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A glimpse

A glimpse

A Chapter by Isemay


Baal was with Orias, close to the mountain his Seeker had spoken of when he felt it. One carrying his Sigil had touched his Aethling, and she was in a..
Answers

Answers

A Chapter by Isemay


I had broken this into three large chunks when writing the story, this is the beginning of the second. It is, however, all one story. Which is why I'm..
Fragile

Fragile

A Chapter by Isemay


Geneva was torn between hoping Enolf escaped and that he didn’t. With a Sigil of Baal he had a solid chance, even with whatever deviousness Ilir..
Apologies

Apologies

A Chapter by Isemay


Vraiel nodded, glancing at the two Archangels one of whom was nodding encouragingly, and followed Geneva inside. When she had walked to the middle of ..
Grace

Grace

A Chapter by Isemay


Geneva wanted to scream, hit things, run. She was furious and terrified and sick to her stomach from the baffled look on his face when she had said &h..
Azrael

Azrael

A Chapter by Isemay


Azrael chose a short prayer of his own composing. The Aethling required simplicity, purity, and repetition. And though Geneva seemed hesitant when she..
Uncertainty

Uncertainty

A Chapter by Isemay


The sun turning the mountains to gold was a sight she could not get enough of. Geneva watched in awe. Before she was ready to tear her eyes away she h..
Devious creature

Devious creature

A Chapter by Isemay


The common room wasn’t the most well-lit, and with a Sigil of Baal, any shadow would do really. Before his quarry was entirely out of the door t..
Unbearably cruel

Unbearably cruel

A Chapter by Isemay


They left the cavern a shambles. The wall pulled down in chunks and sent to Orias’ plane of Hell and the rest destroyed. The commingled magics, ..
The message

The message

A Chapter by Isemay


It was some time later in the day, the late afternoon, that word reached the guard houses of Ilirial. Vraiel and Azrael were being sent for urgently. ..
Good faith

Good faith

A Chapter by Isemay


When Azrael and Vraiel were called urgently to the monastery proper, Geneva had a feeling that something had happened. She took her bag outside and be..
Released

Released

A Chapter by Isemay


Baal felt it when the chain went slack, when the gold thread of the Awakening bond was severed. The same anguish and relief he felt when slipping back..
Realizations

Realizations

A Chapter by Isemay


Her words stung. Vraiel thought he knew how much her free will meant, but to say she would risk death to break the bond to him as well... If she loved..
Light

Light

A Chapter by Isemay


She came back to herself in the silence, alone in the barracks. Alone. No bonds. No hooks. She closed her eyes and gave thanks, pure and joyful from h..
Bitter

Bitter

A Chapter by Isemay


Azrael spoke quietly to Barachiel, “You wish her trust, keep watch, and earn it.” And then when she returned, led the glowing Aethling awa..
The Anathame

The Anathame

A Chapter by Isemay


The sun was just beginning to rise as Azrael woke her, she stretched and sat up to watch it, letting the tiredness she was still feeling melt away. Bu..
Fes

Fes

A Chapter by Isemay


Vraiel looked at her longingly. Smiling to see her smile and shake her head, moving to get her bag and change.The carriage ride was far too short. He ..
Poor choices

Poor choices

A Chapter by Isemay


Vraiel left her in the rooms and she wandered through them restlessly. As hours began to pass she started to become worried. When a knock came at the ..
Charm

Charm

A Chapter by Isemay


Baal watched and listened, his Sigil allowing him to do so clearly. She was lovely in the yellow kaftan, and the color on her cheeks at his message pl..