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 – 3.04

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 – 3.02

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 …

A Witch’s Flame – 2.01

Previous Chapter I figured I was in trouble when Magister Atra scowled as she looked my way. Cripes, it felt like I had been pierced by her gaze, so sharp and heavy that it may as well have been a dagger. The woman honestly scared me sometimes. “Miss Pyralis,” she called, circling the tip of …

An Alchemist Sets Out 1.03

Previous Chapter Given how today had gone so far I was grateful that Chemeia ended without incident as I found myself standing outside the door of the Apothecary Magister’s Office. As class wasn’t in session during the Lunch period that followed, he could reliably be found here. After sending Aeria to guard the workshop, both …