Why won’t the waters break? The midwife of Donghai pressed her hand more firmly upon the Fox Queen's protruding belly and attempted once more to rupture the amniotic sac with her magic. It was no use. Her powers were being thwarted somehow... In the full throes of labour, the Queen lay upon the bed naked …
Tag: Zhe Yan
1(第一章) The Mushroom Market
"Migu, we mustn't forget new candles for the common area. Some of the old ones are down to stubs." It was the kind of perfect sunny autumn afternoon which drew everybody outdoors to bask in the last warm days of the season. The Mushroom Market of Qing Qiu was bustling with activity. Cheerful conversation and …
2(第二章) The Heartwood of Kunlun
He slipped the piece of paper he'd been holding under a book. "Enter." The draft created by the heavy door swinging inwards made the candlelight flicker across the walls. "Shifu." Mo Yuan's second-in-command, Die Feng, stood in the doorway holding a number of scrolls in his gloved hands. The man's breath condensed in wisps about …
3(第三章) In the Darkness Bound
The young male dancer on his lap writhed and moaned with pleasure as Qing Cang dug his beefy fingers into the flesh of the lithe demon’s defined backside, grinding him down harder against the swollen mound of his spread crotch. The harem woman’s tongue running along the horned ridges of Qing Cang’s brow was not …
4(第四章) First Impressions
A sleepy Migu had creaked with surprise when Bai Qian had offered him the entire pot of fish soup she'd prepared the night before. She listened with a faint smile as he shuffled off grumbling with the heavy pot in his hands. She’d volunteered to lighten it with magic so he could carry it home …
5(第五章) The Scent of a Dragon
Swish swish… Swish, swish... Groaning at the sound of broom bristles sweeping the Den floor, Bai Qian yanked her blanket over her head. Her Royal Highness, the Immortal White Nine-Tailed Fox Queen Bai Qian of Qing Qiu, was not an early morning person. It didn’t help that she'd been up during the night again. Sleep …
6(第六章) The Hands of a Warrior
Dark lashes curled lightly along the edges of creamy smooth eyelids; eyelids whose corners were crinkled with a smile. Bai Qian’s silk band had slipped off when he’d caught her head. There was a certain symmetry between the soft curves of her fingertips and those of her eyebrows, Mo Yuan noted. Like yesterday, it disturbed …
7(第七章) By the Hearth Fire
Bai Qian frowned in the direction of the chamber door. Mo Yuan had just excused himself, stepping out to arrange for quarters to be prepared for them. "If you keep doing that at Mo Yuan's back, the dragon may come out and bite you." Zhe Yan chuckled. "Stop hogging all the heat, Qian Qian. Move …
8(第八章) The Ways of a Lady
The Grey Wolf was closing his stall for the night. The packet of steamed fish he'd wrapped for Bai Qian still lay on a crate beside him. Neither she nor Migu had passed by this day. At the sound of laughter, he glanced up. The two rabbit children who made the Market their own playground …
9(第九章) Of Shadow and Light
"KUNLUN?!!" Qing Cang’s explosive bellow reverberated off the damp rock surrounding them. "She’s never travelled anywhere before and now the first place she goes to is the worm's lair?!" The Demon Emperor and his Shaman had been making their way down a narrow torchlit passage leading to the inner tunnels when Diao Wu had broken …