Tag: blood
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Songs that Voices Never Share
Dusk rolled over into nightfall, and a lone hunter strode through the ashen forest, head bowed and back straight, his hand curled against the smooth, hard shoulder of a sturdy, young gelding. The dark horse made not a sound, save for the steady huffs of breath gradually growing visible in the cool, evening air, and the steady grind of each of their footfalls in the dead leaves through which they walked. The hunter, likewise, moved in a seeming silence that was really only skin-deep.
Brittle bones left behind. That’s what they were. At one time, he knew, they were bright and golden, flecked with red, like those that had thrived out in the gilded acres of Eversong for as far back as he could remember. But everything dies, one way or...
Always Keep 'em on a Leash
((****WARNING: Violence, torture, blood and gore. Sensitive themes as well!****))
The slow patter of rain sounded hard against the brittle remains of the awnings, riding on every gust of wind.
Drip-drip, drip-drip.
Sheltered just barely within the skeletal remains of the ramshackle cottage, a lone silhouette moved in a slow, steady pace, loose-limbed and glinting metal each time he stepped through the lone light-source.
It wasn’t a typical place for him, though it had its own appeal. Situated far from Silvermoon, it lay off the few beaten paths that remained where the weathermancers’ magic no longer reached, in the charred heart of the Blackened Wood; a damp, dark space that only just supported the...
