A Witch’s Flame – 2.04

Previous Chapter   Venturing into the rows of trees that formed the forest I was more than a little miffed since the hand where I got whipped was starting to swell and throb. I couldn’t heal it with magic since I wasn’t too good at Amelioration-type spells. They just never clicked for me so Kowl …

The First Steps – 4.01

Previous Book “Another failure for the record.” The admission came with no small amount of frustration as I entered the information into the research log. It had been the twentieth attempt. It had been the twentieth failure. The resources spent. Time lost. Effort made. All of it was splayed out in front of me in …

The Path Ahead – 3.0e

Previous Chapter Alice POV I was in a good mood when we got back to Trikryss. Kowl slept better on the trip over, so I had to guess he was feeling better too. And the night of the festival was something I wouldn’t forget anytime soon either. That mood ended though, when we entered the …

The Path Ahead – 3.06

Previous Chapter Kowler POV When I woke, I found the guest bed to be devoid of Alice. Since I was not being throttled by her father, I assumed she must’ve gone to her room. Good. As nice as it was when she was next to me, it was for the best we slept separate here. …

The Path Ahead – 3.05

Previous Chapter Alice POV  “I don’t wanna talk about it,” I told Ma when she came into my room, perched on the edge of my bed. “You shouldn’t have put him in that position,” she said back softly. “As a guest in our home, he would be inclined to try and appease us. As someone …

The Path Ahead – 3.04

Previous Chapter Kowler POV Alice’s home was a lot bigger than one would expect from a family of middle-class shopkeepers. I had actually asked Alice about it once. She said that her mother and father bought it before she was born. The property was supposedly rundown and riddled with overgrowth, but they had fixed it …

The Path Ahead – 3.03

Previous Chapter Alice POV I felt woozy as woke up. Like that time I had drank some of the stuff Pa did when I was younger. Ma got mad and let me have it while I was puking up my guts. Never again would I touch that stuff. I sat up and the sheets slid …

The Path Ahead – 3.02

Previous Chapter Kowler POV I took that it wasn’t a good sign that Alice was unconscious and aflame on my floor. The peculiar golden flames clung to her like fabric in an uplifting breeze, wavering in place without doing any harm. There was no smoke or any radiant heat to classify it as a fire …

The Path Ahead – 3.01

Previous Chapter Alice POV I felt cooped up underneath the stained glass ceiling of the Atrium. The rest of the students were there, all of us gathered up for the End of Term Assembly. There were too many to count, all of them chattering and excited to leave the place behind. Most were going traveling …

A Witch’s Flame – 2.0e

Previous Chapter The world was blurry and unfocused as the Infirmary slowly came into view when I opened my eyes, only to find a familiar face hovering over me. Even though my throat was as parched as the desert to the west, I managed to wheeze out, “Ko…wl…?” “Drink this,” he ordered as he held …