Tag: fantasy
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Patina – Chapter 131
Cloria woke up with something hold her down. Her honed instincts kicked in and she started, her hand reaching for her side to take out her knife. Only to blink and realize that the thing holding her to the bed was just Bernardo’s naked arm. Attached to the rest of his, quite naked as well,…
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Patina – Chapter 130
Sadja saw her again by the time of mid-winter celebration. There was not much to celebrate, besides the fact that somehow Belacqua kept holding on, day after day. Each night someone fell to the Eerie, or to a bursting pipe, or to some other accident. The town’s population dwindled and for those who remained, food…
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Patina – Chapter 129
Elissa followed the old woman down into the Generator’s belly. She had covered her hands with gloves, blaming the cold, and she could write off the ugly feeling that hooked her at the stomach on nerves. But it was much stronger than last time. The metal walls, the pipelines, the intent to reshape and control…
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Patina – Chapter 128
By this point, Elissa was getting used to the peace and quiet. In fact, even as her powers of Sight were getting weaker and weaker, something that as a Vestal should have left her in a panic, she started to enjoy feeling the Threads’ finally letting go. If she focused, or if she needed to…
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Patina – Chapter 127
Sadja assisted as Hunter skinned the huge Timberwolf. It was a beautiful creature, and one of the few beasts she had seen that still held to its natural proportions. By assisting, that meant she stood a few paces away, silver arrow cocked to her bow, looking for any hostiles that might like to get the…
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Patina – Chapter 126
Maybe it really had something to do with Sadja’s mood and personal growth, but ever since she risked traveling through the night forest to guide her moth-friends home, the Hunter had seen sadja much happier. In the following days the storm did lift up a bit, allowing for moments when patches of blue sky could…
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Patina – Chapter 125
What a frightful night, Valeriana thought as the glider carried her through the brightening sky. Even as the day progressed and the grip of the Wicked Fae on the world supposedly grew weaker, she only felt her heart get colder. Sadja’s memories floated through her head, stirring her thoughts into a vortex of fear and…
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Patina – Chapter 124
When the glider returned the Hunter was already there, waiting for them in the same spot they had left – the night still lingered, hooked on the corners of the sky by a thin purple sheen. The last stars streaked to the west and Sadja pulled away from the window as she saw his grave…
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Patina – Chapter 123
So far, Sadja had been used to hear welcome more than goodbye. The only one she had been keen on had been saying goodbye to Verna and every day she was more grateful the horrible woman was out of her life, even if she regretted what could have been if she had been… well a…
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Patina – Chapter 122
Sadja knew time was of the essence. She shared one last look with the Hunter. He nodded in her direction and came back to peer into the night, waiting for the sign of the next assault. The Vestal stood up and waited for her. “I’m going to get some sleep,” she lied. “Lady, it’s better…
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