Tag: Cloria
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Patina – Chapter 56
If Sadja ever got out of this, she did not want to see a rope ever again, in her entire life. She bit and wriggled as her captors carried her away, with some success, as she managed to make them bleed and scream, but little else. One of the men pulled out a knife and…
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Patina – Chapter 49
Cloria bit into her hand. She cursed and swore in all three languages she knew, most of all she cursed the giant Eerie that had appeared just when her victory was at hand. She did not perceive any interference from another Will, and anything so strong that it made something like that appear she could…
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Patina – Chapter 47
By now, running came to Sadja like a second nature. She did not have much time to think. Better to focus all her energies on putting one foot after the other. Next to her the man guided her through the labyrinthine forest, dodging branches and old cables, broken pipelines and stepping on polished bones as…
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Patina – Chapter 46
For the past few hours the Hunter had been on edge. More than usual. While the wolf-girl seemed to be more collaborative, he doubted he managed to come through to her. She was clearly scared, and a part of his heart scraped against his chest every time he looked at her tired, dejected eyes. There…
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Patina – Chapter 42
Throughout the whole expedition, Cloria had lost or broken many things. Her pride was one of those, notwithstanding her posturing with the crew. But as Spirits would have it, she had managed to save her spyglass. She brought it up to her eye, scanning through kilometers of forest, through the air now finally clearing from…
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Patina – Chapter 34
There had been a time when Cloria swore she would never make use of certain rituals. She was an enlightened, highly-educated and trained Venatrix. Even though people showed more respect to the girls in white much more than they would her, she had never looked back on her decision to leave the Order and take…
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Patina – Chapter 28
Cloria’s fingers uncapped the final vial of Verna’s holy water. She crouched before the last man and began to trace holy symbols over his naked torso, muttering spells of protection and rebuke. “May this blessed water shield you from the treachery that lurks in the wood,” she concluded. The man nodded, as did the other…
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Patina – Chapter 21
Elissa smiled, giving back to Bernard his water-filled cup. The man bowed until his hair brushed against the edge of the pool. “Thank you so much, o Augur.” “It’s just my duty,” she graciously replied. He picked up the recipient, still fuming with scalding water. “If I can speak my mind,” he said as he…
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Patina – Chapter 19
Cloria’s mind wandered. She sat atop their tank, trying to get as much comfort as she could from the cool iron, the echoes of hard work etched in every bolt result of mankind’s crusade against the dark. Some of the chassis, the engine and the boiling pistons keeping the burning beats’s heart alive still bore…
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Patina – Chapter 13
Cloria raised the spyglass to her eye, monitoring the edge of the forest. She stood atop the moving tank she rented for the occasion and the vibrations ran through her body as its tracks ate bit eagerly into the rugged terrain. She liked having a crew, showing people she could command them and lead them…
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