This is Part 4 of our collaborative story. If you haven’t read Part 1 of “The Council”, you can find it here. The next day, we wait with our covens in the town square for the Council to arrive. My heart is beating rapidly. It takes all my self-control not to seek reassurance from the other members of the Resistance in […]
This is Part 3 of our collaborative story. If you haven’t read Part 1 of “The Council”, you can find it here. “We’ve stored up a lot of power, but it’s not enough. The Council will always have more,” Dierck addresses the Resistance. “But we have the element of surprise. They won’t be expecting anyone to challenge them,” a witch […]
If you haven’t read the beginning of this story, you can find it here. … “But what will you do, Dametria?” one of the witches asks. “I don’t know if I can take the blood link. It feels so wrong, so violating,” she says with a shiver. “It wouldn’t be for long, just until we can carry out our plan.” […]
“The Council has decreed. And so it shall be.” Those were the last words that my mother ever heard. And I have to hear them every day. Not just hear them, but recite the latter half of the phrase, “and so it shall be”, like a prayer. To refuse would mean my head too. They don’t just punish you for […]
“Elenya…” the headmaster spoke with his hands up defensively. “…we don’t want to hurt you. We want to help you.” “Liar!” my voice shook with anger. They had been watching me, keeping tabs on me? Why would they let me complete the spell then? To see if I could do it… …or to make me relive the agony of losing […]
I made my way to where Ravyn was buried. It was dark, and the moon was high, full in all her glory. My boots crunched the cold ground, and my breath escaped in clouds. My heart thudded in my chest, I could feel my blood rushing through me as a mixture of anxiousness and excitement took over. The light of […]
I had always dabbled in dark magic, always a curiosity within me. It was banned, of course, too many possibilities of absolute chaos. I hadn’t truly practiced until I met Ravyn. His dark curly hair, green eyes could pierce your soul. His smile was what hooked me though, plush lips that always stretched to the side like he was doing […]
This is Part 2 of Clever’s short story. If you haven’t read the beginning, you can find it here. … A thrum of warm magic gently woke Kiery, as her mind filled with a vision of the sun rising. The tree was communicating with her. She shook Daelen awake, and he gathered his weapons. “You’re a sorcerer. Why do you […]
Kiery Courtree was the last living druid, and that was why the sorcerers came to her. They found her in her garden, where she spent most afternoons. She strolled through the flowers, as vines followed at her fingertips. It was the vines that alerted her to the visitors’ presence on her land. She made her way to the sorcerers and […]
This is the third chapter in The Enchantress’ Challenge. To start from the beginning, click here. As Kavarus exits the Cavern of the Dead, the same dark mist that brought him there begins to billow out of the entrance. It stretches its tendrils toward the town and spills forth at an alarming rate. Kavarus begins to run after it. For […]
