Carmilla led Tsun into her small home, the door creaking as it shut behind them, enclosing them in the warmth of her space. She walked him to the back where a spare cot sat, its frame simple and worn. She quickly pulled out some bedding from a chest at the foot of the bed, spreading out a rough wool blanket and a thin mattress filled with straw. She bent over to arrang...
King Aegon V Targaryen stood at the head of the Great Hall in the Red Keep, his silver hair catching the light from a hundred torches and chandeliers as he addressed the assembled lords and ladies. The hall was packed, long tables laden with silver platters and goblets, banners of the great houses hanging from the rafter fluttering slightly in the draft from the high windows. The air was ...
Arthur lay back on the cot after Alys left, the door clicking shut behind her, leaving him alone in the small room with only the faint scent of herbs and the creak of the floorboards settling in the quiet. He stared at the cracked ceiling, his body heavy as lead, the ache in his gut a constant throb that made every breath feel like work. What was he supposed to do now? It didn't si...
Arthur pushed himself off the cot with a grunt, the stitches in his gut pulling painfully, but he bit down on the pain and stood anyway. The matron had fussed over him that morning as she changed his bandages, telling him he needed rest, that pushing too hard would reopen everything. He had nodded along, but the moment she left, he slipped out to the small garden behind the orphanage. The walled...
The road to Riverwood stretched ahead, flanked by tall trees on either side. The early morning sun filtered through the leaves, casting shifting patches of light onto the dirt path. Tsun walked in the shade of the trees, keeping to the darker side of the road. Even though the sunlight didn't touch him directly, he felt uneasy under its warmth. It was a discomfort he couldn't quite place, ...
Tsun lay on the grass, his hands clasped behind his head, staring up at the twin moons that hung in the dark sky. One was large and bright, casting a silver glow over the snowy forest, while the smaller one hovered just off to the side, faint and pale. The sight held his gaze for a long time, driving home a truth he couldn't ignore, this wasn't just another place. This was a comple...
The corridor opened into a massive chamber, its walls carved from the same rough stone as the rest of the tomb but grander in scale. A small river cut through the middle, fed by several waterfalls cascading down the rock walls. The sound of rushing water filled the air, mixing with the faint echoes of their footsteps. Overhead, a gaping hole in the ceiling let pale moonlight spill into th...
Freyja stared at the man in front of her, her mind racing. The memories of the Draugr closing in, the frost magic biting at her skin, and her sword meeting endless waves of rotting flesh flooded back in vivid detail. Then he had appeared... this near-naked brute who had torn through the undead like they were nothing more than nuisances. Her chest rose and fell as she took shallow, painful...
Freyja stood in the middle of the chamber, gripping the hilt of her sword so tightly that her knuckles were pale. The only light came from the torch in her left hand, its flames flickering and sputtering as though it would go out at any second. Shadows danced across the walls, warping the skeletal remains in the alcoves and the jagged carvings into something even more menacing. The growls ...
Tsun walked further into the tomb, his bare feet pressing against the cold stone floor. The air smelled damp and pretty disgusting, with a faint metallic tang that reminded him of old blood something he expected to like but strangely did not. His breathing was barely there, the sound almost lost in the sound of his footsteps; the constant clanking of the armor he had scavenged earl...
A man's awareness flickered on like a dying lightbulb. He looked around as he floated in a vast, empty void, disoriented and surrounded by nothing but a dense, suffocating darkness. Time didn't seem to exist here. Seconds stretched into eternities, or maybe it was the other way around. He tried to move, but his body wouldn't cooperate. Or maybe he didn't even have a body. The reali...
Arthur stumbled through the rain-soaked alleys of King's Landing, the cobblestones slick beneath his bare feet, he was barely able to hold himself up as he shimmied against the wall. The world tilted, his vision blurring as blood seeped from the wound in his stomach, red rivule...
The light of a late Gotham afternoon did little to warm the apartment complex. Harvey Bullock stood on the third-floor landing of an unremarkable building in Bristol, the part of Gotham that liked to pretend it was just a regular city. He felt out of place, not just because he was wearing a button-down shi...
The ship surged through the upper atmosphere, the turbulent air giving way to the cold void of space. Anakin wrestled with the controls, the vessel shuddering as it broke free of the planet's gravity well.
"There she is out of the frying pan and into the fire," Anakin said, gestu...
Jaden stepped off the landing ramp of his ship. A knot of frustration tightened in his stomach, pulling his lips into a grim frown. His eyes swept across the scene. Anakin wasbattered but standing, and near his feet, was a young Padawan, defeated and mutilated, sprawled on the cold stone floor...
(AN: I exercise my right as author to make Ventress more of a baddie….)
The monastery rumbled as it took fire from the outside, dust and rubble fell from the roof onto the heads of numerous clones who stood with their blasters at the ready—though many of them were even too injured to stand. Most of the medics were dead and the rest were spread too far out amongst the remai...
(AN: Ngl fellas I’m having a bit of writers block with this one, there’s a lot that needs to be done but I’m struggling with how to pace it. I’m gonna try push through but in the meantime here’s the one I wrote beforehand.)
The wind howled across the rolling hills of the Reach, carrying the scent of rain and steel as Robert Baratheon's army marched toward Cider Hall. The column of men seemed to stretch from one horizon to the other, just over 40,000 men all of them of the singular purpose of destroying those loyal to the king. And at the head of the column was none other than Robert Baratheon. The Sto...
Arthur stumbled through the alleys of King's Landing, his heart hammering in his chest like a drum, each step driven by the singular need to find Mira. The city was a labyrinth at night, its narrow streets choked with refuse and quite a few people with nowhere to sleep. He kept his head low, the hood of the dark cloak pulled tight to conceal his face; he'd gotten the cloak last nig...
Mira woke slowly in the dim candlelight of her chamber, the velvet curtains drawn against the morning sun, leaving the room in a soft yellow glow thT made her vision much blurrier as she tried to awaken. She lay still for a long moment, her body tangled in silk sheets that felt too luxurious against her skin, it felt strange when barely a week ago she was sleeping on the hard ground; yet ...
Robb rode through the Reach under a clear noon sky. The air was warm and filled with the scent of grass and flowers, and everything around him seemed to be alive and just felt incredible. It was nothing like the North. The soil was rich, the fields stretched far, and every patch of land looked like it had been cared for. He could see why men foug...
It had been a few weeks since Echo Squad began basic training, and the routine had settled into a predictable rhythm that repeated each day without variation. The morning started with a ten-mile run to build endurance and shake off ...
Kyle smirked as he sauntered toward the bed, his eyes locked on Zarni's naked body sprawled out like a feast, her tits pressed against the silk sheets, ass arched just enough to tease the pink lips of her pussy peeking be...