Beneath the Alpha’s Nose, Chapter 3 I make my way down the hall, sliding quiet as dusk through the hush of the house. Under my feet, the floorboards ache to creak out warnings, but with each practiced step I keep them hushed; every bruised muscle in my legs and back reminding me what’s at stake. […]
Beneath the Alpha’s Nose, Chapter 2 I don’t slow down as I run through town. My heart’s beating so hard I can feel it in my throat, and every footstep is louder than the last. They want to pick my whole future for me, right down to whose bed I’ll be thrown into. Not happening. […]
Apocalypse Online, Chapter 4 Albion jerked awake, his heart hammering against his ribs. The haptic suit was gone, replaced by thin cotton sheets that stuck to his sweat-damp skin. He stared at the unfamiliar ceiling—flat, white, institutional—trying to gather the fragments of his memory. The tree, the leaves with their tiny worlds, the rushing sensation […]
Beneath the Alpha’s Nose, Chapter 1 There is only one thing I know about loyalty: it never survives a closed door and a whispered deal. The filigree of the ornate doorknob is worn smooth where centuries of Delacroix wolves have come and gone. Under my fingertips are carvings depicting a pack of wolves sprinting beneath […]
The Ocean Just Gets Me, Chapter 6 The house settles into nighttime stillness around me. Each creak of the floorboards, each tick of the ancient heating system marks time passing as I position my microphone for the third time this week. The signal loops softly from my speakers, a gentle underscore to my movements, like […]
Aetherloft, Chapter 4 Rashtari Windtail’s whiskers twitched as he ducked through the low entrance of the Taraq tent, the scent of spiced incense and nervous sweat mingling with the sharp tang of burning oil. The gambling den pulsed with the energy of desperate souls and hungry predators, all gathered beneath the glacier’s shadow where the […]
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