First Steps
The tentacle of water lost its shape in an instant, and splashed to the ground to the startled delight of onlookers.
The elder and his sentinels dropped their buckets.
The tentacle of water lost its shape in an instant, and splashed to the ground to the startled delight of onlookers.
The elder and his sentinels dropped their buckets.
Rayla Heide
The three children were still waiting by the front entrance.
“Indeed they are. Do you wish to give them a scare?” Viktor said.
Roy Graham
I am a battlemaiden, sworn to defend this hall. On my oath, I accept your challenge.”
“So be it. If you are in such a hurry to die, I’ll make it quick.”
Graham McNeill
Matt Dunn
He raised his voice, shouting toward the barred entrance. “Duarte!”
“Tarnold...” The woman who was not Lady Erhyn turned and looked at him with the enormity of her vast, glimmering eyes.
Michael Luo
The captain smirked.
Damn! Must’ve broken in the fall.
Her enemies closed in.
“Screw it!”
Graham McNeill
I leap through an animal enclosure, scattering the livestock as they catch my scent, and panic.
The people of the settlement don’t notice me at first.
Anthony Reynolds
Odin Austin Shafer
At that moment, a town guard stumbled from the entrance, his face pale and hollow.
“Her flesh, it was… It was…” He took a few steps, then collapsed to the ground in shock.
Matt Dunn
“They will kill me if they catch me,” I tell him.
“Who?!” He looks ready to kill at the thought of anyone harming me.
Dana Luery Shaw
“Mauczka!” he trilled, hoping to catch her attention. He couldn’t see her on the other side of the machine.
Mo Xiong
Yi whirled around to see the weaponsmith standing outside the cave entrance, fingers steepled. “You just don’t know how to do it yet.”
The entrance and the gap in the cave walls slammed shut, sealing Yi inside.
Dana Luery Shaw
Anthony Reynolds
He was the most honorable man Xin Zhao had ever met, and he loved and respected him above all others. He was oath-sworn to protect him… and yet Xin Zhao had not been there when he was needed most.
When Jaheje saw it, it seemed to be a giant mouth cut into the rock, vapors hissing from it menacingly. The burrow’s entrance was so large, even standing upright, he would be able to walk into it without lowering his head.
Ian St Martin
You saw what happened to the others, commander. The jungle—”
“Damn the jungle!’ she snapped. “It is trees and vines, insects and beasts.
Daniel Couts
She opens her arms just in time to catch my collapsing form.
“It is time, my student,” she whispers as my consciousness fades.
Michael Luo
Graham McNeill
said Stilava, sudden hope in his eyes. “Really?”
“Upon my oath. All you have to do is step out of the circle and I will let you go.”