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6. Sinful nature

The next morning, Goldie woke me up at first light and dressed me in a white and blue dress. She had a somber expression as she did so and wouldn’t meet my eyes. It made me worried, but I complied. After yesterday, I got the idea that I was in serious trouble.

She picked me up and I tried to grab Darkie, but she stopped me and shook her head. It made me nervous to leave without my plush, but from Goldie’s expression, I could tell there was no room for argument. 

I felt a ...

5. Family dinner

Days came and went, and I slowly recovered from the fall. 

I could now walk short distances on my own without losing my balance or falling. 

Goldie scolds me when she sees me walking for too long or too far from the walls or furnitures, but I can’t help it; I really want to show Darkie around and I can’t do that without taking some risks!

[Let’s go see the garden, Darkie!] I declared.

I slipped out from my bed by hanging onto the blankets and leaning ag...

4. The Golden Maid

Weeks went by, and eventually, the only person I would see consistently was a golden-eyed black-haired maid. She looked different from the others. Most people were of Meiriem descent, so the blue and pink eyes and hair were the norm; there were a few people with blonde hair or green eyes, but that was basically it. 

She stood out quite a bit.

I had seen her before around the estate, but she had never interacted with me since she normally worked in the kitchen or ran errands.&...

3. The beginning of my quiet life

It was a long, dreamless sleep. My only companions were pain and fear. 

Fear that maybe I would never wake up again. 

I was vaguely aware of time passing, but my body and mind refused to respond. I couldn’t really think, yet I could feel everything else. I couldn’t see anything but darkness. I couldn’t hear anything except the painfully slow beating of my heart. 

Even the tree was gone. 

There was only a blur.

Sometimes, I would see a pa...

2. A quiet Night

I saw no lights nor heard any sounds. 

There were only feelings and sensations as my mind sluggishly wandered through hazy darkness. I couldn’t focus on anything, as though everything was simultaneously too bright and too dark.

And in my body, I could feel every bumps, every scrapes of that moment in the clearing over and over again: the strain in my arms as I climbed up the tree, the thick leaves brushing roughly against my cheeks, the bark scraping my skin, leaving tiny s...

1. That day in the clearing

I ran down the corridor as fast as my legs would take me.

"Hurry up, hurry!"

"How difficult is it to catch a five year old girl?!"  

I could hear them shouting at each other behind me, but I still had a head start. 

Peeking back as I rounded the corner, I spotted them coming down the other end of the corridor. Just as I began running again, I accidentally locked eyes with one of them.

“There she is!” he shouted.

“Stop right there, Lady ...

Prologue

I sat on my bed, watching a maid whose name I didn’t know as she placed a peculiar combination of food and a cup of tepid tea on my tray. 

Has it been weeks or months since that day in the clearing? It was hard to keep track of time when every day looked the same, framed by this same window, this same room…

As I looked into her stifled expression, a tightness gripped my chest. The maid bowed and smiled at me. Her lips parted, but not even a whisper reached my ears. Not fa...

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(Old) Side Chapter 12. Swords and Roses

“Are you sure, I’m doing it right?”  “Yes you are. It’s just a matter of keeping it toward where you want to go.” “I know, I know… But still

“Are you sure, I’m doing it right?” 

“Yes you are. It’s just a matter of keeping it toward where you want to go.”

“I know, I know… But still what if they panic?”

“It doesn’t happen nearly as often as you think. And anyway, if they do you just pull.”

“But what if I pull too ...

(Old) Side Chapter 11. Turncoat

“I can’t believe I’m doing this.” I mumbled to myself as I adjusted the uncomfortably tight leather jacket made even more uncomfortable by t

“I can’t believe I’m doing this.”

I mumbled to myself as I adjusted the uncomfortably tight leather jacket made even more uncomfortable by the nervous sweat pouring down my neck.

“It’s going to be fine Ms Miller, just stick to the script.”

The man who I now knew as Galvian said encouragingly from underneath t...

(Old) Side Chapter 10. Intruders

The sun was already setting by the time I made it back at the inn. I had tried to look for someone, ANYONE, who was associated

The sun was already setting by the time I made it back at the inn.

I had tried to look for someone, ANYONE, who was associated with the Grey Market, but it had been impossible. At every corner, a guard was posted and even trying to ask that type of question was hopeless.

I entered the picturesque auberge. A few guests were already dining and I only t...

(Old) 81. A new life

That day, my grand-father died. I’m not exactly sure when it happened or even how, but as I sang, dad tapped on my shoulder and, tears in hi

That day, my grand-father died.

I’m not exactly sure when it happened or even how, but as I sang, dad tapped on my shoulder and, tears in his eyes, he signed that granddad had passed away. 

Confused, I had looked down at the bed, only to find the man's eyes closed, a weak smile on his lips laying against the same pillow I had s...

(Old) Side Chapter 9. Sunvale

“Welcome to Sunvale, Jacey!” Milord’s booming voice declared as he woke up from my nap. I gazed out, surprised, at the town sprawling before

“Welcome to Sunvale, Jacey!”

Milord’s booming voice declared as he woke up from my nap. I gazed out, surprised, at the town sprawling before us.

It was… Quaint, but not in a derogatory way. It was simply not a place I would have expected the grey market to be involved in… But perhaps that was the point.

“You can ...

(Old) 80. I'm home... (Part 2)

I heard a chuckle coming from my father. “My my my. I didn’t think I’d live to see the day.” He said in an amused tone despite his hoarse vo

I heard a chuckle coming from my father.

“My my my. I didn’t think I’d live to see the day.”

He said in an amused tone despite his hoarse voice.

I turned to him as I still held the now calmer Silika in my arms and arched a brow.

“What do you mean?”

He smirked.

“That smile on your lips. I’v...

(Old) 79. I'm home... (Part 1)

-Are you okay, dad?- -Of course I am! Why are you asking?- -Your face is all wrinkly like a raisin.- Silika signed with a worried expression

-Are you okay, dad?-

-Of course I am! Why are you asking?-

-Your face is all wrinkly. Like a raisin!-

Silika signed with a worried expression.

I made a show of making a funny face which made her chuckle, but it didn’t ease the emotions I was masking so poorly.

I felt completely terrified.

As I walk with my daug...

(Old) 78. Facing the truth

The dinner was finally over, and I was walking Silika back to her room.  The rest of the dinner had been rather uneventful.  My aunt had mad

The dinner was finally over, and I was walking Silika back to her room. 

The rest of the dinner had been rather uneventful. 

My aunt had made a show of how much she and her daughter had been taking care of my father and how often they had visited him. Meanwhile Karl Omain had explained at length how he and his brothe...

(Old) 77. Taking to the podium for the jury

“My, my, Marshall! I didn’t believe my ears when I heard, this morning, that you were!" Kerry Ashbrook, my aunt and Viscountess of Colepass.

“My, my, Marshall! I didn’t believe my ears when I heard, this morning, that you were!"

Kerry Ashbrook, my aunt and Viscountess of Colepass. Her strident and sharp tongue had only become sharper with age, but so had I.

”Dear aunt, I can’t help but worry if this type of thing is enough to get you so aggitated, I wouldn’t wa...

(Old) 76. Why are we here?

I flung the door open, just about ready to flip the room upside down.  I made a bee line for my dad, who turned to me in surprise, but was u

I flung the door open, just about ready to flip the room upside down. 

I made a bee line for my dad, who turned to me in surprise, but was unexpectedly swept off my feet.

I looked around confused until I met Uncle Cook’s eyes. When did he get here? He looked at me with a raised eyebrow and seemingly asked me what was wrong.<...

(Old) 75. A soul smiling on two faces

"Welcome to Moretti, Your Eminence. I hope your sail carried you well?" I scoffed at the greeting. "It would have if our ship had been allow

"Welcome to Moretti, Your Eminence. I hope your sail carried you well?"

I scoffed at the greeting.

"It would have if our ship had been allowed to land to shore in the expected delays."

Although we had been in swimming distance from the port, the kins in charge had refused to let us ashore for more than a week despite knowing I was...

(Old) 74. About the guests...

I ast there, bored and restless,  at a small tea table in the corner of the room.  Dad had been acting weird ever since we left Jillbeck’s C

I ast there, bored and restless,  at a small tea table in the corner of the room. 

Dad had been acting weird ever since we left Jillbeck’s Crossing, and even now that we’d finally reached our new home, he was acting stranger than ever.

I looked behind me where he and a butler were talking around a coffee table....

(Old) 73. Welcome to the north

“Mom! Have some of this! It’s really tasty!” “Oh…? Where did you get that, Blue? “A nice man gave it to me!” “Uhmm… It’s okay, I’m not reall

“Mom! Have some of this! It’s really tasty!”

“Oh…? Where did you get that, Blue?

“A nice man gave it to me!”

“Uhmm… It’s okay, I’m not really hungry.”

“Really?”

“Yes. I’ll eat later.”

The girl in front of me struggled to not show the overgrown child just how...

(Old) Side Story 8. God's Affairs Part 2

Galvian and I exchanged a look and we both nodded and started walking the way we came at a brisk pace. This is what we trained for, resolvin

Galvian and I exchanged a look and we both nodded and started walking the way we came at a brisk pace. This is what we trained for, resolving situations before they occur, efficiently, unseen, unappreciated and without questions. By all means I didn’t understand why this was the correct thing to do, but Commander Paranam always knows what he’s ...

Alenia, Goddess of Harvest

"She looked like a cross between a plant and a kin. Her skin earth tinted skin was completely covered in root-like growths which followed the natural curves of her muscles and bones. They didn’t look as though they had grown on top of it, instead it looked like it was the skin that had grown from it, supporting it, and wherever her skin came visible, the web of veins that composed her body shone a soft blue light from underneath, as though her very blood contained unknown power. She was...