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012 Queen Ashera
Smoothing lapels down as eyes flickered to that of the drow woman, her hands busying themselves with adjusting the bridle that had been placed upon the black horses features. Nervously glancing around considering the fact that Rhelic had expressed this morning that they and Calia had gone out to mingle amongst the masses. Save that…
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011 A One Night Stand
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010 The Prince’s Hospitality
They rose early. Long before the means of the breaking of sun over the horizon. The forest still bathed in a pale twilight of mist and towering timbers cradling them amongst its hold. Offering a frail sense of security while the means of tasks had been promptly doled out to each separate accompaniment of soles.…
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029 Lich Curses and Lizard Potions
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009 Commander Prince Renus
Thankfully they made good progress till the river. Where she had expressed there had been a troupe stationed there and they’d skirt around for a low spot in the current to cross. But nothing could have prepared them properly for the sight that greeted. Especially when said sight was giving them a hello in the…
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008 Travelling Companions
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028 Talongrath’s Island
It was unclear how time had moved, only that at some point he was angling attention towards the sound of footsteps creeping up to the door of the place occupied and was moving to shelter Araminta beneath the blankets. Even lightly moving her to take up residence to where his heated spot was. Rising carefully…
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027 A Lich’s Phylactery
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007 A Friend in Rhelic
The elven state at least didn’t appear to be beset by that of anything in the name of demonic influence. Granted, most of its existence seemed to be generally calm. Nothing too wild or obviously out of whack that would have warranted a stronger reaction of uncertainty or preemptive need to protect and watch! A…
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006 Emerson Groove
In the dark, in a swirl of strong heated and throbbing discomfort, time meant little. At least it had for a long while. Till he was prickling at ears to the sound of something approaching. Pulling himself out of whatever sweat slogged delirium was happily making his body its playground, to listen. Eventually forcing his will…
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005 The Dryder’s Nest
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004 Abandoned Mountain Crossroads
Calia rode on at a good healthy speed, following the trail of the escaping villagers, inwardly glad that they’d listened about riding for as long and hard as they could. The more distance they got from the capitol the better as Calia doubted Derrick would’ve left demons sporadically dropped all over the kingdom. Because there…
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026 Castle Dun Glomoth
Traveling to this old battleground did not take more than an hour or two, leaving them with more than enough daylight to work with. Or so Araminta had thought! Before it was even time for Theon to leave his faeish horsey form something around them had felt different. Araminta had gotten used to the way…
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003 A Village Flees
There was no real telling for him to know exactly where he was. Only that there was a small little village that seemed to have a few standing houses and a healthy dose of caution considering they had heard what had befell that of their capital. Leaving prickling ears to be rather alert to the commentary, though…
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002 The Parasite
The fire had burned brightly for a long majority of the night. As expected from a bar soaked with drink and horse dung from the stables attached. By the time the break of light properly sought over the horizon, it was barely a structure of crispy timbers. Smoulder with low crackling of flame licking deep…
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025 Bittersweet Goodbyes
Had he known she was amused by the likelihood of his lack of escape from the overly fluffed cushion of the bedding, he might have had a word or two about his strong distaste. It was like trying to swim through gelatin and without waking Araminta, the task was practically impossible. The operative word being…
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001 A Curse and a Contract
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020 The Iron Dog and Bookstore Dates
Unlike her last visit to the Iron Dog Pub, where she’d shown up in the middle of the day unannounced and with a green haired goblin to terrorize the patrons inside, or the visit prior where things had been sanitized for her and her human guest, this time Juliette gave Augustus Steele fair warning that she intended…
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Calia’s Heart
“Calia, wait!” The young princess of a freshly turned sixteen, dressed in her best finery (albeit not the lustrous gown her mother would’ve preferred, having chosen a princely vest and pants her brothers would wear) paused to give a primly exasperated green-eyed glare over her shoulder towards the young man that’d called for her. Her…
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024 Araminta’s Aria
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023 A Council Begins
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022 Communication
Araminta awoke the next morning later than she should, still feeling off and grumbling at the sunlight through the window with a sort of reluctant to move energy that had everything to do with the state of her mind and thankfully not a problem with her body. Finding that while she still felt off, it was…
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021 Painful Truths
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020 Domestic Life
Sleep was in fact something he desperately needed. Not even sure by the time he did properly awake that he was awake. Being tugged done in a sense of repeated behaviour from the seeking beast that was the slumbering demon to ensure he was pulled down and held down for hours. Admittedly he could easily write that…
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019 A Mangled Prince
It had been an active decision to avoid toiling herself up to the woman’s room to wake her when it was still the buttcrack of dawn. Why should she also suffer the lapse of rest because of something that hadn’t been planned or known? It seemed foolish even if perhaps withholding the information for a…
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018 The Sable Fawn and Bathhouse
Araminta took this warning to heart, understanding fully that a new location too was worth being wary about. Gusteau’s grizzly murder spree meant anyone would be side eyeing a young woman of Araminta’s very looks. Being only freshly dead, the news could not have gotten out too far just yet. And if it had, that…
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017 Quiet Day in the Village
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016 Never Allowed Rest
Araminta did not escape dreams, nor were they even close to sweet, but he’d not been wrong that his bitter tea and supportive presence was enough to deter away the worse of it. There was no flailing or flopping, turning or twisting. No kicking of legs and limbs or quiet nightmare filled sobbing. She did…
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015 Ichor’s Keep
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014 Temple of Light
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013 An Elvish Acorn
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012 Letters of Distraction
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011 Lady Thebe
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010 The Minstrels of Essurn
This was just another piece of himself. Familiar. Normal. The idea that it was strange was not even a blip on his radar, actually if anything, he might have noticed that she found it unusual. Though unsaid, there was something about his ability to sense things that felt on a different level in such a…
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009 A Foul Fish
Collecting himself had been easy enough. The want to just keep watch of things was a measure of control. To feel like it was within his grasp to manage and maintain something by his rules. And to continue avoiding the parts of thoughts were too newly restless to be anything functional. After the means of…
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008 A Village of Blight
The fourth trial – in Araminta’s educated opinion – must’ve been one of giving a sense of false accomplishment to ambitious warriors. Fetch a rat tailed cod. Before she’d started the trials she’d found out it wasn’t as simple as going to any lake or river to find it. This particular fish had only ever been…
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007 The Tavern of Taxidermy
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006 The White Wolf
Sometime past midday, when they’d finally reached the borders of the enchanted forest, Araminta had taken to holding his arm again where the terrain became uneven and unstable steps would shoot little twinges of pain up her leg. Like before, the forest had this serene ethereal feel to it… although this time less threateningly so…
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005 Partners
Unlike some that might not be easily able to manipulate another into laying down, he seemed capable enough of doing so. Only around when he finally awoke where the sun was likely cresting across the horizon. Making use of limbs to have some movement, he made an effort to take the rounded quilt of a…
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004 Scoundrels
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003 A Ghost Mushroom
True to her promise, Araminta spend the rest of that day inside the tiny hut, finishing off that cooked rabbit and sleeping curled up by the fire. It was extraordinary even to her just how much her body had needed real food and actual sleep. And though it wasn’t exactly comfortable sleep, it did wonders for giving…
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002 A Harpy’s Feathers

Waking was becoming harder and harder every day, and this one was no different. Birds were having a glorious morning chatter and Araminta cursed their very cheer. She was not a morning person even in the best of days, so at her worst the happy songs were nothing but a frustrating nuisance, forcing her to…
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001 A Bog Hag’s Hair

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019 Pushing Back the Wedding
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018 Refusing the Queen’s Offer
Juliette had no argument about resting more, especially has she had him well and perfectly captured as her personal pillow. This time when she slept, she did dream. Awful, grim, devastating things in a field of nightmares. But Juliette was so used to nightmares, she didn’t think twice about them. She tolerated two days of…
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017 A Bloody Rescue
Leaning back did he take a moment to consider the work made by hand. Once more considering that of arms and legs. Not about to mess around with getting anything swung at him, lips tugged upon their corners. Feeling rather satisfied with the work done. Not that there was an effort to bound her mouth,…
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016 Kidnapping a Queen
Elisa’s mention of it being a busy day was an understatement. Frustrating and unexpected as Juliette thought that spending the day at home in the manor would’ve been far more restful than running errands in town or going into the Byron warehouse. Really, there was no one to blame but herself. She was the fool…
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015 Vampire Courts and Hen Houses
The entry itself to the house was generally quiet. Save the telltale sounds of footsteps coming up the stairs that was likely not the person Juliette thought to see. Although it might be stranger to witness a sloe crowned man carrying up a basket of laundry rather than Elisa. “Oh,” Bracing the basket against hip…
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014 A Meeting With Augustus
Try as Juliette might, with floor pacing and plotting, she could not seem to keep herself awake long enough to meet Jordan when he arrived home. Foolishly, she’d sat herself down on the sofa where she’d been promptly trapped by a purring feline and then she was swiftly out. Succumbed to exhaustion within moments. She…
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013 A Bite Interrupted
Perhaps Jordan was lucky that Juliette was too wrapped up in the strangeness of this domestic outing to really put it to test just what she could get away with in terms of public affectionate spectacles. On exiting the car and linking her hands with his, filtrations were pushed to the back of her mind…
