It was a good thing that chase had happened so early in the morning, for the heatwave hadn’t finished with us. By the time Hal and Derrick had returned, not only had I started my period (which always made me ten times more tired than I usually would be), but I had the weight of … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 25
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Raising a Hero–chapter 24
That evening, I went into my room to grab my nightgown and check on Derrick to find a huge, shirtless, bandaged stranger sitting where I had left him. It took me several blinks and the man’s awkward shifting for it to click. “Wow, so you do have a face underneath all that fur?” He gave … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 24
Raising a Hero–chapter 23
I was definitely woozy when I got back up, but I insisted that I could work, so I switched places with Hal to keep the façade going and Milly went back to the kitchens, but we needn’t have bothered. Most of the regulars had left, and those who’d seen a bleeding guy were on their … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 23
Raising a Hero–chapter 22
“Whoa there, blacksmith.” “Shit, you got yourself good this time.” Most settled with low cusses at the state of him. Derrick’s entire right arm had become a mess of blood and charred, black flesh that crawled up onto his shoulder, where what little of his burnt sleeve remained. His hair on the same side had … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 22
Raising a Hero–chapter 21
The height of summer came rolling in with a solid week of rain and thunderstorms, followed by a weak of blistering, humid heat. I had never done well in the heat to begin with, and that was with an air-conditioning equipped world. Needless to say, the damp curtains over the windows and wet towel around … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 21
Raising a Hero–chapter 20
The priest smiled in relief and stepped aside for us as we got out of the pew. He gestured to one of the gold doors far off to the side and I followed him. With how shiny the door was, I figured I was suppose to assume there’d be equal treasures on the otherside, so … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 20
Raising a Hero–chapter 19
Important Author's Note: Soooo, I can't figure out how to get this site to change it's font. In the original manuscript, Nehcor's voice was in a different font in single quotation marks ' '. Since the font doesn't transfer over and because wordpress is either complicated or fontist (think racists, except with fonts), his voice … Continue reading Raising a Hero–chapter 19
Raising a Hero–Chapter 18
Nehcor and I needed to talk. “Don’t you guys have, like, a temple or a church around here?” Hal, who was elbow deep in sanitizing one of the five rooms of the inn (four little with single beds and one a bunk, the fifth a ‘suite’), didn’t even stop to answer the question. “Of course. … Continue reading Raising a Hero–Chapter 18
Raising a Hero–Chapter 17
My original plan of saving up for a house with the earnings I got from the inn was proving to be a bust. Since room and board were already included in my pay, what Hal could spare outside that, while not slave’s pay, wasn’t substantial enough to get me a place of my own anytime … Continue reading Raising a Hero–Chapter 17
Raising a Hero–Chapter 16
We decided to practice at night. Only made sense. We still had to learn to read and write too. Even so, I read the section ahead of time during short breaks inbetween serving that night. Part of it was next to Derrick, who invited me to sit with him during a lull so he could … Continue reading Raising a Hero–Chapter 16
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