There is a curse in love– To walk miles in shoes stained red with your blood, to break bones and rip flesh to simply be […]
The Stars I Swallow Whole
I swear I taste the stars when I kiss you– sharp bursts of light accompanied by the acrid taste of marlboro cigarettes. It’s haunting, really. […]
Girlhood
“Girlhood.” You say kindly. And I flinch at the lilt in your voice. A girl knows no kindness. Waking with thighs drenched in blood, Head […]
Saints and Sinners
Where is the line between a desperate saint and a grieving sinner? You stand across the room from me and all I can wonder… is […]
It Kills the Soul
Passion is the thing that kills the soul. The day the music died, I was seventeen– staring down at a blank page, bleeding letters I’d […]
Chapter 3
-The Revenant- The mephitis of death permeated the streets of Carran like the reek of a well-aged wine. And Vaakiya’s hands were drenched red. Arkyne […]
Chapter 2
-The Mage- The Royal Mage of Adrastos despised the walls of the Kallonian Palace. The Palace of the Empress. It was an ostentatious thing of […]
Chapter 1
-The Spymaster- Whenever Kailen closed his eyes, a sea of darkness unfurled before him, lashing and ripping into the hull of a black wood ship. […]
PROLOGUE 2- The Revenant
There was a carcass rotting behind rusted iron bars. The sharp tang of blood spiked through the air, wafting over the decrepit musky scent of […]
PROLOGUE 1- The True-hearted
The night air was frigid with the rising scents of winter and the reek of blood and vomit. Ezhilan Marai stared down at his son, […]