Category Archives: Autumn

                She’s right.  I won’t make it three miles if I try to leave.  Cameron stared bleakly at the trail away from the cabin as he leaned against one of the porch’s supports.  Probably can’t even mount a horse.  Not … Continue reading →

                Gray looked sidelong at Eva, not for the first time that afternoon.  She was resting as comfortably as Elton could manage to make her, but they all knew that she was still troubled by nightmares she wouldn’t speak of—except … Continue reading →

                A shadow was coming toward them, silhouetted against torchlight in the corridor.  Aoife glanced up, toward the open door.                 “Were we expecting someone else?” she murmured to her three companions.                 Teague looked past her into the hall … Continue reading →

                Once they hit the bottom of the ravine, J.T. unslung his claymore from its harness across his back.                 “We’re expecting trouble, aren’t we?”  Matt asked, nervously putting a hand on the hilt of his borrowed blade.  “Shouldn’t we … Continue reading →

                I want to be one of the ones to go down there after him, Thom realized as the others started to cluster near the gap in the wards, trickling in one by one.  His free hand tightened on Marin’s … Continue reading →

                The backlash of the ward-line snapping shot shivers down Thom’s spine, though he wasn’t entirely certain he wanted to acknowledge the feeling.  It could have been just his imagination.                 That’s what he kept telling himself until he caught … Continue reading →

            I yelled, starting to go after him.  J.T. caught my arm and jerked me back.             “Stay on this side,” he shouted as the screams began; the Greys had started to throw themselves at the ward-lines again.  “You cross … Continue reading →

            “I wondered how long it would take you to get the upper hand,” Phelan said.  “What did you have to promise him?  What was left of your soul?”             She tsked.  “So high and mighty, Wandering One.  You’re no … Continue reading →

            Everything went silent before the attack came.             No birds called in the trees.  The wind didn’t blow.  We scarcely dared to breathe.  No one talked.  We just took position and waited in that aching, terrifying silence.             Something … Continue reading →

            “We’d better get everyone over here for a few minutes, then,” Thom said, then limped toward Matt, who was still working with Tala a few feet away.             Phelan nodded as he splashed a few drops of water into … Continue reading →