A silence came over the room. Devon stared, unmoving, till eventually I broke the gaze. I glanced toward Alice but she wasn’t looking anywhere else but the other Grimm.
I could see the ice ripple across her skin, and the air start to wisp. Thankfully, Adeline positioned herself between her and Devon. With her gaze blocked, she finally looked to and nodded slowly.
Good. Stick t...
2024-09-02 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
(Monday chap gonna be interesting. Can't wait to see the reactions and theories. Also a returning face?! Have a good weekend everybody. Llama ooout )
(P.S: I pulled the trigger and have moved chapters. Book 4's end was Ysanna's interlude. We are now in book 5. Originally I planned on having a loooooong book 4 like book 2 was. but publishing wise, that's just a bad move especially for ...
2024-08-30 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Food wasn’t the same with the impending weight of the funeral ahead. Alice stayed cold, silent even as she stuffed her face with what Volk piled on her plate. The big man himself was joined by his brother, the two doing their best to look away and keep themselves busy.
Busy. But only a few Grimms were in the room.
It was almost strange to see it devoid of the hungry crowd, but...
2024-08-28 08:18:34 +0000 UTC View Post"It's Mordred?! Where?!"
The shouts only grew more excited by the second and the swell of children continued to grow until I was an island alone in the courtyard.
It took everything I had not to flip Igas off, but I reined in my impulse and patted Fern's shoulder.
"Well, yes. It's me. Mordred. Though, I must warn you. I'm not nearly as scary as they made me look."
Pr...
She growled and released a wave of ice that erupted around her feet. Alice launched herself at a metal stand adorned with a single pair of vambraces. The metal screeched under her swing and she went to work tearing it apart till it was nothing more than a frozen, crumpled heap.
Her wrath carried her over to another stand where she slowly pulled the metal apart and rocketed them into the s...
2024-08-26 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy heart pounded in my ears, each step carried the vibration from the arena. But the more I walked, the quicker peace returned. Once I stood deeply in the tunnels, away from the sunlight, away from the noise--I closed my eyes and waited.
Áine healed my injuries and restitched my flesh. It didn't hurt, the pain was a dull thrum that added to the noise.
Slowly, I undid the mana conne...
2024-08-23 18:21:05 +0000 UTC View Post
“Are you sure?” I asked.
I didn’t need to see the fury and determination in her eyes to know how useless of a question I had just asked.
“I didn’t lie. Let me make that clear. I took time to try verifying exactly what kind of crap Garret was spewing. I wasn’t about to trust him over everything I knew. Not right away,” I continued.
“Cain. I will punch you. L...
2024-08-22 23:19:39 +0000 UTC View Post
“Why? Why are you trying to start something?” I shouted.
Garret continued to hold his stare, the same stupid smile plastered on his face. I nearly shoved Alice out of the way, but I kept myself contained and squeezed down on a nearby table.
“Not even denying it. See what I mean?” Garret teased.
Alice glanced over, confusion evident. But she remained still, her face...
2024-08-21 07:22:26 +0000 UTC View Post
(Finally got my internet back after having no service for 4 fucking days. If you're ever in Alaska, be warned of GCI. Blegh. Sorry for the late chapter, there'll be another though, hopefully not as late chapter tomorrow. Hope y'all are having a decent start to your weekend.)
Flames marched to my command and I raised my axe high.
“Don’t,” Alice warned.
What...
2024-08-20 04:52:48 +0000 UTC View Post
(So some changes that I will fix later this week but should have done from the beginning. Strix was a placeholder name and shouldn't be used. It's obvious and stupid and easily traceable to Strax. So changes are: Strix---> Mordred. Yep. Anyway, Cyrus pulling a bit from Earth's legend, nobody can call him out on it.)
"You want to invite the guy who attacked you–a...
2024-08-19 17:19:00 +0000 UTC View Post"I don't like the way y'all are looking at me. What did I do wrong? Seriously," I said, as I crossed my arms.
Celenae and Teddy shared a glance, while Isaac kept his head cocked like a curious puppy.
"Cyrus," Celenae began.
"Yes..."
"Did you have fun?"
"At first? Why?"
Another shared look. My anger was starting to rise, but I quashed it down and waited.
Alice removed her hand from the wall and her arm dropped to her side. I joined her in taking in the room, the torches providing an eerie shadow that danced against the stone.
It was a spacious room, one covered with various items and trinkets. Every corner hosted its own statue, each adorned with what looked like suits of armor or outfits made of fur and leather.
The lights batt...
2024-08-14 19:14:11 +0000 UTC View Post
Even with the hum of my whistle filling my ears, the crowd drowned the noise in an avalanche of sound.
Sunlight filtered through, drawing my gaze upward into the open sky.
It was... terrifying.
From afar, the people looked like giants, with me the little ant trapped on the ground. Some cheered, others booed. More than a few seemed to be screaming for no reason other than to...
When we found Kierra, she wasn’t alone. In fact, it wasn’t just Adeline that accompanied her. The walk and short ride back to the Warren was relatively peaceful, not accounting for the low simmering tension from Alice.
It wasn’t too hard to ask around and while nobody really knew where anyone was, the place we found them made the most sense.
She wasn’t in the training ro...
2024-08-12 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post"You ready?" I asked.
Sereza nodded. "Since yesterday. Although, if I lost in the first match, I might have to jump off the third ring."
I willed my inventory to open and launched the summoned warhead at her ear. Her tail smacked it into her hand and she swallowed the candy, wrapper and all.
"That's not... Nevermind. You're not going to lose. Just try not to melt too many limb...
2024-08-09 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Did he just say Heartless?
Krulg lifted his hand and stared at the blood-soaked nails. He growled and spat on the ground before engulfing the crimson liquid in a ball of flames. The flames burnt the blood to blackened bits and he flicked the ashes aside with a disgusted look on his face.
“I shall pay for the sin. I hope you find the information worth the sacrifice.”...
2024-08-07 17:13:26 +0000 UTC View PostThat’s not at all reassuring. You’re zero help, you maniac.
“Do you mean that literally? Should I be worried?”
“Literal? Just make sure you step up, or you’ll find yourself missing a precious organ.” He snagged his fingers through one of the trinkets in his beard and adjusted it. “Next question.”
Annoyance raked its claws but I balled my hand and cru...
2024-08-06 17:06:00 +0000 UTC View Post"The damn showboat can't get enough of this. Look at the gleam in his eyes. He's lapping it up!" Isaac growled.
I shared a look with Teddy, who shook his head. He reached toward a rune circle on a nearby table and tapped a glowing rune. The noise from the crowd amplified and the cheers sounded as if they were in our very ears.
But when Isaac's father spoke once more, the cheering lo...
2024-08-05 17:19:02 +0000 UTC View PostWe wound around the town’s outskirts and made our way to the rocky shore that bordered the cliffs. In fact, I stood roughly five feet from where I helped Kierra cut her hair. Instead, in her place was a tall man with fiery hair, ignoring the two Grimms behind him.
Krulg stared at the ocean with a broad smile, canines on full display. The wind blew and his beard lifted with the breeze an...
2024-08-05 17:06:00 +0000 UTC View PostThe arena master glared at the crowd, forcing several into submission as they tried to escape her ire. Of course, that same glare was wielded against me once I approached.
She eyed my wristband and grunted before crossing her arms. "At least you're braver than these fools."
"Thanks?" I cleared my throat. "I was told to come see you about the rules?"
Her eyes went blank and I r...
2024-08-02 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“You can come out now. I smelled you the moment you approached this side of town.”
I glanced at Alice, who scowled. She signed, one I knew to be her version of a shrug.
“If you don’t come out, I’ll come to you. And I cannot promise to be so gentle,” the man spoke again.
It stirred a memory, but not strongly enough to trigger one complete. Something about his vo...
2024-07-31 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View PostBreakfast was fast and simple. Volto fed us our meal and ushered us out as more Grimms showed up to sit down. I ate silently while occasionally slipping bits of food into my shadow for Freki to consume. Alice flitted around to Grimms she recognized to ask discreetly where Devon or Krulg was.
I finished my meal before she returned, a subtle but noticeably angry look on her face.
“A...
2024-07-30 17:07:01 +0000 UTC View PostFor the fifth time in a dozen minutes someone bumped me with their hip.
"Sorry!"
Aight, fuck it.
Without a word, I grabbed onto Arzurous' fuzzy backside and hauled myself up, finding a standing position behind Igas.
"That didn't take long," Igas teased.
"Yeah, yeah," I muttered. My tail unfurled from my waist and I felt the stress melt away. "That's s...
As title says, no post today. Still recovering from my shit, but there'll be a chapter tomorrow. Sorry for the slack, I wanted to have a chapter done and ready but it was impossible to write anything sunday.
2024-07-29 17:02:12 +0000 UTC View Post
I pulled an unused mask I had leftover from my inventory and threw it at the Brelten-Avaline. She caught it with a raised brow and I pointed at her face.
"You're wearing his face. Don't like it."
"It's my face too you know..." she grumbled.
"You're not that handsome."
She slipped the mask on and started walking as I followed Syrreisha. She led me to a surprisingly spacio...
2024-07-26 18:19:05 +0000 UTC View Post
I politely knocked and took a step to the side. Few minutes passed with no answer and I was highly tempted to hijack the enchantment like last time but the door rattled open.
Isaac peered from out the door and I tapped him on the ear.
He jumped back clutching his head as if I stabbed him. "What are you doing?!"
"Don't be dramatic. It was a light touch."
He glared but...
Arturous greedily devoured the honey-covered mutton, his massive lips filling the garden with uncomfortable noises.
"So I take it, you like it?" I asked, patting the massive bear on the snout.
He responded by slipping his tongue past the meat and slamming it into my cheeks. I took the hit and quickly wiped away the saliva before retreating behind the portable grill.
The last r...
2024-07-19 18:19:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“Slow down,” I protested.
Alice ignored me and secured her satchel onto her belt. The clips locked in place and she adjusted her sheath before turning around.
“It has to be him. Who else talks to the Prime? And knows about the strain.”
She turned to leave and I slipped past her, splaying my arms.
“Just hold on. You read the journal. There’s no way he’s ...
2024-07-17 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
Alice swung her axe and bisected the poor, defenseless training dummy. Its reinforced leather head rolled across the sand and came to a rest before my boot.
She spun it around, revealing the edges of sharpened ice coating the blades.
“Looks like a proper fantasy weapon now. New trick?”
Alice planted the axe into the sand and released it. The ice rapidly melted and stai...
2024-07-16 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post
“No.”
“What? Screw that.” I responded.
Elizabeth growled. “Did I mistake a Grimm for a babe?”
“Insult me all you want lady. I have too many questions.”
“I helped you enough. I have no interest in messing with the Prime’s toy.”
Fuck that.
“I’m not his toy.”
She leaned closer. She wasn’t taller than me, but her p...
2024-07-15 17:06:01 +0000 UTC View Post