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Duskbound 2- Chapter 45

The four of them stood in a street on the east side of the city, part of a district tucked away in a corner and so small Velik hadn’t even realized it existed. He’d thought Gold Town’s property was expensive—and it was—but it was nothing...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 44

For Velik and Jensen, it was two weeks of boredom. Aria was being put to use as a scout. Torwin helped vet people with his extensive knowledge of the guild’s old guard. Even Sildra had a purpose, even if it was just to do laps around the city to...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 43

“Black rot and damnation,” Nelspir swore. “How deep do you think this contamination goes?”

“You’d have a better idea than me,” Torwin told him. “You’ve been working with these people for years. How many of them have changed...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 42

Was it too much to ask to just have a few hours to myself? Nelspir lamented when he’d noticed Reldin and Talimar coming toward him. They were retired hunters who’d reached silver before transitioning into admin work, and both wer...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 41

Nelspir was sure that what was left of his hair was going to fall out from stress. That [Vault Seeker] kid hadn’t folded like they’d all expected, and while Nelspir was secretly laughing up his sleeve at the whole situati...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 40

In hindsight, Velik shouldn’t have been surprised at how easy it was to get back into the city unnoticed. He’d imagined some clandestine plot that had infiltrated every level of society with enemies and spies lurking around every corner. The c...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 39

“I take a three-hour nap, and you guys have a breakthrough in the mystery without me,” Velik said, annoyance creeping into his tone. “Off my kill, no less.”

The five of them—minus Aria—were gathered at the campsite they’d been ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 38

For the last two weeks of her life, Sildra hadn’t felt comfortable. She was far away from every place she’d ever known and every person she’d ever met, except for Jensen. He’d done his best in a sort of awkward but sweet way, but it was in...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 37

Torwin instinctively recoiled away from Gorlath’s body. His skull had partially collapsed, the damage so thorough that even if Gorlath had somehow lived through it, he wouldn’t be physically capable of speaking. Whatever this thi...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 36

The two hunters stared down at the body, which was itself a crushed, bloody slab of meat. The [Beast Tamer] had avoided the worst of the damage with his magical barrier, but enough of [Dread Lance] had s...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 35

The man’s bracer crackled with power and a translucent pane of glass materialized in the air in front of him. Velik’s spear struck it, sending cracks spider webbing across its surface. They sealed back up as quickly as they’d spread, leaving...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 34

Meeting a bear that was twice his height and ten times his weight in a straight charge wasn’t going to end well. Regardless of any differences in their physical stats, Velik wasn’t going to check a creature that size with raw strength. As the ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 33

It wasn’t too often anymore that Velik worried about dawn coming on him in the middle of a hunt. Most days, whatever he was fighting wasn’t strong enough for it to make a difference. But in this case, with only an hour or two left and his prey...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 32

It should have been simple. Jensen was a [Vault Seeker]. He could literally close his eyes and point to unclaimed valuables just waiting for someone to come pick them up off the ground. But his father didn’t want him going out i...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 31

Jensen’s brilliant decision was that Torwin and Velik would escort the mercenaries back to King’s Crossroad for imprisonment and trial, which was promptly shot down by all the more experienced members of the team. Velik wasn’t particularly i...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 30

“You’re hurt,” Sildra said, her voice almost accusatory.

“It’s nothing,” Velik said. He was surprised she’d even noticed.

“Doesn’t look like nothing.”

“It’ll be healed up by tomorrow, and the cuts aren’t...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 29

A few dozen more arrows rained down through the darkness, but before they could strike the half of the team that were just now groggily waking up, Gilder reached up a hand overhead. A surge of… something… pulsed out, detectable in every piece ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 28

It took the better part of a week to reach King’s Crossroad, and Velik visibly chafed at the slow speed by the end of the second day. Neither Aria nor Sildra had invested anything—or in Aria’s case, not enough to matter—into physical, whic...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 27

The first fight didn’t happen until shortly after noon. Velik and Torwin were doing a wide circuit paralleling the road at Torwin’s insistence, something Jensen insisted was completely unnecessary but which both hunters had agreed they’d be ...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 26

By the time Velik and Torwin returned to Cravel, everything else had been taken care of. Supplies had been purchased, paperwork had been obtained, and horses had been rented for the group. Velik had declined his, not having the slightest bit of ex...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 25

Torwin let out a satisfied groan as he stretched out in the hot spring. The water was doing wonders for his sore muscles with each passing minute, and the only way the experience could be better was if he’d had a cool mug of beer to toss back wh...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 24

Aria sat on one side of the table, a spread of sugary treats separating her from Velik. She idly picked at a pastry with a fork as she considered his request. “It’s a bit forward, don’t you think?” she eventually said. “We really don’t...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 23

Jensen was shown into Bertrim Nelspir’s office two days after Velik got his gold pin. He’d been eager for the meeting, as the expedition was planning to hire on twenty silvers, thirty bronzes, and three golds, maybe more if whatever area Jense...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 22

The summons to appear before the guild leadership was every bit as miserable as Velik had expected it to be. He was harangued by various pompous instructors and department heads, praised for absolutely nothing, and had his abilities and tactics ca...

Duskbound 2- Chapter 21

Jensen walked past the cat house three times before he worked up the nerve to actually go inside. If anyone he knew had seen him entering Melon and Peach, he’d die of shame, but of course this was where Velik was staying. Somehow. Did he hav...