did kill the Snare, if that helps anything.”
I stare at him hard and narrow my eyes. “Uhm-”
Victor then takes hold of my hands. “The bear that saved you,” he whispers. “That was me.” His hands squeeze mine.
“T...
2019-09-04 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
My grandmother used to say that the women in our family had a tendency to run out of luck like a sieve with a hole. By the time we are grown and need luck the most, we are out of it. My grandmother was proof enough. She lost all her sons by the time they were teenagers, her husband vanished with all her money, and her eldest daughter was taken by a dragon. My mother’s luck had run out sl...
2019-09-04 19:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post“The town is much bigger than it used to be,” my dad says to me as I load my bags into the house. “Not to your mother’s standards, of course, but there is a lot more to it than when you were a kid.” He grunts as he sits down. His arm is in a sling while his leg is in a massive cast. He sets his crutches aside then looks out the window. “It’s still a drive, of course.”
“Of course.” I wipe my brow then sit down at the table with him. “Anything interesting?”
...
2019-09-03 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThings went exactly the way Amadeus said they would, which was not the least bit surprising. In order to keep their names out of the gossip pool, my parents paid off the courts and Amadeus. They also asked that Amadeus try and rehabilitate me out of a life of crime and make me a presentable young lady of the courts again.
My parents were both well-off even before they married one another. Once wed, they were grotesquely well off. My father made his fortune manufacturing fabrics for the ...
2019-09-03 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“What would I possibly complain about?” Agrios chuckles. “I actually can’t remember the last time I enjoyed something so much and I wasn’t eating a sailor.”
I sputter and giggle, burying my face against his chest. “Don’t lie!”
“Why would I?” He strokes my hair from my face. “What would I possibly gain?” He kisses my forehead. “Maybe one day, I’ll earn the pleasure of learning how you’d like to be squished.”
I push at him as I laugh. “Ok no...
2019-09-02 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe lands just beyond the royal palace are a confusing labyrinth of woods, villages, flower gardens, and a massive lake that changes in size. There are also the chessboard fields, but no one really talks about them since the Queen War ended. Beyond the Rose Garden, there is a village that is more well-off than some of the others. It was a place where the palace staff purchased all their supplies; as such, the people in the town prospered. Just outside of Rose Village, there is Pig Village, a ...
2019-09-02 19:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostI grimace at the thought. “Ow, that has to hurt.”
“It does. It’s agonizing! And it has been all day. My nerves are frayed and I haven’t been able to eat anything since.” He lowers himself down onto the beach, resting his great big noggin on the ground. His head is broad with fins jutting out the back. The red stripes make a deep ‘V’ on his forehead and down his muzzle. There is a strange, bulbous object on the back of his head that’s a deep blue. It looks like it’s f...
2019-08-31 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI am lounging in Ikshan’s study, going over his notebooks from meetings and jotting my own thoughts into the margins. Ikshan is behind his desk, still dressed in his ceremonial robes and turban after having met with Princess Aksha that afternoon.
I have heard legends of her mother, Queen Imani, who was as ruthless and vicious as a feral Rakshasa, but was also one of the best leaders in the Ruby Empire. Aksha impressed me as being like a knife’s edge, waiting for the chan...
2019-08-31 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI scoff. “Yes.” I lay my hand back on the top of his head. “He gambled away everything. I was left pregnant, destitute, and homeless because of him.”
“What happened to him?” Fionnla asks. “I mean, how did he die?”
“Drowned,” I scoff. “They found him all bloated and disgusting in the river. Only way we knew it was him was by the pin on his lapel.”
“Hmm,” Fionnla sighs, “sounds like my work.”
I suddenly start to laugh. “Imagine!” I gig...
2019-08-30 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI was once one of the most promising warriors in the Rajah’s army. I had grown up a peasant child on the island of Sita, barely scraping by, selling the handkerchiefs my mother made. When I got older, I volunteered for the Rajah’s service, which gave my mother a monthly stipend and rations for my service. I was barely fourteen and passing myself off as eighteen. It was lucky I was big like my father, or else they might have questioned my baby face a bit more.
I worked myself up thro...
2019-08-30 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe kelpie walks closer to shore, allowing me to speak without water filling my mouth. “But I am hungry now,” he growls.
I cough and sputter. “I don’t have anything else to offer! I can only promise you myself when the time comes.”
The kelpie walks out of the water and I drop to the ground. I look up at him, seeing he is wholly different from before. His legs are stick thin like bones, wrapped with a stiff sinew that coils up to the torso where gathered water is spilling...
2019-08-29 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostYour family has owned and operated an inn for centuries, and the building has been recently remodeled and repaired, with additions at the back to accommodate for the modern world. The old charm remains, though, and everything has been well taken care of, in order to preserve that feeling of old-world tradition. The inn has been a mainstay for many years, for locals and tourists alike - all who wish to bathe in the hot springs located on the grounds.
Myths and legends hang around the hot...
2019-08-29 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“You’re so fucking gross.” I stand up and strip off my clothes. As I toss them aside, I see a look come over Amadeus’ face. He leans forward towards me and grabs my hips.
“Turn around,” he snarls.
“What?” I huff. “No! Your ass is the only one getting plowed in this room. You don’t get to use mine.”
“Turn around!” He roars. He pushes me and I nearly trip. He holds me up and his hand moves up my back. “Oh no,” he whispers.
“What?” I snar...
2019-08-28 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Where are you right now?” The text message pops up in the middle of the ASL class I’m taking. I’ve been taking the classes in secret since Jian and I started dating. I figured it would be nice to be able to talk together without the use of phones. We could look at each other rather than at phone screens for conversations.
“I’m with a friend,” I answer Jian.
“When you get a chance, I’d like to meet you somewhere. Plans fell through, so I’m...
2019-08-28 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAmadeus likes to strut his position around, showing off his slick uniform while towering over the Roses with his impressive physique. He’s passed middle age though, so I’m sure he’s not the force of nature he was in youth. After all, if someone as tiny as me can knock him on his ass regularly, what threat can he really be?
I suppose I shouldn’t underestimate him though, for all I know, he’s been going easy on me. One more close encounter, the old fool may snap then show me wha...
2019-08-27 21:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostDelivering pizzas was never something I thought I would have to do. I really, honestly believed that after I graduated college, things would be hard, but not the struggle they have been. I thought I would at least get some sort of job related to my degree in teaching. Hell, even a substitute teacher job would suffice, but no. I’m delivering pizzas and living at home again. Thanks world, I guess. You’re really doing me a solid here.
My uncle owns the pizzeria where I got the job, so ...
2019-08-27 19:00:59 +0000 UTC View Post“Fine,” you huff. “I’ll let you touch it.”
Asphiter smirks. “I put this food back, I can still claim it later. Maybe if you do something to make me docile I’ll behave for you more readily later.”
You bite back your own smile. “What makes you think I’d give in to you so readily?”
Asphiter waves a hand down his body. “Look at me,” he grins. “And I’ve been smelling your arousal for ages. I know what makes you tick.”
“You do?” You chuckl...
2019-08-26 21:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThe Children of the Night Carnival is like a small world all its own. There are places in it you’ve yet to see in your time working there. It’s grown so much from the time you were little. You spent the first five years of your life with Mr. Faire and all his children; your mom had been kicked out of her home for getting pregnant as a teen, and Mr. Faire took her in with open arms. Once your mom married your other mom, they decided to settle and left the carnival to raise you.
Now, ...
2019-08-26 19:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post“Your mother was in a panic. I got worried.” Ikshan’s voice is soft and gentle as he massages me. “Just relax. I’ll take care of you.”
I sigh with relief, having gotten my selfish wish granted. “Thank you,” I whimper.
“I would do anything for you, Veer.” His voice is low and quiet. “Remember that always. It’s my promise.”
Once I get to feeling better and sit up in bed, Ikshan has breakfast with me in my room. He’s sent for a doctor to come look at...
2019-08-25 21:00:01 +0000 UTC View Post