Honour Rae

SOMD Ch35: A Tough Choice

Alice regretted sending her dragons away almost from the moment they disappeared out the door. Never in her life had she felt so instantly alone. It took all her willpower not to call them back.

Perhaps she was fooling herself a...

SOMD Ch34: Spying

At Alice’s command, Iggy flowed out of the store and into the open air behind.

Leaving Alice behind while she was that close to danger felt unnatural to his very being. If not for the fact Prim was giving him the evil eye, he would have tu...

B5 Ch3: About Blood Moon Hive...

Arthur and the rest of his retinue headed out the barn to the back area which was not visible from the street. He was torn between amusement and exasperation.

Honestly, Horatio could simply project an image of his card out to everyone so the...

B5 Ch2: Cardomancy

Outside of himself, Arthur was aware of people talking, quick shushes, and the occasional playful squeal of a new-hatched dragon. He had forgotten out loud and shrill the first few weeks after coming out of the shell.

He put all...

SOMD Ch33: Fly!

At first, Alice barely registered the alarms. The high wind that always came off the harbor slowed down among the trees of the forest before it hit the village itself. It sounded like sharp whistles. 

She only truly took note when her c...

B5 Ch 1: Card Rules Are For Other People

Note: Woo! Time to start book 5? Are you excited? I am!  As usual with these, there's a bit o' recapping because normal readers have to wait months between book releases. I tried to keep it at a minimum, though.

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SOMD Ch32: Old Fashioned Yard Sale

Note: Expect more chapters of this story!

Alice quickly learned that in order to truly communicate with one of her sub-aspects, like Fixie, it was best to go through one of the main dragons. She could, of course, bark...

B4 Ch54 - Card Smith (Book 4 Epilogue)

Note: That's right! It's the close of book 4, but as my talented (and lovely, I'm sure) patrons, it doesn't matter much to you because the start of book 5 is next week. :D

For non-patrons, book 4 will be coming out in ebook ...

B4 Ch53: Core Challenge

Arthur found himself in a cozy living space, complete with a fireplace, cushioned seating, and even a writing desk in the corner. There were no windows, but a single oak door stood dominating the room with large writing over the top t...

B4 Ch52: Meet The Mythic Crew

Desperately, Arthur activated his mental shields along with his area of effect to try to help his friends. To the side, he saw Cressida try to do the same with her mana shield, but the moment it went up it was snuffed out like a candle flame. Her ...

B4 Ch51: Warp Zone

"No," Arthur said.

Everyone turned to star at him, puzzled. Well, everyone but Marion who was gazing at his dragon with a look of utter defeat on his face.

"No," Arthur said again, stepping forward to place a hand on Marion's shoulder....

B4 Ch50: Hatching

“I’m sad that the bandits had to die,” Joy said, as Arthur and the others went around harvesting the remains. They had to wait a few minutes as the ground around what was left of the corpses was too hot to step on even with shoe...

B4 Ch49: Intruders!

Arthur got to the top of the stairwell and looked out. A handful of rough looking men and women all surrounded the edges of the pavilion, staring back at him.

However, none had stepped on the slate rock platform that was under t...

B4 Ch48: Egg-Cellent Rewards

When Arthur arrived back at the pavilion, he immediately recognized it. Not because it had been weeks, possibly months since he had last seen this room, but because the underground floor of the pavilion had massively changed.

It was deeper w...

B4 Ch47: Life In The Past 3/3

Note: These last few long chapters have all been leading up to this... 

A few days later, Arthur found himself in the unique opportunity to be a civilian executive assistant to the general.

Thanks to...

B4 Ch46: Life In The Past (2/3)

The next day, he woke up as another older man, but one who volunteered in the medical unit as a nurse.

In between leveling up his First Aid and Basic Nursing skills, making people comfortable and treating basic injuries, he spot...

B4 Ch45: Life In The Past 1/3

Note: This chapter ended up over 10k. Too much for me to edit tonight! So it's coming out in three parts. One tonight, and two tomorrow. :)

Arthur blurted out his next words before he gave any thought to them. "Wh...

B4 Ch44: Combat Challenge

Brixaby and the rest of his retinue emerged into the clear open air, very, very far away from the ground.

Brixaby gave a squawk of surprise that he would later insist was merely an exclamation and certainly not a yelp like a new hatchling. Q...

B4 Ch43: Utility Challenge

The next thing Arthur knew, he was surrounded by complete chaos. He blinked and found himself standing outside, taking in a lungful of fresh air scented with pine and the cold sharpness of snow. Then, suddenly, he was jostled from behind. To keep ...

B4 Ch42: Claimed Territory

They made the decision to trek over the hills on foot because Joy and Sams were both subtly grimacing and stretching out their wings when they thought no one was looking. Back winging was an unnatural position for most dragons and doing so for a l...

B4 Ch41: Pre-Challenge Winnings

Looking around, Arthur’s gaze first fell on Cressida. Like him, she’d arrived standing next to her dragon and not astride. She met his gaze and said, “I think this is the first chamber.”

“Chamber?” he re...

B4 Ch 40: Tier 3 Class

Time lost meaning to Arthur as he slowly moved through the workstations, one by one. From there, he moved to butchering and then to entrees. None of the stations were easy, and all had their individual challenges and hidden traps to avoid.

A...

B4 Ch39: Level 0 (2/2)

"You want my art?" Brixaby roared at the top of his lungs.

It was a pity he was currently without his stunning shout ability, but that hardly mattered. He would be perfectly happy to kill without them.

The scourgeling ...

B4 Ch38: Level 0 (1/2)

The world revolved around Arthur. Or maybe he was the one spinning while the world remained still. Lost, disoriented, and confused, the only thing he knew for sure was that he was no longer sitting on Brixaby’s neck.

The first thing that f...

B4 Ch37: Descend

It was that strange hour past midnight where it was so early it was late, and so late it was early. There was no hint of dawn, or even a fresh morning breeze. But sirens screamed through the city, fed in by giant card anchor horns on top of buildi...

B4 Ch36: Final Preparations

Note: Last chapter for the night!

The moments of silence while everyone read over Arthur’s Legendary cards felt both weighted and stretched.

Arthur felt as exposed as if he had removed all his clothes and then...

B4 Ch35: Round-Table

Arthur could barely wait to get back to the barn and tell Brixaby all that he had discovered.

He found his dragon excitedly talking to Joy. His blood red eyes were bright, and his chest was puffed out with pride. Turning, he saw Arthur and b...

B4 Ch34: Blacksmith Artist

Brixaby

With one final ringing blow of the hammer, Brixaby finished the kite shield he was working on.

Lifting it in his claws, he bent his head close to look it over. He tried to take it in objectively, like a Master of the cra...

B4 Ch33: The Answer

“Arthur, pal…” Dannill gave Arthur a smile that managed to barely remain on this side of smug. Barely. “What you’re describing — a card that stops card disintegration? Never heard of it. I don’t think it’s possible.”

“Of ...

B4 Ch32: Self Insight

Arthur was barely able to keep the smile off his face. “But first, I have some welcome home gifts for the both of you.”

“So, this city of yours is going to be our new home?” Horatio asked, but he and Cressida had sat up at Arthur’s...