Chapter 20

“I’m heading out,” Nick said quietly to the party after they had passed the gated checkpoint leading into city surrounding Castle Patel. Since the Royal Guards had taken over the duty of the local militia, Tyler and Paige were able to use their status to bypass the usual procedures. Paige nodded in affirmation, “We will … Continue reading Chapter 20 →

Chapter 19

“I’m heading out,” Nick said quietly to Paige after they had passed the gated checkpoint leading into city surrounding Castle Patel. Since the Royal Guards had taken over the duty of the local militia, Tyler and Paige were able to use their status to bypass the usual procedures. Paige nodded in affirmation, “We will be … Continue reading Chapter 19 →

Chapter 18

As dusk fell the next day, Isabella organized her thoughts about what she had learned while setting up her tent close to Zenith’s tent. Paige had only answered a few questions after that, and then the rest of yesterday and today was spent mostly in silence. Nick, Tyler, and Paige had spent much of the … Continue reading Chapter 18 →

Chapter 17

“My head hurts.” Zenith groaned when Paige woke her up a few hours later. “And why are we up so early anyways?” “Because Zenith, we have to leave before the rest of the town wakes up. Hopefully Isabella can wake Tyler and Nick; it looks like they spent quite some time yesterday cleaning this place … Continue reading Chapter 17 →

Chapter 16

“Don’t move.” A gruff voice sounded out. Everyone in the inn stopped moving. Jackson stopped and looked out the corner of his eye. He knew that the archer had him in his sights; the steel tipped arrowhead still nocked on the bowstring. Something caught his eye on the floor. Looking down, he noticed it was … Continue reading Chapter 16 →

Chapter 15

As they waited for Isabella to fetch Paige, Nick leaned toward Tyler while glancing at the group behind him. “They have a problem with Paige? What did she do to them?” He wasn’t worried so much as annoyed. Although he had only known her for over a week, her whole reputation was a conundrum. On … Continue reading Chapter 15 →

Chapter 14

We are officially past the halfway mark for this book/arc! Woot woot! Everything up to the ending was written on schedule; the last few chapters actually took longer to write than the preceding chapters combined! On a side note, the releases on RoyalRoad are on catchup, but will eventually align together, thank goodness. (It is … Continue reading Chapter 14 →

Chapter 13

“Will those children be alright, Aunt Paige?” Isabella asked for the third time this morning. She had been unusually quiet yesterday during their travels, not even Now Paige understood why Isabella was upset a few days ago. “They’ll be fine Isabella.” Tyler responded this time. “While it is sad their parents died, it was an … Continue reading Chapter 13 →

Chapter 12

“Now what are we going to do?” Nick asked after walking to where Paige was standing quietly. He looked around at the ruined campsite and asked quietly, “How did you realize they were demons from Trent? I noticed that even some of their own people hadn’t realized their friends were infiltrators.” He knew that it … Continue reading Chapter 12 →

Chapter 11

“My gut says bandits. Or deserters. Either way, let’s see what we are up against. There shouldn’t be anyone with a high or a medium ranked class, so there should be no problems for us.” “Let’s check first then. It would be a hassle to deal with any hostages.” They both knew the first thing … Continue reading Chapter 11 →