Chapter 14 – First Days (2)

Frist Days – Part 2       It would seem everything has gone, basically, how I expect it. It seems essentially nothing I have told Dom has stuck, besides the simple inkling that something is wrong. Thank the heavens for his desire to explore his curiosity. Normal people may just shrug off the itches he’s had and pay them no mind. It’s a …

Chapter 14 – First Days (1)

First Days – Part 1       I wake up to Mimi moving around on my lap. My mind is fresh memories of Rachel, and that horrible day. That day that changed my life. Yet in my mind, something about it is stuck. Something crucial is trapped just beyond the fog of my mind.       I feel …

Chapter 13 – Vargar (2)

Vargar – Part 2       The inside of my mind is damp and cool. For the first time, I feel the subtle brushing of wind against my skin. I look around and see that the area isn’t the one I’m used to. Instead of being inside of a near-black void, I stand in some kind of plains. The knee-high, …

Chapter 13 – Vargar (1)

Vargar – Part 1       It’s been a few months since that time of happiness. These passing days have been spent par for the course. The only addition to my day has been the studies.       On Rose’s insistence, I started joining Voltin in her lessons with him. Everything from reading, which is difficult, to math, …

Chapter 12 – Questions (5)

Questions – Part 5      At this, me mentioning making Charlie my wife, Charlie spits out the drink she’s sipping. With a cough and a shudder she croaks out, “W-w-w-w-w-what?”       I look up into her blue eyes and say, with teasing smile on my lips, “I’m just asking. You know. Just in case.”       …

Chapter 12 – Questions (4)

Questions – Part 4       My good time is interrupted by the sound of the door opening. I turn to see everyone else. Nina sees them too and takes a step back. At this, I reach over and wrap my arm around her waist and pull her forward and to my side. These women have no right to …

Chapter 12 – Questions (3)

Questions – Part 3       To sum up what I’ve learned, no one knows what is happening to me, but a few things are clearer now. I know that the Zeroth has a long and ancient history. I also know why these people place the Zeroth on such a high pedestal; even without the fairy tales from the …

Chapter 12 – Questions (2)

                                                                        Questions – Part 2      “Perhaps… what is most different from past Zeroths is the fact that I am a woman,” I say. As if …

Chapter 12 – Questions (1)

Questions – Part 1       Charlotte pushes the door aside and steps in, holding it open for the rest of us. Kay follows her in, clearly poised for danger. Rose walks in next, head held high, but nerves writ across her face. I’m in next with Mimi following closely behind, very closely. As we all fall in line in …

Chapter 11 – Academia (2)

    Academia – Part 2      I’m honestly not sure why I’m so mad, but I am. Hearing Rose’s pain has triggered something in me, and my one desire is to erase this man- this bringer of pain. Something in how I look, in my demeanor, must seem to be tangible to the others.      “Lord Zeroth, stand down!” Charlotte shouts at me. …