A blond-haired woman stormed down a corridor that reeked of human excrement. Her high heels clicked on the stone, but it was hard to hear her movements over the screams and cries as she passed by many prison cells. Her breathing was ragged due to ...
2025-06-28 06:17:25 +0000 UTC
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A firm hand landed on Damien’s shoulder, causing him to scowl. “Yes?” he questioned the man standing behind him.
Edward shoved a small wooden box into Damien’s ribs. “Damien. If you fail, don’t bother coming back.” King Edward...
2025-06-28 06:04:57 +0000 UTC
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Damien leaned back in the plush chair and attempted to keep a straight face as he reviewed the legal document with the seal of the king plastered at the bottom. It stated that he would become an official duke of the kingdom, a promotion from his p...
2025-06-28 05:47:14 +0000 UTC
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The city was in chaos, and understandably so. Damien coldly watched the residents hustle past him to their homes or places of safety. He was on his way somewhere and didn’t appreciate being bumped into or having to sidestep a distraught parent b...
2025-06-28 05:38:01 +0000 UTC
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As if signaling a start to a new age, the skies opened, and rain descended from the heavens. It was swift, aggressive, and drummed on the knights’ armor like a metal roof. All three knights on the night shift who had accompanied Olympia tore the...
2025-06-28 05:29:54 +0000 UTC
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“Those are quite some injuries, scion of the Yaeldrin.”
Kharis suppressed a scream as the elderly man rammed his fingers into one of the deeper stab wounds he had self-inflicted on his leg. The old man stared at him with a fake reassurin...
2025-06-26 01:43:50 +0000 UTC
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Kharis Yaeldrin dropped to his knees, and the golden gun slipped from his limp hand and clattered to the floor. Kharis, alongside the two attendants who had been following his now dead sister, stared in horror at the headless corpses of Akna. Bloo...
2025-06-24 13:27:04 +0000 UTC
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Unsurprisingly, a commotion ensued, with Olympia ruthlessly purchasing every item at the auction. The crowd’s murmurs below transitioned into hurling insults with every bang of the auctioneer’s hammer. “The Silver Phoenix Elixir is sold to V...
2025-06-24 09:58:57 +0000 UTC
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Damien found himself lost in thought as he sank back into the plushy armchair and fiddled with his golden pocket watch between his fingers. The last few days had been beyond hectic and weighed significantly on his mind. So many variables he didn...
2025-06-24 09:33:54 +0000 UTC
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Two shadows moved through the night, their speed was abnormal for a human, and their silent footsteps furthered the notion that they were inhuman. But, of course, that wasn’t exactly unusual, but the pair’s destination was where non-humans wer...
2025-06-24 09:19:23 +0000 UTC
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“Darling, you don’t look so well.” Elizabeth Greentail circled the desk and held up her son’s hand. It was shaking, and he looked deathly pale. “August, dear, I left you a present in the usual place, okay? You need to look your best for ...
2025-06-24 05:08:53 +0000 UTC
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Damien let out a sigh of relief as Jannalor faded into the void and vanished from the room. Vanity also calmed, returned to her comfortable chair, and threw herself into its warm embrace.
“I plan to reject the royal decree. Any objections?...
2025-06-19 04:48:24 +0000 UTC
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The streets were alive with activity as residents of Blackthorn muttered between themselves in hushed voices as Damien and his crew walked down the main road with a fleet of armored knights. Although all the knights were technically under Damien...
2025-06-19 04:39:20 +0000 UTC
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“Is everyone here?” Damien’s gaze didn’t leave the window as he asked over his shoulder. Despite his smart-casual clothes, he brought out his black cane as he liked to use it during demonstrations.
“Not yet, Master. Roselyn is on t...
2025-06-19 04:13:03 +0000 UTC
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The warm water rippled around Fay’s breasts, making them look like two small white islands. Damien poked one of them, causing Fay to giggle and playfully splash his hand away. “Hey! No touching.” She was lying on top of him while the two wer...
2025-06-14 09:56:09 +0000 UTC
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Damien tapped his foot with an impatient rhythm as he watched the incompetent employees of Thar attempt to hoist a piece of magisteel armor onto the final Aurel.
To be fair to them, this particular Aurel was being uncooperative despite being...
2025-06-14 09:04:04 +0000 UTC
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Damien reentered the portal, and after a split second of inertia, he was through to the other side and strolled past the procession of carriages and people. They all had clouded expressions and moved as if following a set program. It was rather cr...
2025-06-14 08:13:31 +0000 UTC
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Damien opened his eyes to a ceiling that filled him with a sense of familiarity and comfort. The sandstone brick held up by well-crafted wooden support bathed in a warm glow from the midday sun sneaking through the curtains was a welcome change fr...
2025-06-14 07:58:41 +0000 UTC
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With immense inertia and a loud pop, the world returned to normal. The fallen angel vanished, and only an exhausted Victor stood within the Ravenhall ballroom. Damien lay asleep in Fay’s embrace on the floor.
Victor turned on his heel, and...
2025-06-10 15:46:52 +0000 UTC
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With the formations gone, only crude stone walls and a medieval iron gate stood between a horde of Thralls and the city of Staedbergh. Damien passively watched from within the inner wall alongside hundreds of people as a Thrall gripped the iron ba...
2025-06-05 07:55:44 +0000 UTC
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Damien had an arm under Fay and Olympia’s chests as he flew through the massive hole toward one of its rock faces; slowly being pulled up the slanted surface by a cable was a metal box on crude rails. As he approached the elevator, he whispered ...
2025-06-05 07:27:16 +0000 UTC
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The endless tunnels of the Staedbergh Dungeon echoed with signs of battle and screams of bloodshed. Like bees attracted by the sweet scent of an exquisite flower, groups of Delvers followed the cries and found themselves headless on the cold stone...
2025-06-03 05:12:30 +0000 UTC
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“Finally!” Damien yelled as the group entered a cavern filled with orange light.
Jake Ravenhall turned around with the most curious expression on his ugly mug. “Something catch your eye, Nobleman?”
“Salvation.” Damien walke...
2025-05-29 03:36:07 +0000 UTC
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“Back so soon?”
Damien pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration. “Yes, dear sister, I am back. Did you miss me? Actually, don’t answer that.” He was annoyed at his lack of foresight in the matter and could only sigh. “Sister...
2025-05-29 03:20:10 +0000 UTC
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“I’m coming! Stop bashing the fucking door!” The man pulled his fur-lined coat tighter as he stumbled down the stairs. He put his arms in search of the handrail and wearily placed his feet one at a time into the darkness. The wooden floor cr...
2025-05-24 06:27:57 +0000 UTC
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Within a dense canopy of trees, a group of men who reeked of sweat and mud lounged around a poorly constructed fire. The crackling of wood drowned out their rumbling stomachs.
A sudden rustling of leaves alerted the exhausted men, and a youn...
2025-05-24 06:14:09 +0000 UTC
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Charlotte desperately tried to control her breathing; her knuckles were white as she clenched the bedframe in fear. She tried to divert her gaze from that thing in the sky that gazed upon everything.
A man in a red wine suit holding a black ...
2025-05-24 06:01:42 +0000 UTC
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As springtime began to grace the wastelands, a convoy of carriages was on the move.
“Milady,” a voice insisted and shook a sleeping woman. “Milady, wake up!”
“Wha—?”
The old man shook her shoulder. “Milad...
2025-05-24 05:52:05 +0000 UTC
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The room was silent, and nobody dared to make a sound; despite their usual boldness, even the Thornvlad twins remained tight-lipped.
Damien felt smaller and smaller under his sister’s judgmental gaze. She crossed her legs and inspected her...
2025-05-22 12:35:22 +0000 UTC
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Damien awoke to the chirping of birds and the warmth of the midday sun. His head was buried into a feather cushion, and his hair covered his face. He tried to open his eyes with a groan, but his head was pounding, and his stomach growled; he neede...
2025-05-22 12:20:18 +0000 UTC
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