Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 11 My apartment. How long since I last saw it? I stood there now, just inside my locked front door, on the one-yard square of white tile that amounted to … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 10 I spent months, just studying under Trakatak alone. That’s not even counting the rest of my training. At least, it seems that way. When I try to think back … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 9 “Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!” I’m not sure how long I was falling through blackness when I started yelling. All right. I was screaming. I was falling rapidly through a shaft of pure … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 8 I’m not sure what I was expecting. Maybe that training to be a Locksmith of the Portals would be like college, and I’d join some kind of series of … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 7 Suddenly I felt vastness of that giant crystal chamber around me. Chiron and his bats were still nearby. Janna, Vasco and Magellan, even closer. And yet I stood there, … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 6 A bunch of things happened at once. The giant bat creature leaped into the air. Wings flapping. It screeched something not even close to English. All those bats flying … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 5 Vasco started walking again, Magellan beside him, nails clicking along the white crystal floor. I hustled to catch up. I felt a chill, but I didn’t think it was … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 4 When I heard the otter call for help, I hesitated. When I saw the doorway of the Portland Loo open into this long marble hallway, I hesitated. But this … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 3 Renewed vigor all through my system. My body felt refreshed. Recharged. Awake. Not just awake. Ready to take on the world. The blanket around my shoulders wasn’t giving me … Continue reading →
Miss the beginning? Click here to go to Chapter 1! 2 A couple of hundred yards south to the Portland Spirit’s deck. Sounded like next to nothing when I was standing up above, my hips against the rail. Here in … Continue reading →