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July Side Story: The Lady of Liseu

A/N: Big thanks to everyone who suggested a prompt and/or voted! This one turned out long--longer than any single chapter of the the main story, actually (~4600 words). I'm fairly happy with it, and I hope you enjoy it! I certainly enjoyed writing it! I'll post this one publicly eventually on RR & SH at the end of the first volume as an interlude (sometime in October I think?).

Perspective: Seyari

“Are you serious?” I rolled to the side, ...

Chapter 53: Family Man

Perspective: Salvador

I spent my time on the ship back to Inolza in quiet thought. I couldn’t get what happened that night in Port Princely out of my head. I’d taken my payment from the Korzon Island mission from Lorelei and left the other two for a ship bound for home.

Sonia was sure to give me an earful when I visited her at the main church of Dhias in Inolza. My Cassandra wouldn’t have let me hear the end of it. My heart clenched at the thought of my wife...

Chapter 52: Demons are Unnatural

Perspective: Lorelei

The ship under me was as still as the ocean on this windless day. Markus and I were on route back to Ordia from Liseu. We’d left Navanaea in a rush after our encounter with the demon and Yothariel. This ship was even less comfortable than the Swordfish had been, but at least we’d be stuck on it for less time.

Yothariel and the demon had escaped. I wished they’d been stupid enough to walk into the Navanean royal guard and military. We’d...

Chapter 51: Pass

We didn’t stay in the room for long. Whatever was in the pile that had emitted the magic and aura was gone. In its place was simply another indistinct stain on a ruined floor.

The presence was gone. Ironically, we decided to leave the once-cursed place. Fatigue was certainly a factor. Seyari looked a mess and I seriously doubted I was much better. Fatigue from mana depletion wasn’t something I could just regenerate away.

A headache throbbed around the base of my horns. The hum...

Chapter 50: Fog

Ghosts of stone walls rose and fell out of the fog that surrounded us. The weathered, broken shapes sat forlorn between twisted trees. In the fading evening light, the valley had been beautiful. In the dim predawn light, it was haunting.

I hadn’t noticed the other ruins through the trees yesterday. Last night, the forest seemed thinner and I could have sworn there was nothing but rocky soil and groundcover.

Seyari and I held hands as we walked. Not out of romantic interest, but ...

June 2022 Side Story: Collared

A/N: Thank you to everyone who suggested ideas and/or voted! I hope you enjoy this side story! The events of this chapter are non-canon. Chronologically, they would take place between Chapters 24 and 25.

We were three days out from Baetnal and the caravan had decided to take a small detour. Everyone was tired and hot. Well, everyone except Aretan and his mercenaries. I wasn’t either, at least not physically. Mentally, however, I was beyon...

July Side Story Poll Take Two!

Hi Patrons!

Apologies to anyone who already voted. I was made aware I'd forgotten a suggestion, and I cannot edit a poll once it goes live.

Please vote and let me know what side story you want to see for July! The poll will be up for most of a week.

Lastly, the June side story will be posted on the 15th.

Chapter 49: Mountain Secrets

We followed the cave deeper and deeper into the mountain. Hammer had called the place a tunnel, but it looked natural enough to me. I guess I wouldn’t have any idea what a Formid tunnel would look like. Maybe something else made this one?

We passed a few small offshoots. Some were dead-ends I could see down, and others curved off to who knows where. Long, pale centipedes and other smaller cave fauna skittered and shifted around in the darkness.

Years ago, human me would have bee...

Chapter 48: Another Side

Perspective: Zarenna

“Greetings,” the hammer-wielder spoke in Navvish.

Their voice was clear, but shrill and monotone. They spoke something after, with a click and hiss that I did not understand.

“Hello,” I replied simply, then looked to my partner who spoke a little more Navvish than the simple phrases I knew.

Seyari nodded her head and spoke in Navvish. “What did you say after you greeted my partner?”

The bug-like humanoid thought a...

Chapter 47: Listless in Liseu

A perspective we haven't seen! What are Aretan and Nelys up to anyway?

Perspective: Aretan

After the death of Third Prince Malich at the hands of Zarenna, Baetnal had looked for all the world to be a nest of angry termites. When Nelys and I had left Zarenna and Seyari behind at the Third Prince’s estate, the noble district seemed as if Zud’s domain would emerge to cover the city.No unbound demons appeared, thankfully. I under...

July Side Story Suggestions

Suggestions for July are closed! Poll will go up tomorrow.

I have the topic that won the June poll in mind and am working to frame out and write the side story for that month. However, given that my Patreon didn't start until mid-June, I estimate delivery for June to be mid-July. 

In the meantime! I am opening suggestions for the July side story. Mostly, I want to be able to get this suggested, voted, and out to you all by the end of July. 2022-07-03 20:17:40 +0000 UTC View Post

Chapter 46: Desert, Not Deserted

Lilly measured me for clothes when we arrived back at her home. I asked how any new clothing could possibly be ready by the time Seyari and I left in the morning. She seemed to pout at the fact I was leaving.

She said that nothing would be fitted for me, but they probably had some stuff big enough and could get it altered with magic before I left. I at least had the good sense to ask Lilly for an outfit without extra sleeves and an alteration for my tail.

I tried to find and read ...

Sovereign of Wrath June 2022

Hi all!

Thank you so much for the support! I hadn't imagined the level of engagement and support I'd get when I started posting.

This post is simply for the end of month cumulative PDF of the story. There are a few small grammar tweaks from what is posted on here already as individual chapters, but no major changes.

Chapter 45: A 'Friendly' Spar

When I returned to the living room, Lilly and Seyari had shifted their gazes away from each other, but made their discomfort obvious. Lilly’s armor shined a brighter blue in the sunlight, contrasting with her pink skin. Silver haired Seyari, meanwhile, was literally glowing (slightly). Thankfully neither of them looked to have made any moves toward the other. They were, however, standing facing slightly apart in obstinate silence.

Lilly broke the silence. “So, what kind of weapon do...

Chapter 44: Bookworm

A/N: I'm not super happy with the chapter title for this one. If you have any ideas, feel free to suggest them!

I found myself enjoying another calm morning in the household of the Sovereign of Lust. I had to keep reminding myself who lived here. Lilly was certainly not entirely as she seemed. Her husband Isidore had all but admitted to cruel human experimentation.

These facts clearly weren’t lost on Seyari. She’d woken up early this morning and slipped out o...

June Side Story Poll

Vote for the June side story! No idea will be overly lewd (despite what the last one might suggest).

Note that this side story won't release until at the latest mid-July. The first two ideas would be uploaded on RR & SH with a two-week delay, while the third would stay Patreon-exclusive.

Chapter 43: The Nature of Demons pt. 2

The next morning, we shared a breakfast of fruit with our hosts. I wore my dress again, wrinkles be damned. I liked the way my claws clacked on the cool sandstone floors, but still dreamed of shoes to complete the look.

“Isidore?” I asked between bites. “What happens to the souls that don’t break into demons? The Church of Dhias always taught that heaven awaited the righteous, but so long as you were not truly evil, you would be reincarnated. Evil souls went to hell, which I gue...

Chapter 42: The Nature of Demons pt.1

“Why should we trust you?” Seyari asked before Isidore had even started to speak.

The middle-aged Ordian man kept a level gaze back at Seyari. “Trust me to do what, exactly? Or do you mean whether you should trust my information?”

“Both,” Seyari and I answered at the same time.

Isidore leaned back in his chair. “I will answer both then. I was kicked out of the University of Ardath for my research into demons and the methodology I employed. I desire to determine...

Chapter 41: Tea with Lust

A/N: Hi everyone! So, this chapter was originally part of the previous one, but that chapter ended up too far above my max chapter word count after revision (~4000 soft limit), so it was split off. Thematically, it would work very well merged with the next chapter, but that one is, by itself almost at 4000 words. At least this one isn't as short as Moonlight pt. 1 (hopefully nothing will be--32 is basically half a chapter).

Anyway, enjoy and thanks again for y...

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Chapter 40: Expected/Unexpected

“Izzy! We have company!” Lilly shouted into a room on one side of the modest hall we were standing in.

“Is it the Sovereign?” A masculine voice sounded back from the room.

The doorway was just wide enough I could see a cozy sitting room, but not the owner of the voice.

“Yep! And her partner too. They’re such a cute couple!”

I heard the sound of a heavy book closing from the same room. “Could you make us some tea, dear?”

I looked down at the welc...

Ideas for June Side Story

Update: Suggestions for the June story are closed!

"But Maxine? We're already two weeks into June." 

Yeah, I know I'll leave suggestions up for a week (ish--we're just getting started so it may be a bit longer), the poll for a few days, and try to jam it out by month end. If we end up with two released in July, then so be it.

Oh, and it may not be the clearest in the patron rewards, but the side stories are not going to stay Patreon ex...

Chapter 39: Quaint Illusion

With Mereneth flying overhead, Seyari and I continued our march through sand, sand, and more sand. Neither of us particularly trusted our demonic guide, so we still rationed food for dinner.

We stopped well after the sun had set. In a surprising show of politeness, Mereneth sat far away from us. Still, neither Seyari nor I were in the mood for continuing our make-out session that had been interrupted.

I flicked a grain of sand off of the piece of jerky I was eating. “When I was ...

Chapter 38: Shifting Sands

The rest of the day’s walk was fortunately uneventful. Sadly, this meant it was also crushingly boring. Both of us focused on making good time, so there was little conversation. I could also tell we were both still tired.

I didn’t use magic to make another slab, so we slept under the stars the next night. I held Seyari again. This time, my sleep was much better. The only dream I remembered was a fading one where I fought one of the demons on the island in my human glamour. I punched...

Chapter 37: Not an Imposter

Perspective: Zarenna

I kept my eyes on Seyari’s back for a moment more before turning to face her. I couldn’t imagine the pain of cutting off your own limbs. Or the opinion you’d need to have of yourself to consider the act justifiable. We looked into each other’s eyes for a long moment. I tried to lighten the mood.

“Told you I wouldn’t leave,” I smirked.

“I didn’t think you would,” Seyari replied with a half-smile.

Wordlessly, I pu...

Chapter 36: Woe

Perspective: Seyari

“Traitor!” I shouted at the surprised man behind his ornate desk.

My sword, alight with holy fire, pointed at his neck. Around my feet were the smoking remains of the door to Baron Haverly’s study. The small room was stuffed full of books organized haphazardly. I couldn’t get close to opening my wings in here, much to my discomfort.

“Surrender and I may spare you,” I spat.

Baron Haverly responded by raising a barrier of ...

Chapter 35: Weapon

Perspective: Seyari

The road had narrowed to the point where the wagons could hardly traverse it long before we entered the town’s secluded valley. The small village we were staying in was idyllic in the way only a small hunting town deep in the mountains could be. We’d traded bucolic countryside for tall pines days ago.

The first snow of winter had yet to weigh down the pines. The morning light had barely burned through the clouds and what shone through the n...

Chapter 34: Moonlight pt.2

Perspective: Seyari

Neither of us moved or spoke for a long time. I wanted to continue, but I didn’t want to give up the comfort of the moment.

In the end, it was Zarenna who broke the silence. “You don’t have to go any further tonight if you don’t want to.”

Her voice was smooth and deep, like always. The tone was slightly other, compared to a human voice. I always found myself surprised Zarenna was able to inject genuine concern into a tone of voi...

Chapter 33: Ward

Perspective: Seyari

I started to speak, and felt the walls I’d built around myself crumble away. Slowly at first, then gaining rapidly in intensity, the memories I’d held locked away for so long came alive again in the desert moonlight.

We’d have a long night ahead of us, and Zarenna sat eagerly next to me. Her presence was comforting. My magic may have instinctively rebelled at our proximity, but I stamped it down. I was my own master.

I started at th...

Chapter 32: Moonlight pt.1

A/N: I've updated this chapter with expanded introspection that I think was missing initially. I'll note this change at month end when the new story-to-date PDF is released rather than ping everyone now. The PDF on this post has been updated as well.

Soon, the rocky landscape gave way to rolling sand dunes. Both Seyari and I were nearing exhaustion from the day’s events. My body may have been fine, but my mana reserves were flagging and I could feel Seyari slowing do...

Chapter 31: Caught Up

Perspective: Zarenna

I wanted to stay longer. I really, really wanted to give Nelys the time they needed. But I couldn’t. I had to find Seyari and we had to get out of here.

I could feel fatigue from the magic I’d used, but not enough to really hinder me. What had happened weighed me down much more heavily.

I lifted my head and looked around the room. Eyes blurry from tears cleared rapidly to show the blood-spattered room. An armoire sat near th...