I fed on one of the true monsters—one of the many 'witch hunters' who interrogated and jailed the accused, seeking guilt where there was none. How humans can do such things to their fellows is beyond...
I don’t think we can deal with this immediately. I looked at Danica as I spoke, searching her expression for agreement or argument. Valene, the dancers have already welcomed Danica and our child. If t...
I don’t know much about your kind, but I know that a snake’s egg will grow too quickly and die if they’re too hot. Your palace doctor has confirmed that your young are the same way. That being so, ima...
A story isn't a charcoal sketch, where every stroke lies on the surface to be seen. It's an oil painting, filled with layers that the author must uncover so carefully to show its beauty.
White pill, blue pill, yellow pill, purple pill; its like swallowing a rainbow every bedtime.
Life is nothing without a little chaos to make it interesting.
Danica’s eyes fluttered open the instant I stepped through the door, and she smiled softly. I was starting to wonder if you were planning on obeying Betsy after all.Never, I assured her. Though I’ve p...
We come from different worlds, I said, but each has so much to teach the other. There will be moments of dissonance, when people struggle to understand each other’s ways, but once we get past our misc...
Now she was a killer, a mercenary. And that was all.
Love is the strongest emotion any creature can feel except for hate, but hate can't hurt you. Love, and trust, and friendship, and all the other emotions humans value so much, are the only emotions th...
I have an excuse to be up at this mad hour. Irene yawned as we located her in Salem’s nursery. Why are you looking so bright-eyed?As she spoke, she rocked Salem in her arms. The babe kept shifting fro...
Those who cannot be aggressive are hunted down while they shiver and hide because the night is dark.
They say the first of my kind was Alasdair, a human raised by hawks. She learned the languages of birds and was gifted with their form.
The avian court follows the Tuuli Thea. They would be hesitant to bring their families so close to the serpiente, at least at first, but hopefully future generations won’t be as frightened. And if we...
It is a cruel thing to do, to cage such a beautiful, passionate animal as if it was only a dumb beast, but humans do so all too often. They even cage themselves, though their bars are made of society,...
Feel the beat. It is the wind, A’isha directed. Fly with it.The soft beat of a drum, paired with the lilting melody of a flute, filled the room as Danica stepped onto the dais at the back of the nest....
Cold as winter, strong as stone; She faced the darkness all alone. A silver goddess; a reflection. A mirage; a recollection. No return; no turning back. The past is gone, the future, black. Serpents g...
You may come back as soon as your senses have returned.
You have no sense of what war is like. You have no idea what it means to see those you love fall. You cannot possibly understand what it is to fight for what you believe, and how sometimes you have to...
Nacola Shardae, damn her feathers, was a true queen. In that single little speech, she managed to hit every vulnerability and fear Danica and I had regarding this child.