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Most recently published stories in Chapters.
Vayda - Chapter One
It was spring, the time of new birth and relentless rain, when Vayda took her first, full breath. She felt the dusty air of the stagnant lab circulate through her nostrils toward her empty lungs and she felt her chest expand. It was an unknown feeling that her body had never experienced before: breathing. There was never a need to breathe under the care of her Mechanical Opulence Maker, or MOM. During the early stages of her life, the machines did all of her living and breathing for her. Now, during this crucial phase, she either had to take over herself, or die.
By Madison "Maddy" Newton4 years ago in Chapters
The Queen of the World - Chapter Three
Read the previous chapters here... Prologue Chapter One The meeting of allies took time to set up. After all, even messenger birds could only fly so quickly, and some of the attendees were travelling from the far corners of the empire.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
Remember the Past - Prologue
There weren't always dragons in the valley. Perhaps they were not here now; illusion by such as skilled practitioner as they now faced could be indistinguishable from reality. They did not look like the dragons on heraldic crests, and if there had been dragons in the valley before, surely it would have been worthy of a month of local gossip, at least.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
The Queen of the World - Prologue
There weren't always dragons in the valley... None at all, in fact, unless you counted the ones in the stories Aleksandros of Dorion told his elder daughter would eat her if she didn't go to sleep at night. When that tactic failed in the wake of her childish giggles, the warrior-king resorted to a more practical maxim, suggesting that she at least pretend to be asleep so the rest of their small family was not kept awake.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
The girl that drowned.
She's "the girl that drowned". I am flipping through an old photo album, which is odd, because no one really has them any more. But I found one I made when I was a child. My own daughter had found it, and had been adding some of her photos to it. I picked it up and idly flicked through it... and suddenly there she is.
By L.C. Schäfer4 years ago in Chapters
Changeling Child - Part 13
Prologue Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 Part 7 Part 8 Part 9 Part 10 Part 11 Part 12 By some great fortune of luck and chance, Lady Catherine de Bough was absent when Anne led the way to the guest wing, footmen following in their wake with the trunks live oversized ducklings.
By Natasja Rose4 years ago in Chapters
