Continuity Error, Fixed!
There was a minor continuity error/plot hole in the last few chapters concerning Amos. That has been fixed with an edit to 262. Thanks for pointing it out guys!
2025-03-13 21:49:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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Chapter 264
While the world outside shook, Leiandra stumbled out of the elevator. One of Sonya’s armed security guards caught her and helped her steady herself. She nodded to him briefly as he turned and began leading her towards a side hallway. She grabbed him by the arm and turned back to the elevator, “Wait, give her a moment to come down. We need to make sure–”
“Miss Chernovna gave us an order to get you somewhere safe, ma’am,” the guard said sharply through the vocalizer built in...
2025-03-13 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 008 - Tainted
It was relatively quiet traveling back to the edge of the forest. She followed the illumination until she found the last few trees and the open ground beyond. The whole trek back took well over two hours and she was really starting to feel tired at this point. If she didn’t get some sleep soon she was going to be in trouble. She rubbed her eyes as she leaned against the last tree and frowned at the outer stone wall of the chamber? Cave? She wasn’t sure what this place exactly was besides ...
2025-03-13 12:00:01 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 263
It was a quick flight from the ground level of the arena to the roof. Marta’s wings carried her with very little effort and she alighted on the slightly curved metal surface with barely a sound. She folded her wings around her against the wind that buffeted her face, her eyes fixed on the shape in the distance. A titanic figure stood in the water just inside the harbor. The small houses in the mile between her and the water seemed so tiny by comparison. It looked like he could just reach do...
2025-03-12 16:00:16 +0000 UTC View PostSide-Story: Marta 3
While Sonya was away setting the stage for dealing with Representative Sowards, Marta had other things to occupy her time. She’d pouted a little over being excluded from going with her friend and lady, but she knew that there were some things Sonya preferred to do alone. At least she was better now, far better than she had been in a long time. Marta smiled a little to herself as the maids that Setsuna had passed over to her worked their way through Sonya’s living space on the Idol of ...
2025-03-11 16:01:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 262
The cracked window shuddered as the breeze rushed through it. Bits of debris scattered about the room jostled now and then while the building creaked. Steel pillars held up the rusted ceiling, bits of the sheet metal above worn down by the elements and revealing the stars twinkling in the sky. The faint light provided a bare minimum illumination that shone down on the remnants of abandoned furniture. A pair of boots crunched against glass as he walked into the room, stopping in front of a wor...
2025-03-11 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 007 - Refinement
The door opened and the world changed around her. She was no longer standing in a steaming hallway filled with the eerie popping of boiling water. Instead, to her amazement, she was standing right outside of an underground forest. Trees so tall they might as well be ancient stretched up towards a ceiling so dark she could barely make it out. The only reason she knew she was still in a cave was the rock wall right behind her. The air was still and chilly with a hint of humidity to add to the d...
2025-03-11 12:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 261
Sonya stood at the doors to the announcer’s booth as she flicked through her HUD. Another report from Blackrazor with an update on their progress. They were preparing to hit the dungeon boss. As soon as that happened, people were going to notice. She replied with brief instructions to hold off for just a little longer. A good plan is flexible to a little fine tuning on the fly, she thought wryly.
She took an easy breath into her lungs, savoring it for a moment before le...
2025-03-10 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 006 - Severed Karma
Unscathed.
The eerie mural of a world beneath the palm of some invisible force’s hand stood completely unmarked by the tremendous blows the skeletal champion had delivered. Anna swallowed, reaching up to brush her hair back as she drew closer to it. She looked into those eyes that loomed in the space above the world and felt… warm. Her blood rose in temperature in her veins. She felt dizzy, drawn in, attracted like a magnet. She reached out and only as her fingers brushed the surfac...
2025-03-08 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHappy Brokerversarry!
Happy Brokerversarry! It's been a long year, hasn't it guys? One hell of a wild ride from Chapter 1.
It's been a year since Broker launched and it still blows my mind just how far things have come since then. I don't know if I could have done it without you guys. It's thanks to you that I have been able to write this story for y'all as my full time job for as long as I have. Now we're at the one year mark and in just a few weeks Book 1: Deus Ex Machina will arrive on Kindle and Audible ...
2025-03-08 09:19:19 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 260
Sonya yawned as she stepped out of the car. “That’s what I get for agreeing to a binge with Marta in the middle of the night, that show was like one long trip,” she mumbled before turning around and resting her hand on the top of the vehicle. The window rolled down and the zombie looked up at her. “Thanks for the ride.”
The zombie shrugged and Charon’s voice echoed out from within, “You’re the boss. Shouldn’t you be getting more sleep in the middle of a big plan though...
2025-03-07 17:00:19 +0000 UTC View PostTable of Contents Overhaul
The table of contents has been completely updated and overhauled with.... [drumroll] sidestories in line with chapters! That's right, they're actually in order! ...like how a sane person should have done it in the first place. It's been a little daunting going back and working on getting everything straightened up and I still have more to do; you might notice that chapters 1-31 are still unavailable. I'll get there I swear. I have to post the chapters and post-date them for before Chapter 32s...
2025-03-06 22:34:52 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 259
There were at least a thousand other things Leiandra Firth could think of doing right now that were more productive than what she was currently doing. She’d come here only briefly to observe Chernovna and warn her about harassing Sowards before returning to The Hague. The CEO’s antics had been reserved, especially after Leiandra had arranged for the leak that would pressure her into avoiding direct reprisals against the Representatives that had harmed Cassiopeia. Getting permission to...
2025-03-06 17:00:14 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 005 - Heiroglyphs
Anna reviewed her character sheet. Of all the things she’d seen, this was the one part that garnered her interest the most. Finally some hard numbers, she thought. Something she could work with. It had her full name which was a little awkward, she hadn’t gone by Anastasia even at home. It was too ‘princessy’ a name and she kind of hated it. The sheet listed her race as ‘Human-Terran’ which implied that Terrans were a subset of human, which implied that there were other ve...
2025-03-06 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 258
Representative Craig Sowards was not a man who was used to failure. Not because he was spoiled, on the contrary, he had dragged his way through the dirt and muck of politics to get where he was. Bowing and scraping to those above him and holding those below him to account in order to get his way. He knew that made him a sycophant but he didn’t really care if people saw him that way. A little bit of cowardice was healthy, it meant you had survival instincts.
As someone who had been a d...
2025-03-05 17:00:17 +0000 UTC View PostVillains 233, 234. Henchmen 217, 218
Whoops, missed yesterday's update. Here ya go!
Chapter 257
Sonya hopped over one of the two chairs in the observation room while Amos slipped into his own chair. He waved a hand and various screens came online, images of the arena from every angle as well as a constant stream of data. She eyed it briefly before deciding she’d rather not have anything to do with it and focused on having a good time. A few clicks sounded in her ear as Amos put on the finishing touches. He glanced her way and raised three fingers, two, one.
Sonya leaned forward,...
2025-03-04 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 004 - Getting Somewhere
The precinct lobby was empty, just like everything else. Only the faint light from the skylights added any sort of illumination. Anna rubbed her neck as she walked past the front desk, frowning at the scattered documents and pens. All the chairs were toppled over as well though she was pleased to see that the long couch at one end of the room was still in one piece and she wouldn’t have to try to flip it back over. She turned her attention to the biggest source of light, the pair of glass d...
2025-03-04 13:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 256
Sonya took a relaxed pose and gave her friends the spotlight, letting her eyes drift over the crowd a little. She already saw a few interesting faces among them. Though the most notable were the ones in the front row. At least four guildmasters from across Australia and a dozen or so from neighboring countries. Looks like everyone wants a piece of the pie, her lips curled into a devious smile, I wonder how many of them I can shake hands with before this is all done. I’m already...
2025-03-03 17:00:13 +0000 UTC View PostImperious 003 - Lesser Skeletal Hound
The skeletal hound was coming back. Anna dismissed the quest window. She didn’t have time to think about quests and how gamey the whole thing felt. She didn’t even have time to panic. She dipped her head through the opening she’d made in the bars and scrambled through, catching her foot on a portion of the cell and stumbling. She hit the ground and rolled, clawing at the wall and pulling herself to her feet. She spun on her heels and took a quick look around. The main hallway leading ou...
2025-03-01 13:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostChapter 255
Sonya and Nietz stared one another down as the Representative shifted back a few paces, looking between them. Sonya ignored the idiot, her focus on the young hero. He certainly has balls, she thought. She was surprised by the lengths the guy was willing to go to help someone he considered a friend. There was no doubt in her mind that the person was Locke though she was a bit surprised that she needed any help at all. It seemed to her that it was fairly cut and dry as to who was truly...
2025-02-28 17:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post