Part 1 - The History of the Present 01 - A Horror of Awakening Her eyes were closed, though bright sunlight was pouring through a window somewhere close by, painfully illuminating the insides of her eyelids. Her stomach hurt and, with eyes still closed, she ran her hands nervously over the large lump that was there. Her mind told her that it felt like a pregnant bump and that ‘soon, a child would be born,’ and then her hands froze in terror as other thoughts rushed in to fill a do...

Chapter 02 – A Life for a Life Grafee Gendusfraune pumped her wing muscles hard; long, deep thrusts forced her wings to drive into the winds and pull her along faster, increasing her speed. The dark forest below her was indiscernible to her eyes for she could see no details, only a blackness that twinkled with the occasional glint of moonlight upon some wet feature. Morning would soon arrive and by then she wanted to be a long way away from this place, leaving behind no trail that the humans ...

Chapter 1 – Treasure and the Hourling Lightning bolted through the dark, night sky, ripping into a tall, mighty oak tree, sending shards of flaming debris scattering into the air, and illuminating the grim, rain-battered forest. Grafee Gendusfraune coiled her huge scale-covered body around in an arc, ensuring she placed her own body between her precious treasure and any possible falling tree that may come crashing, trying to destroy that treasure. Her tired muscles tensed, as she awaited the ...

Chapter 1 – Treasure and the Hourling Lightning bolted through the dark, night sky, ripping into a tall, mighty oak tree, sending shards of flaming debris scattering into the air, and illuminating the grim, rain-battered forest. Grafee Gendusfraune coiled her huge scale-covered body around in an arc, ensuring she placed her own body between her precious treasure and any possible falling tree that may come crashing, trying to destroy that treasure. Her tired muscles tensed, as she awaited the ...