Need to catch-up? Here's the link to the full collection. Chapter 25 The figure’s feet floated down towards the shattered earth, settling down gently. With a weary sigh, they watched as Ifan and the others

Sara sat, bored, with her feet up on the table. Garrick handed her the bowl of crisps, his mouth already stuffed full of them.      “You ever think about going into another line of work?” asked Sara.      “Not

The auditorium was quiet, besides a solitary cough echoing throughout the large space. Nip paced back and forth at the edge of the stage, waiting patiently for her mark. Her partner was introducing her,

An eruption of sound and a blaze of light signified the beginnings of the Triumph Festival; the holiday representing the unification of Caleah and the three isles that constitute it. Masks and tri-coloured

With the police and buccaneers occupied with keeping the winter sports festival safe, the adventurers were on hand to deal with any ‘ad-hoc’ security worries throughout the city. Sara, Garrick, and Nip

On a rare day-off, Sara and the rest of the team decided to head to North Beach for a well-deserved break. The sun was hot, and the air was dry, the cooling sea spray a welcome relief. With the parasols

A musty smell of moist and overused air hit Sara’s nose like a sledgehammer. The bed was left unmade; the desk littered in papers, ash, and old leftover food; and the window covered and blacked out.      Sara

Need to catch-up? Here's the link to the full collection. Chapter 24 Ifan emerged from the main street onto the square, to a loud, bloody scene of struggling trolls and dark garbed elves pinning the pale

It’s a wonder that the Nobel Prize continues to exist to this day. The name lives on but Alfred Nobel is mostly forgotten by popular culture. Is that truly what making your mark on the world means? A token

The red sun crawled across the sky towards the horizon, accompanied by chilly dusk winds. The cold had been progressively worsening for the past week, leaving the conditions icy and unwelcoming in the

The snow crunched underfoot as Garrick made his way toward the base of Mount Triumph. Sara and Nip had left earlier in the day on their quest, leaving him to catch up. Garrick could have joined them when

Hunched over her desk, Nip held the vial of chemicals with a pair of tongs precariously above a conical flask. Her breath slowed, and with a gentle tipping of the tongs, the chemicals poured into the flask.

The smell of smoke and alcohol hung on the upholstery and in the air of their local tavern. The regulars were as rowdy as ever but kept it to the right-hand side of the establishment, mainly for their

The humidity was cloying, the heat an oppressive weight hanging over each of the adventurers. Their march had led them to the south of Sceptre Isle, to an old maisonette left abandoned some hundred years

Need to catch-up? Here's the link to the full collection. Chapter 23 Part 2 Angharad fought against the crowd, and as it thinned out, she bore witness to the chaos they were escaping. Guards were downed

A striking moment of serene peace enveloped Penelope. The past few weeks had been fraught with family drama, and this was the first time she had been afforded well needed respite from the chaos. Her family,

The wind wafted through the park, catching our hero’s cape; trapping his arm as he gesticulated his plan to his sidekick.      “Two sec – stupid piece of – there get back behind my back,” Baron Redmere

“Quick, don’t look back! The darkness is coming! Step into the light and run, they can’t follow where there is light!”      Two more arrows were notched into Sara’s bow, firing a volley into the

Amongst the lowest paid and valued of all the jobs adventurers and mercenaries find themselves doing, you can be sure to find pest control for real estate agents. While magic has had tremendous benefits

Amongst the lowest paid and valued of all the jobs adventurers and mercenaries find themselves doing, you can be sure to find pest control for real estate agents. While magic has had tremendous benefits