Rose was walking back to the pen with a chicken under each arm. The little shits had gotten loose and of course Sage had insisted it be her job to retrieve them. She didn’t build the shitty pen. He was… Continue reading

The remaining dead and the cult didn’t make that an easy push. It was clear by now that Decima was already limping along, and Emrys was pushing Rose up the hill because her hands were numb from exertion already.  It… Continue reading

Of course, the thing about tides is … Rose unleashed a blast on a dead dwarf that was wrapped around Decima.  She’d had two on her, trying to wrap her up.  Rose’s third eye had just taken one dwarf leg… Continue reading

“If the dwarves could see this, they would never stop making war on this place,” said Decima in a whisper.  They’d moved further down the hill to get a better look and confirm what Rose had seen. The shuffling corpses… Continue reading

It turned out that on three hours of sleep and coming off two fights, one of which resulted in the righteous swollen bruise on her left knee, Rose had even less endurance than she had thought.  The paths would have… Continue reading

“What in the shitting gods was that thing?!”  Rose hadn’t felt as if she’d stalked since the chair, but she sure as hell stalked down. The wheels stalked, her arms stalked, her shoulder stalked and orange face mask backed up… Continue reading

She was okay, of course. It looked bad to Rose, but Decima said she’d fought through worse.  “It missed my lung.  Didn’t even tear the muscle much, really. I was very lucky.”  She’d told Rose that the shaking and wobbling… Continue reading

Decima Cordia, former prefect of the 44th Thessali Legion was the first thing that Rose could focus on when she woke.  She was standing with her blade out casting her eyes about trying to look at Rose and the darkness… Continue reading

Rose was poking the oversized iron pot that sat on the grate over the hearth.  The heavy lid had been moved to the side and the bits of carrot and beet bobbed around in a simmering broth that would hopefully… Continue reading

She woke up sad, having dreamed of her sister. Hester would be thirteen now, but in Rose’s dream she was still a ten year old girl. Moments after waking Rose couldn’t remember why the dream had been sad or even… Continue reading