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Chapter 53

Kole jerked still when Mitchell and Allora came walking back into the cave. Mitchell saw that he had worked himself up into a sitting position and appeared to be perspiring. Glancing around the cave, Mitchell didn’t spot Lethelin. Instead he saw the two yulops, waiting for the packs to be secured to their harnesses, and a shadow cat with a ver...

Chapter 52

“Wake up!” Mitchell shouted to the drunk bandit and delivered a solid smack across his unwashed face. 

The man groaned and his face twisted into a rictus of pain at the force of the blow. 

“Ssstollar’s cock! Lemme ssleep, you sssack of jivi ssshit!” 

Their captive never even opened his eyes, instead try...

Chapter 51

Mitchell crouched at the ready just outside the entrance to the bandit cave. His heart was racing, but oddly enough, he didn’t feel scared. It was more as though he’d been plugged into a power outlet. Every sense seemed sharper. He felt like he could see as well in darkness as in daylight. The glow coming from the campfire inside the cave mi...

Chapter 50

"What did you see?” Mitchell whispered as Lethelin appeared from around the boulder.

The lithe assassin pulled the hood down on her cloak and the distortion effect ended, the edges of her form coming into sharp relief once more. 

“Five souls. All armed. Two humans, an orc, a dwarf, and a goblin. They’re a bandit party, no ...

Chapter 49

For the first time that he could remember, Mitchell’s nose caught the smell of green things. They were out of the heights now, and everyone had finally felt comfortable enough to stow their winter gear. Nights were still chilly but finding firewood was getting easier and that worked well enough to keep the cold at bay. They had one close call ...

Part 3, Chapter 48

“Now that we’re getting close, what’s the plan when we get out of the mountains?” 

Mitchell looked at Allora, who was finishing some of her rations around the small fire they had built to keep warm. While the temperature had warmed considerably in the last two days of their descent, they were still at high altitude and the nig...

Chapter 47

Except that wasn’t Mitchell’s last thought. As he stood there, frozen and certain that he would soon serve as an hors d'oeuvre to this massive white dragon, the beast didn’t attack him. It merely stared breathing slowly and squinting at Mitchell as if studying him for something. 

Finally, it spoke.

“You have her...

Chapter 46

Mitchell stood in front of the doorway to Luvari’s cottage that appeared to grow out of the cave wall. Their time was up. All of their things had been moved out of her house in anticipation of it disappearing. Luvari had told him that they would have three days and that time was nearly at an end. When they had awoken that morning the fire was ...

Chapter 45

The blackness that clouded Allora’s mind began to recede. She found herself in that twilight area of consciousness where one is not quite asleep but not quite awake. The sense of her body was the first thing that returned to her. She was laying on something soft. She felt warm and ensconced in a thick blanket that was pleasantly heavy. Her sen...

Chapter 44

“What was Grandpa like when he was younger?” 

Mitchell’s dad looked up from the old photo album he was thumbing through in grandpa’s den. His father had taken off his tie somewhere between the wake at the funeral home and the drive back to the now-empty house. Mitchell knew his dad hated ties, that they made him feel like he w...

Formatting Problems

I've noticed that the .docx files that I get back from my editor do not post cleanly like the ones I brought in from Google Drive, where I used to write, into Word, and then onto here. I have no idea the reason for this. Word and its functions are a black box to me, and I only have a perfunctory knowledge of its uses. I've been using Drive almos...

Chapter 43

Under Luvari’s guidance, Mitchell and Lethelin broke down the tent and moved Allora’s body into the cabin. Rather than stay in the main room, Mitchell carried her through the doorway with the beaded curtains. Inside, he saw a bedroom with two roughly twin-sized mattresses and a chair. 

“Place her there,” Luvari said, indicatin...

Chapter 42

The first thing Mitchell did when they crawled back into the tent was check on Allora. She remained unchanged, unbreathing, but not dead, her body still warm and soft to the touch. After confirming that, they settled in and were quiet for a time. Mitchell spoke first. 

“The first thing I need to know is if fairies can lie.” <...

Chapter 41

“Do you know what’s wrong with Allora?” Mitchell asked, his mind suddenly coming into focus. 

Lady Luvari nodded. 

“I do. She has been cursed. It is a very powerful spell and not one from this world. She is only alive now because I have placed her in stasis. If I remove the spell, she would not last the day. Likely,...

Chapter 40

As Mitchell crawled out of the tent, the first thing he noticed was that there was light. But not the harsh wintry light from outside. This light was warm and inviting. It reminded him of staring in through a large bay window into a living room decked out for Christmas with a fire roaring in a hearth strung with stockings and garland. The glow w...

Chapter 39

The next several hours were uneventful. After a few minutes of awkward silence, Lethelin had sat back up again but would not look anywhere near his face. Mitchell had to bite his tongue not to tease her further but he got the sense that now was not the time. There was a tension about her that he didn’t think had anything to do with the teasing...

Chapter 38

“Mitchell, I’m so cold!” Lethelin said as they paused to rest. “Can we stop?”

 The wind was whipping the snow into near white-out conditions in the path and he couldn’t feel his face. He hugged Lethelin to him and rubbed her arms trying to warm her. Their bulky cold weather gear made movement stiff and awkward. He rested ...

Chapter 37

“That will have to do,” Mitchell said with a grunt as he tied the last strap securing the makeshift sled to Marvin’s harness. The normally placid animal gave him a baleful stare as it shifted under the new weight. Tammi, seemingly also disturbed by this new development, bleated in a way that almost sounded sympathetic. Then she nuzzled Mar...

Welcome New Members, and Plans for the Page

First, I wanted to welcome all the new members who've joined over the last few days. I noticed we had some free members but that I hadn't really set up the posts to display much for free members since I looked at this as primarily a place for advanced chapters. Sadly, those benefits are still only available to Fans and Super Fans.

But the...

Chapter 36

Allora seemed a little more herself when she awoke the next morning. Mitchell and Lethelin had swapped off watches rather than try to rouse her, but there was nothing for it. Whatever was going on with Allora, she needed her sleep. 

“Are you feeling okay?” Mitchell asked as she forced down her breakfast. 

Allora didn’...

Chapter 35

The first pack of wolves made their move that very evening. The three travelers had found a small cave to shelter in which, like that of the first night on the lower slopes, had been used as a camping place before. They were just getting settled when two of the animals charged the entrance. Mitchell was laying out his bedroll and looked up as Le...

On Haremlit and Relationships

I figure with the beginning of part two (for those of you in the Super Fan tier) we're far enough along that I can ask a question to my readers about one of the main reasons I chose to write this novel. To do that, I'm going to have to go deep into character development and why I have made some of the choices I've made. No spoilers, and this is ...

Chapter 34

The group awoke early and, though Allora was much recovered, she still looked sickly but assured Mitchell and Lethelin that she was fit to travel. About the night before, nothing was said. The tension was thick over the camp but luckily no one wanted to spare the energy to talk. 

Mitchell stared up at the immense mountains before them...

Bonus Chapters All Around!

In honor of paying my first bill with funds from the book, everyone gets free chapters! I'm throwing in an extra chapter for Super Fans this week, and unlocking Ch.25 for the Fan tier. Your support means a lot. Makes me think that I might just be able to hang with the big boys when my book hits Amazon. Enjoy the extra chapters!

Feels Good Man

My editor just sent back a batch of chapters and the invoice of the work he did for the month. For the first time I was able to cover the expense with the money from you guys, my supporters. It’s an awesome feeling and I just wanted to say thanks again.

Ch.23 Confusion

I figured out the problem. Chapter 23 was posted at the appropriate time. What went wrong is I was searching by post tag. Each chapter is tagged with 'TheOnyxThrone' but I guess I missed that when I posted ch.23 and when I didn't find it, I assumed it was because I had forgotten to post it. So I deleted the additional ch.23 and corrected the ori...

Part 2, Chapter 33

Whatever potion Revos had given Allora kept her on her feet for about two hours. Then, she collapsed. Tired and winded, the trio had kept conversation light as they journeyed higher through the foothills but the elf had begun to stumble more and more often as the morning wore on. Still, she insisted that they needed to get as much distance betwe...

Chapter 32

They laid Allora down gently inside the door and Mitchell began to scout around for Nothok. Lethelin grabbed the lantern off the peg outside, snuffed it, then closed and latched the door. As Mitchell headed toward the counter and the backroom, she began to scan the items in the shop. Mitchell saw her pick up some sort of digging implement and ex...

Where did you find me?

I'm looking to get an idea of where people are coming from. As of this posting, the story is available on RoyalRoad, ScribbleHub (although that's being discontinued), and Literotica. I also recommend it periodically on Reddit in one of the Haremlit subs if someone asks for the kind of story that I'm writing. So, if you could, please tell me the ...

Out of Order

Be advised, Chapter's 30 and 31 are out of order. So make sure you pay attention to the chapter number when reading otherwise it might be a little confusing.