The evening had grown suddenly much cooler, bearing a cool mist that was seeping into the forest. He could feel it wetting his face and beard. It was so dark and silent tonight. Just like— Zaelor’s pulse quickened, and his breaths went ragged. Calm down. You know what you’re doing now. Zaelor closed his eyes…

Update : Corrected minor grammatical errors. Added applicable links. Updated formatting to current blog standards. Note: This post has been slightly edited to update it to the current version (as of 3-25-19) of The Victor’s Blade: Book 1. Enjoy! Zaelor broke into a dead sprint toward the intruder, quickly confirming his suspicion: he’d managed to…

It was a long walk, and the first half was in silence, but after a while, Isalaina already began to cheer up. It was hard for her to stay upset when she was surrounded by green leaves and blue sky and little white puffs of cloud overhead. She’d taken her hair down—no need to keep…