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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 24
It was a somber day after the ritual. Damarys tried to distract herself from what had happened by spending the rest of the morning at the archery range. She was fairly used to her arm now and didn’t notice much of a difference whether she was using the magical quiver from Jerlinzia or not. She…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 23
It was dark when Emilie awoke. She blinked a few times before remembering she was blind. “Hello?” her voice croaked as she tried to call out and she was made painfully aware of just how dry her mouth and throat were. “Miss Emilie, you’re awake,” a relieved voice spoke from not very far away. “How…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 22
“I’ve done all that can be done for her today,” Ketty was telling Jelvaic as Zeter and Damarys stood by. Zeter wasn’t sure if he should follow after Emilie with Kasyn or stay where he was. He did have the elder tree wood for Ketty but he wasn’t about to hand it over right in…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 21
Everything hurt. Kasyn’s mind felt like he was thinking through sludge and all he wanted to do was lie down to sleep. He’d never stayed up this long before. When was the last time he’d gotten any sleep? It was the night before they reached the valley with the elder tree. That was…three days ago?…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 20
It was hard to keep from showing her concern but Damarys did her best to put a good face on it all. They weren’t terribly deep in the woods, but they were in a more dangerous, less traveled part of it and that made it more likely that they’d run into trouble. The animals here…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 19
Magic shone everywhere Emilie looked as they made their way down into the valley. The elder tree was, of course, the most magical thing in sight but even the otherwise normal looking plants glowed with magic. It was as though just being in the presence of the elder tree made them magical. That would explain…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 18
“How’s it going out there?” The familiar voice of Ketty Pordis awoke Zeter from his sleep. Damarys was sitting by the fire, still adding pieces of troll to it from time to time. The creature burned surprisingly well, almost as good as firewood. The only drawback was the oily scent that filled the air. On…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 17
The woods were not foreign to Kasyn, much like how the sky was familiar to pretty much everyone with functioning eyes. However, what he wasn’t used to was hiking through the wilds of those woods, well beyond any man-made trails. Here, the trees grew thick and the underbrush, at times, rose up to his chest.…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 16
Damarys had hoped it would be more than a few days before she’d be back with Jelvaic and Arjana, being asked to go deeper into the city, and yet here she was, along with Zeter, Emilie, and Kasyn again while Jelvaic and Arjana gave them all looks of concern. “So, Ichiba Wa?” she asked as…
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The Fall of Akumu: Chapter 15
The droves of people making their way into Yomichi was a sad fraction of what the population used to be like. Where possibly a few thousand at best were making their way back to their homes in the hopes of finding them still intact, these were the lucky few who’d been able to escape. Less…
Bridge of Broken Glass
Stories from my mind that won't be quiet
Bridge of Broken Glass 