Zhang Min crouched at the forest edge, studying the supply depot through the darkness. It was almost midnight and, as planned, it was a new moon, making it one of the darkest nights… [See More on Patreon]
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Patreon: The Blackstar Legacy – Chapter 19
Harl kept the wagon steady through the ruts and broken stone, but each jostle felt like he was being kicked in the side. Osric lay under the false floor with his knees jammed against a brace. The grinding sound of the wheels over the cobblestone drowned… [See More on Patreon]
Patreon: The Clouds of Caelus – Chapter 14
The feasting hall stretched before them, its timber walls glowing with torchlight and the roar of conversation spilling into the night. Lucilla paused at the threshold, taking in the scene. Dozens of village elders crowded the long tables, their weathered faces flushed from. [See More on Patreon]
Patreon: The Blackstar Legacy – Chapter 18
Osric shouldered the last of their bundles into the vacant hut and set them down by the wall. On the surface of it, the place was clean and well-kept. Cut wood filled a neat stack near the cooking fire, and someone had swept the dirt floor, pushing the grit into… [See More on Patreon]
Patreon: The Clouds of Caelus – Chapter 13
The office had been a grain store once. Chen Wei had kept the racks and bins in place but filled them with ledgers, tally sticks, and bundles of reed markers instead of millet and… [See More on Patreon]
Patreon: The Clouds of Caelus – Chapter 11
Chen Wei counted the paces between guard posts for the fifth time that afternoon. Forty-seven steps from the northeast tower to where the construction crews had left their work unfinished. The new gate frame stood half-built, steel posts driven into the ground but the heavy wire panels not yet secured. Instead, it was simple barbed […]