“Ah, if it isn’t my friend, Dominic Vacek.”
Dominic turned around. He was currently in Ja-Man-Ro’s ambassadorial estate in a Fae Planet sky abode. The entire palace was made of gold and sat on a cloud, and the tiny inscriptions and images carved on the wall depicted the story of his family lineage, beginning with Ah-Lan-Ro, who was the first of the clan to gain ambassadorship.
... 2025-07-30 23:22:19 +0000 UTC View PostIt was a disk scratch moment.
The music kept playing, but everything around Lexie seemed to come to a stop, as she felt punched and bowled over by the attack she wasn’t expecting.
So much had happened since Veronica had caught her speaking to Albion that she’d almost forgotten.
She should have expected it the second Veronica caught her. As a matter of fact, she...
2025-07-29 23:36:31 +0000 UTC View PostTo begin, Lexie lay down, closed her eyes, and tried to figure out exactly how her soul had made the card.
It was hard to do so because everything had happened so quickly and chaotically, and she'd reacted based on a survival instinct she didn't entirely understand mixed with whatever else was going on in that creature's soul. It was sort of like what had happened with her during th...
2025-07-28 23:12:58 +0000 UTC View Post“No,” Tate said instantly.
“Why not?”
“What do you mean, why not? Why would I meet your dad?”
“Because you need help and he can help you,” she said.
Tate let out a frustrated breath. “The only person who can help me is you. I just need to go to that dungeon a few times–"
"You said only once."
"Well..." He lingered on that last ...
2025-07-26 00:46:43 +0000 UTC View PostConrad hummed to himself as he crossed the street, pulling a hat over his face. The mansion in the distance stood tall and a tad garrish against the sky, a beacon of supposed cosmopolitan modern elegance. It was bigger than even his parents' home, with two pools, a sauna, a basement cinema, and tons of unnecessary space.
He was currently in a suburb in Falstone, called Three Rivers,...
2025-07-24 23:43:29 +0000 UTC View PostLexie bit her lip, anxiety ricocheting through her at Lionel's measured stare. She hurried to hide her panic, trying fervently to pretend she had no clue what he was talking about.
“I’m not sure what you mean by that,” she said.
He cocked his head, crossing his arms over his chest. A tattoo she’d never seen before blazed on his upper arm, glowing white against his dark skin....
2025-07-23 23:04:40 +0000 UTC View PostLexie's first conscious thought was that someone was holding her hand. She didn’t know who it was, but the touch felt familiar, warm, a bit shaky, and firm at the same time.
She tried to squeeze the hand experimentally, and made the holder go still and gasp.
“You were right,” a male voice said. "She's waking up."
“Lexie,” another, younger male exclaimed. ...
2025-07-22 22:19:55 +0000 UTC View PostLexie’s next encounter with an Eldritch was with a creature that looked like a three-headed dog, with snapping serpentine tails. Its abode was a sandy dune, and when they appeared on it, it greeted them by running around them in circles, whipping up so much sand it felt like it was choking them.
“It’s a R’Kyrus,” Naem said, using his void powers to shield them from the sand.
... 2025-07-21 22:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLexie told her friends that she wanted something wanted something quiet and understated for her birthday.
They nodded and assured her it would be just that.
But Lexie’s birthday began with a blast. Literally.
She woke up to a loud pop in her room, and when she jumped out of bed, Xena, Dewie, and Jace screamed “Happy birthday!"
"Get up," Xena said. "Tim...
2025-07-18 21:47:03 +0000 UTC View PostLexie’s eyes popped open as it hit her, and she met Dewie’s gaze.
“What?” Dewie sounded alarmed. “What did you see? Are my pathways that messed up?”
“No, it’s just…” Lexie didn’t want to tell him much, at least not until she was sure of what she’d seen. She had definitely detected a subtle mana emanating from his soul, nothing as strong as Xena’s, but...
2025-07-17 23:21:43 +0000 UTC View PostLexie pondered the realization as she stared blankly around her. This world was not real. Her soul, her body, and this situation weren’t real either. The only thing that was real was the emotions pumping through her, heightening the closer the projectile got.
The kids started freaking out. They were trying to yell and call out for help, but they were up in the air, above the fores...
2025-07-16 22:34:45 +0000 UTC View Post“What do you mean by that?” Lexie asked Naem as he put his thinking face on. She knew what that face meant. It meant he was considering how much to tell her and what to hide. Possibly, this was also an Eldritch secret, or maybe it was too dangerous and telling her would go against his deal with Aiden.
“I’m not sure if you could honestly,” he finally said. “Dream magic isn’t ...
2025-07-15 23:26:18 +0000 UTC View PostLexie and Veronica stared at each other for a few seconds, both seeming stunned and somewhat irritated by the other’s presence.
“What are you doing here?” Lexie asked, instantly moving to block Veronica's view.
“Looking for Dewie,” she said in a snotty, I-don’t-have-to-answer-to-you, Veronica-like tone.
“He’s not here.”
“Then who were you talki...
2025-07-14 22:38:15 +0000 UTC View PostAiden thrust his hands through his hair and pinched the bridge of his nose.
There was a constant buzz in his head and underneath his skin, both from his alchemy workout and the fact that he’d been chugging coffee and energy drinks for three days straight as he sorted through the information that was all in piles on his desk.
He’d posted up on his wall the most important details,...
2025-07-11 21:54:58 +0000 UTC View PostLexie felt better in the late afternoon, at least enough to help Dewie with his pathways. They both sat cross-legged on the floor while Xena lounged on Lexie's bed. Lexie held Dewie's hands for several minutes, evaluating his pathways and trying to find what was so wrong with them. In the end, she got nothing. It felt very regular, though to be fair, she’d only done stuff like this with Cara ...
2025-07-10 22:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostTW: Non-graphic references to physical abuse, drug abuse, attempted s**cide.
After her herbology class, where they experimented with native elven plants that laid eggs, Lexie finally got some time to craft the card. The first thing, of course, was research. She searched Fae literature and some Undernet Eldritch texts that she struggled to decipher (apparently speaking Eldritch in...
2025-07-09 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post“Why is he bowing?” Lexie stared at the creature on the floor, trembling and shaking.
“It's because he reached your soul core and acknowledged your dominance over him,” Naem explained.
“It was in my soul? I didn’t feel it doing anything.” The last time the V’Sala tried to take over her body, it had shown her terrible visions. Nothing like that had happene...
2025-07-08 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostLexie’s eyes flew open.
Kill the light.
It lingered in the air, the magical intent that confused the heck out of her. Where the heck did that come from?
Lexie had no clue what it meant. Usually, when she perceived intent, she had an instant instinct on what to do with it, but this time was different. What did ‘kill the light’ even refer to...
2025-07-07 21:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostSo I just realized that we're no longer 10-20 chapters ahead of RR, due to the scheduling change. Therefore, I will be uploading 5 chapters a week, with occasional weekend chapter, until we're caught up.
Thanks,
Kayday.
2025-07-04 21:09:45 +0000 UTC View Post“You have wind powers?” Someone exclaimed as Lexie’s teammates and opponents picked themselves off the floor.
“No,” she responded.
“Then how on Earth did you do that?”
“With a card I–” Lexie caught herself before she made the gruesome mistake of exposing that she made the card, because then she’d probably be asked to show the card. She couldn't show anyon...
2025-07-04 21:00:07 +0000 UTC View PostEveryone turned to regard Lexie, except Weiss Wavelost. Expressions varied, but Shadowsbane looked determinedly displeased.
“Where’s your handler?” he asked.
“What?”
“I assume you wouldn’t dare attempt to confront us without someone more powerful close by. If you can even call her that.”
Oh. He’s talking about Xena and insulting me while he’...
2025-07-03 22:36:40 +0000 UTC View Post“Before we go, I will give you something to take back with you,” Naem said.
“I can do that?” she asked.
“Of course, with the right ritual. It’s dream magic, which I don’t believe you humans explore a lot.”
“Let me guess, the system thinks it's too dangerous.”
“Yes. It’s one of the magic types that the Fae never gave the human population.”
...
2025-07-02 23:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostDots blinked quickly in the blacks, growing into flashing lights, like someone was taking photos of her eyeballs. Suddenly, Lexie opened her eyes and groaned as the light flooded her vision.
“Relax,” she heard someone say. “We’ll get you unhooked in a second.”
Lexie could barely understand what she was saying. She was totally disoriented as the sounds of chatter got ...
2025-07-02 00:00:39 +0000 UTC View PostThe men moved fast, faster than Lexie could gasp.
“Get down!” Jace yelled. Lexie grabbed Dewie and did just that as a loud explosion rocked the atmosphere.
It was followed by another, then another, smoke quickly filling up the room. She heard Jace shout again, meaning one of the men had grabbed him and kept him from setting off more explosives.
At least i...
2025-06-30 23:41:47 +0000 UTC View PostOne of the first things Lexie noticed, after the haze of war had cleared from her brain, was that Torin appeared pissed.
Or as pissed as his deadpan expression would allow anyway.
He looked at Lexie, then at the food and the people sprawled on the ground. His jaw dropped a little, and his eyebrows furrowed as though he couldn’t quite believe what he was seeing. When he...
2025-06-26 23:56:09 +0000 UTC View PostTate crossed the street and headed to the alley. His muscles were tight and he was constantly watching over his shoulder.
Thin rivulets of sweat ran down his back sticking his shirt to his skin. Though it was Fall, The Palisades, a neighborhood in Old Moulding was hot and muggy as hell. For one thing, it was busy for several reasons. Increased villain activity led to an increase in sales ...
2025-06-25 22:58:44 +0000 UTC View PostLexie’s first official class was Extraterrestrial Politics with Professor Ta-Ron-No, Builder of Brains.
Lexie was curious about the moniker attached to his name and figured it was some kind of nickname.
At least until she met him. Upon meeting, however, she realized that her Professor was Fae, and Builder of Brains was most likely his official title.
She walked i...
2025-06-24 22:56:52 +0000 UTC View Post“What are you doing here?” Lexie didn't know whether to be relieved or terrified to see him. As always, she felt a little bit of both.
“Visiting you," he said and he picked her off the ground. The darkness that had surrounded her feet, hissed and pulse. Lexie felt a surge of that heart-pounding fear until Naem did his fear-suppressing mojo thing and it calmed her down. 2025-06-23 23:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
“Torin?” Lexie asked. “Really?”
“Yes. Will that be a problem?”
“No, just…” She didn’t expect Torin to be her student mentor. It didn’t feel like their powers had a lot in common, seeing as how he had S-Rank unbound magic and she had C-Rank bound magic. “How are the student mentors chosen anyway?”
“By a multitude of factors,” Journeyman said, a tad...
2025-06-19 23:13:23 +0000 UTC View PostAiden stepped in and out of his portal right after reading his daughter’s text. He already missed her. It had taken him a while to leave Victoire’s campus yesterday and leave her behind. An urge continuously tugged at him to go in and take her back.
She was growing up so fast, too fast for comfort. It seemed like just yesterday she was a tiny baby, and now she had to be apart fr...
2025-06-18 22:54:09 +0000 UTC View Post