~The tears of a mother can fill the heart of the sea.~ Gulls cried overhead. Their sharp calls were a contrasting refrain to the low rumbling of waves breaking apart upon the rocky shore a distance away. Lei Shen’s arm shot out over hers. “I’m fine,” Nuan insisted, stubbornly clasping an edge of the netting …
With his legs sprawled out crookedly before him, blood soaking through his robes at the shoulder and seeping between the cuts on his face, Ye Hua squinted a little from the mid-morning sun as he looked up. I thought you and I had an understanding. Can you not start chirping already?! Her little bird simply …
"Bai Qian." No response. "Bai Qian," Mo Yuan whispered again. He'd been trying to wake her for several minutes. But a silent Bai Qian never stirred. Even her tails, which Mo Yuan had believed to always be in some sort of motion, lay unmoving around the legs of her chair. A different tactic perhaps. Leaning …
Continue reading Song of the Fox Goddess: Chapter 38 excerpt
*mature content (18+) "Jia Yun, if you've come to Qing Qiu to escape the frosts of the North you've come at the wrong time!" Bai Qian chuckled as Ye Hua's civil officer bowed to her. It was a lovely, late winter's day in Qing Qiu. A light dusting of snow had fallen overnight. She could …
*mature content (18+ only) Her fingers were stiff and aching from the cold but she only had a few more bundles to tie off. The chilly days of late autumn were beginning to give way to the cold ones of winter. Even now, she could see light snowflakes meandering down from the heavens, dancing on …
The shadows cast by her billowing tails in the late day sun looked like dark tentacles of some monstrous beast creeping up from the rear. The cluster of bright butterflies playing between them appeared as dancing spots of shade in between. Bai Qian lay on her belly in the grass with her muzzle upon her …
Continue reading A Brush With Fate: Chapter 28, A Heartbeat in the Night
"Your Highness? Your Highness, forgive me for disturbing you..." At first there was no reaction. It took several moments before she saw his body shift ever so slightly. Exhaling a long, drawn out breath, he kept his eyes closed as he addressed her in a tired voice. "Speak." With her head respectfully lowered, Nai Nai …
Continue reading The Scales of Atonement: Chapter 6, Reflections in Blood
