the grand game

Day Four Six hours later, I woke up rested and refreshed. Rising quickly, I exited my room, sealing the door behind me. The first rays of sunlight…

Stepping back, I dropped into a crouch. The stygian sword was in my right hand, my buffs were cast, and my face was concealed by an illusion….

“Hey you, hold up!” In no mood to chatter to the fools who’d stolen my kill, I almost didn’t look up. But the cry had come from…

Day Three Eight hours later, I woke up rested and restored. From the light filtering in between the gaps in the shuttered windows, I could see that…

Edit made to previous chapter: he uses facial disguise instead of lesser imitate. Following text added:  “I’d chosen to conceal my identity with facial disguise instead of…

We passed through the citadel’s main doors and entered a foyer. An elegantly attired, if overweight, human stood waiting there to greet. By his garb, I marked…

After the others disappeared from view, I followed in their footsteps, retracing my steps back to the room with Kesh’s agent. My wolf senses led me true,…

The citadel that Simone spoke of was the Triumvirate castle in the center of the quarter. According to Jasiah, it was close by. Once we set out,…

In the end, the stygian seed was not as firmly fused into the ground as I’d feared. After a few solid blows from ebonheart, it broke free…