

“Looking over the Ethan's bowed head, amidst the tangled forest of Wilderness littered with the bodies of men dead and dying, Victor saw the serene image of his mother. She smiled at her son, her unbound black hair blowing wildly in the breeze. She reached a hand out towards him, and this time, he went with her.”
― Victor's Blessing
― Victor's Blessing

“This place is a paradox: it’s a backward shit heap with no cell phone signal and thus no WhatsApp. But we have broadband cables at home and jobless aunties on the main street who spread misinformation faster than radio waves. I”
― Saint Richard Parker
― Saint Richard Parker
“Come on, Zeus. Get up. Come on. I know you can do it.”
― Just Out Of Reach
― Just Out Of Reach
“Every day that passed, the young woman thought more and understood less”
― A Story of Yesterday
― A Story of Yesterday

“Blinking hard, she watched two Toltec nobles disembark from the aircraft and rush up the steps. One of them argued with the priest who had
proclaimed her death sentence. The taller of the two, wearing what she
dimly registered as the uniform of the Generals Council, demanded the
keys to her shackles.
Securing them, he walked behind the post. A curious mixture of anticipation and confusion filled Helen. Although she did not know him, a tenuous sense of hope stirred deep within her simply because he was there with her.
She turned her head from side to side, trying to watch him as he
worked to free her. “Who are you, my lord? Why are you here?�
“You sent me a lecture not long ago about your duty as a healer,
Lieutenant,� he replied, on one knee behind her to unlock the manacles
around her ankles. “I am your father.”
― Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
proclaimed her death sentence. The taller of the two, wearing what she
dimly registered as the uniform of the Generals Council, demanded the
keys to her shackles.
Securing them, he walked behind the post. A curious mixture of anticipation and confusion filled Helen. Although she did not know him, a tenuous sense of hope stirred deep within her simply because he was there with her.
She turned her head from side to side, trying to watch him as he
worked to free her. “Who are you, my lord? Why are you here?�
“You sent me a lecture not long ago about your duty as a healer,
Lieutenant,� he replied, on one knee behind her to unlock the manacles
around her ankles. “I am your father.”
― Stoneslayer: Book One Scandal
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