Chloe and Larisa had taught me how dragons settled arguments. No surprise, it involved fighting. The process felt archaic, but it was effective. Once again, I wanted to follow dragon customs as I learned more about their culture.
"You've dis...
2022-05-14 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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I let out an explosive breath once the meeting was done. To my horror, I learned that this would last a whole week. Seven days of arguing about minor details of the greater organization that dragons led behind the scenes of human politics.
T...
2022-05-13 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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It wasn’t hard to see what had caused all the commotion in front of Brom’s house.
A massive black dragon had crashed into Brom's front lawn, its body wounded and bleeding. It wasn't nearly the same size as the silver slave, but if Brom h...
2022-05-12 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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As soon as I stepped off the plane, the hot air buffeted me. I had anticipated that the desert in Dubai would have dry air, but I was surprised to find that it actually felt wet, almost sticky.
The city was by water, but the humidity was une...
2022-05-11 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The engines on Jadelyn’s private jet whirred up as the six of us leaned back in our seats.
The inside of the plane was all suede leather and white paneling. A cluster of circular seats filled the front, with a bed in the back. It only had ...
2022-05-10 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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"My boy, there you are." Rupert greeted me excitedly as I walked onto the green. "Scarlett had your clubs brought over." He gestured to my first wife, who was wearing a preppy white shirt and a distractingly short skirt. I couldn’t help it as my...
2022-05-09 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B09ZTCX4NR
I'm aware the blurb on the amazon page for some reason has the html code in it rather than par...
2022-05-09 01:43:44 +0000 UTC
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Timeless painted cinderblock walls lined the lecture hall filled with fold out stadium seating and currently packed with students.
It was quiet, as the professor jabbered on at the front of the class. I tried to pay attention, but it was gro...
2022-05-08 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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That’s a wrap. I felt like at times that if I didn’t finish this, it would never end. But I pushed through and we finally reached the end. It is bittersweet. Mana meant so much to me. This story allowed me to go full time. It was my third book...
2022-05-07 11:06:09 +0000 UTC
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“You need to stay outside.” Bai stood before me, holding her young one while also blocking me from going inside the room.
“Bai, she’s having quadruplets.”
Mei screamed out from inside again, and my body raged, wanting to be t...
2022-05-07 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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The Leon family elders were delivered to the Leon family in pieces, as promised. They’d all tried to take the coward’s way out in the end and were cut down before they could flee.
I returned to the elder ceremony with the corpses of all ...
2022-05-06 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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I nearly teleported behind Edmond as I cut at him. He narrowly dodged, leaving scraps of his robe in the void.
Not waiting, I made my next move. The entire void lit up as I flooded it with sword strokes, each one of them leaving brilliant st...
2022-05-05 07:01:00 +0000 UTC
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“If you don’t stop moving, I’m going to stitch this onto your shoulder,” Kat scolded me as I tried to hold still.
And I was trying. But after finding the tainted mana crystal in the market, I was unable to find the woman who wore a s...
2022-05-04 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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Three days later, I emerged from my bedroom. My mana beasts were all finally asleep and satisfied. I hadn’t realized just how badly they had wanted babies until day two.
I desperately needed a bath, and it wasn’t going to happen if I sta...
2022-05-03 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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“Master, it’s ready.” Phoebe rested against the entrance to the cavern where we had been playing. She looked slightly worn, but the sparkle in her eye indicated her excitement.
I looked up from The Game, stunned at the realization. “...
2022-05-02 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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“You have kept us waiting. Have you no respect?” Grouchy grumbled as I entered the elder’s pavilion.
“I just returned from a harrowing adventure to recover one of my wives and needed my rest,” I countered, squinting at the divider ...
2022-05-01 07:01:03 +0000 UTC
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I hoped that the new core wouldn’t hate me on principle, given that I wasn’t part of the Leon family. Deciding it was time to meet the beast, I pushed the core into my chest as I fell into my soul palace.
I opened my eyes, looking around...
2022-04-30 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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“I appreciate the offer, but that’s not the plan.” Pushing her inside the domain in my soul space, I expected her to resist, but she didn’t. I wondered if she had figured out my escape plan, or if she truly trusted me that deeply.
La...
2022-04-29 10:36:45 +0000 UTC
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The next morning, I was up bright and early, untangling myself from Lanhua.
“Morning already?” She yawned, rubbing at her eyes.
“Yes, and we better get going.” I pulled on my robes and stepped out of the tent to see Steve and J...
2022-04-28 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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2022-04-27 18:43:19 +0000 UTC
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With silver hair.
2022-04-27 18:36:54 +0000 UTC
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Lanhua turned back from zipping up the tent with a smoldering look, and I wasn’t dense enough to not know what that meant.
“Lanhua, I’m not sure if this is the time.”
“You dual cultivate.” She replied, crawling over to me. ...
2022-04-27 07:00:05 +0000 UTC
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My mana beasts were still with me. Their spells flew all around me as they pelted every Bishou they could see. Fire, lightning, steel, claws and fluffy tails murdered the Bishou before they could get to me.
“Isaac.” Lanhua tried to get m...
2022-04-26 07:00:04 +0000 UTC
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The sun was set, leaving only moonlight to guide our route as we crept into the mineshaft.
The area was quiet; there were no rhythmic sounds of picks hammering into the ground. But as I reached my senses out, I found Bishou patrolling the ar...
2022-04-25 07:01:02 +0000 UTC
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My sword blurred before me as I let out a flurry of sword strokes, focusing on the tower rather than the assassin.
The rickety structure exploded with my dozen cuts, and the assassins lingering in it shot into the air, spraying poison needle...
2022-04-24 12:43:12 +0000 UTC
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I kicked a rock at the edge of the canyon. “Well, this makes things difficult.”
We’d have to fly to cross the canyon, and the area was open enough that we would likely be spotted by the Bishou.
We’d already killed hundreds of a...
2022-04-23 07:01:00 +0000 UTC
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Jonny and Steve were voracious.
Not only had they consumed all the mana crystals they had, but then Steve started to mix the herbs into pills.
I had never studied alchemy in detail, but it was a powerful tool for many cultivators on th...
2022-04-22 07:01:02 +0000 UTC
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The next few days followed similarly.
I’d go to the greenhouse with Jonny and Steve to clear out the plants that had evolved into mana beasts.
Because of my sixth rank cultivation, I was not only able to steal many herbs from the Leo...
2022-04-21 10:15:26 +0000 UTC
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When I awoke the next morning, Jonny was already up and moving around, making sure he had everything I’d need for the day.
I borrowed a set of more generic robes, and we headed over to the Leon family estate.
I had to admit that it f...
2022-04-20 07:01:02 +0000 UTC
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“Ah.” Mei sighed for not the first time as I finished inside of her.
Pulling out, I realized that morning had already passed in the frenzy, and the sun was already leaning toward the evening.
“Girls, we should clean up.” I pull...
2022-04-19 07:01:01 +0000 UTC
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