Ascension      Fennis swings his sword toward my neck- mere inches lie between life and death. Yet before steel meets flesh, he’s blown away. A good fifteen feet later, Fennis rights himself and lands standing. Energy swirls around me and pulses in waves. The energy twists around me and remakes me.      My skull shakes from the pounding inside of it. Again …

Defiance      My life wasn’t all that bad yeah? I didn’t mind the mediocrity. I didn’t mind the boring classes. I know I complained; but I really didn’t. And sure Jamie didn’t make for the most stimulating of partners in crime, but she was there for me you know? In her own way at least. I regret so, so deeply being …

Alpha – Part 2      I glance up at Charlotte’s back and study her. Dignified and graceful – those words are probably the closest I could come to describe her from this angle. “What is it Zero?” She says as if sensing my eyes on her.      “Why “Zero”?” I ask as we take a corner further towards our destination.      “Because it …

Alpha – Part 1      I wake up with a start. The sound of dinnerware being placed on the counter queues me in to someone else being here. But my mind is racing, despite the fog of sleep still be present, or perhaps, because of it. This waking world grants me no solace from my past. “Apologies, I did not mean …

  Sins That Bind – Part 2        Why is my head racing and my stomach fluttering? My breathing is labored and my head is light. I feel drunk on nothing and yet what hits me first is her smell. Her shampoo drifts into me and smells of pineapples with a hint of oranges. Her lips carry a mint-like …

Sins That Bind      I wake up to the chirping of the artificial birds and the warmth of the sun. Its warmth denies my wakefulness and soothes me deeper into a sleepful bliss. As I’m about to give into the embrace of sleep again, I feel a hand trace across my cheek. I wearily half-open one eye to see her looking …

New Beginnings      I jog around the next corner. The wind blows through my hair as I navigate the twist and turns of the back alley shortcuts. Sure, maybe normal people would avoid these areas but please – bad stuff like what most people think basically only happens on T.V. Real life simply doesn’t have time to be fantastical. It just …

Zeroth Knight       “I’m going to tell him! I’m going to do it! Today is the day!” I keep repeating to myself as I zip through the backstreets in an effort to make it to class on time. The day is young, the sunshine warm, and the wind carries my body just right. “Today is the day,” I …

Prologue Forgotten Knight Ninth day of the month of Octus, in the year of Tree-Six:       It was a lie. This whole time the promises of power, and peace, and fame were lies. There is no honor in this gift. The history of the title is forgotten, but I can hear it. I can see it. Deep within …