Chapter 20

Chapter 20

Mesu was stunned by the interior. The outside was deceiving. The inside was covered in ornate decorations. It felt double the size of what the exterior would have anyone guessing. A staircase wound up along the near wall and reached higher to another floor. The...
Chapter 19

Chapter 19

It was an odd place for a building to be. Nothing had dotted the horizon except for trees and hills. The town of Eberdeen was just south of their location. It was beginning to be in clear view. The point of contact was not in town, though. The creatures, goblins as Em...
Chapter 18

Chapter 18

“Almost there. Get you in, grab my reward, and do whatever I want.” “You aren’t afraid of Zoe and them?” “Ha, no. I’m sure I’ll have some magical weapon they won’t be able to deal with, that’s if they made it out...
Chapter 17

Chapter 17

“What do you mean he’s not here?” The words were fuzzy. Mesu felt like she was still dreaming. Nightmares occurred one after another. The deaths of her family and closest friends were replayed in her mind with ways she knew weren’t real. A lot of the...
Chapter 16

Chapter 16

It was clear that the things living here didn’t want to be disturbed. Mesu was panting as Tai, Anna, and she ran down the corridor and hid at a dead end. It was hard to see down here, and they counted on the dim light of torches scattered along passages. The monsters...
Chapter 15

Chapter 15

Breaking down camp and breakfast was always quick. Mesu was used to the speed of the mornings, and her days now started before sunrise. She had noted that Anna was not an early riser. Working at the bar didn’t call for early prep. A lot of the tasks could be started...
Chapter 14

Chapter 14

Their travels brought them closer to Eberdeen by a couple of days. Mesu was surprised that hunting down relics and facing so much danger didn’t pay well. It was no wonder Enya had so many stories, she thought. The group was camped outside of Waman, a small village...
Chapter 13

Chapter 13

Mesu sighed. She couldn’t tell if she was relieved that the job was over or frustrated that there could be more. Zoe assured her that her group would join them the rest of the way. That deal came with the possibility of being sidetracked with more quests like this....
Chapter 12

Chapter 12

Mesu followed closely. They had arrived faster than she had expected. Em had already gathered a layout of what they were looking at infiltrating. There were more guards than Em had first told them about. Zoe had thought that more might have been called in after a...
Chapter 20

Chapter 11

Mesu wasn’t getting used to the feeling of the ground. The impact was becoming dull, but the shame grew. She wondered if this was what the training was really meant for. Each fall made it tougher to stand up. Tai circled her and waited for her to get up again. Mesu...