Series: Shadow Slave

Shadow Slave The five members of the cohort were gone, off to scout the approach to Verge. Sunny felt uneasy and worried about their safety, but not tremendously so. Each…

Shadow Slave ‘What is she doing?’  Laying in the darkness while pretending to sleep, Sunny suppressed the desire to frown. Cassie had left the runic circle, picked up the Guiding…

Shadow Slave After asking the question, Sunny sat down on a bench across from Cassie. There they were, alone in a boat, just the two of them… or rather, the…

Shadow Slave The words had been said, echoing in the beautiful darkness of the glowing night. Devoid of the wind, the sails of the ketch fell down. The boat slowly…

Shadow Slave The ketch was drifting in the current, slowly being pulled toward the icy shore. Cassie remained motionless on the helmsman’s bench, her hand resting on the steering oar’s…

Shadow Slave Shadows suddenly danced across Cassie’s beautiful face as she lowered the Guiding Light. “That was because Torment had a message to deliver to me, so that her wish…

Shadow Slave Cassie turned sharply and stared at him, her mask of composure barely holding. “You… you know why I did what I did. I was young and naive, back…

Shadow Slave Sunny stared at Cassie, struggling to believe how deep the roots of her mysterious scheme went. He noted recently that the blind girl’s personality changed drastically after the…

Shadow Slave “Mordret, Mordret… you remained pretty passive in the Second Nightmare, didn’t you? The only time you shared your knowledge of the future with me… was to tell me…

Shadow Slave “…The Well of Wishes.” Sunny stared at Cassie with an incredulous expression, struggling to understand what her words meant. ‘What is she talking…’ Then, his face changed slightly,…