Click here for the beginning of this story. Chapter Two (continued) Zan Tans were a strange and secretive cult who worshiped the Spring Goddess and the Bringer of Death as equals. They wandered out from their homeland in Pursus trying…

Click here for the beginning of this story. Chapter Two (continued) Suddenly, the soldier’s horses went wild and broke free, dragging the squire away into the woods. A monstrous hand emerged into the edge of the firelight and grabbed the…

Click here for the beginning of this story. Chapter Two Mor turned the cut gem carefully back and forth, letting its facets catch and reflect the firelight. It was not yet past midnight and Rieki had not returned from her…

Click here for the beginning of this story. Chapter One (continued) It wasn’t until the next afternoon that they reached the scorched earth that marked the edge of the dragon’s territory. While it would range over a hundred leagues when…