While a storm rages outside the wizard's tower, the scene is set for a magical ritual: the circle drawn, the candles lit—and the wizard's captive brought to the tower: a handsome warrior who will need wooing if the wizard wants his willing cooperation...
~ Block by block, up the tower, hand over hand, his hands are on the stones. Toes nosing into footholds, and his […]
“Kneel.” The Empress on her cut-crystal throne was as lithe as the golden snake armrests. Coll knelt instantly before her. A shiver […]
The torches flared pink, orange, green, teal, blue. Colours maddened by rogue alchemists and their powders. The sand churned under countless feet. […]
I could smell her body from across the raging waters: her fearful heart pumping rich sweet blood; the bitter odour of a […]
