Celian

It is said when the Great Mother first mated with a human man, she prophesied that all of her children would have at least one flaw. Dante, the Warrior of Light, is in fact the only one of whom some say has no blemish at all, is truly a figure of light - for how else would he have received his title? However, in most of the stories focusing on him, and in which he protects people or his siblings, flaws are apparent, though perhaps not at first glance. A recurring theme in these same storie

What can I say apart mea culpa? I would like to promise you some new content soon, but the next while is quite a busy one (my mom coming for a visit! ) and I'm not going to find much time. But. After the current chapter for a different story I'm writing on, it's the next on the list!

Of course it's more fun that's why it's considered bad by the boring types We don't chose who or what we like, but we have to follow rules - including moral ones - to be able to function as society. And you just need to read the news, about all those adults coming forth after decades of suffering after they got abused as kids (keyword church, but just as an aside). It's not just destroying the innocence or sexuality, it destroys the whole future, the normalcy of life. Keep your fingers crossed for that!

On the way to the QFPD, I wanted to know what I'd missed yesterday, but Kellen didn't have a real answer because he'd taken care of me and had only spoken briefly to Vee once. Inside the building itself, Officer Neal greeted us with a serious nod. “Cursebreaker, Special Inspector. You dug up quite something yesterday, the whole place is whispering.” I grimaced grimly. “As long as it stays whispers...” Kellen returned, almost warningly, and Neal smiled darkly. “If the wh

I don't think otherwise she would be a successfull author and somewhat independent from her family's business and income. Well, in the children's home where Dante grew up he had to take care of the younger ones, it shows. And although he might struggle with the whole Frank-situation and his corresponding feelings, he does worry and care about him. Tom's motives are for now his own, but for sure he realized that staying on Dante's bad side won't accomplish anything and make only both their lifes harder. Being honest is a good start.

"Would you have the courtesy to tell me why you've been walking around like a sleepwalker and hiding here in the bathroom for over an hour now?" Dante lowered his head instead of answering. "Henry looked like he was about to burst into tears, and Pa probably wouldn't be pleased if there was another work accident right away," Mistress Alice continued. She stepped up beside him, looked out into the darkness, and then put a hand on his arm. "Dante..." He sighed. The truth you don't w

Aftermath of the stinger and its "antidote". Maybe foreshadowing. Maybe old trauma. As long as Kellen doesn't tell, we won't know, and Dust for sure won't ask. Valid opinion. We'll see more to confirm this and other stuff to show he's actually a good guy

Would be more than awkward, if Kellen left, since this is his hotel room 😅 In general a complicated question. But slowly, slowly we will get some puzzle pieces on that. Might be Kellen simply mistook him in his mostly-asleep state for someone else. Or the nightmare actually included Dust, but that we won't know till Kellen tells us. We will get a possible answer next or second next chapter Well actually, back than, it was just a couple of days of working together. Their magic harmonized, yes, they had great sex, yes, but nothing more. For Kellen it surely meant not much, for Dust it was the best sex of his life and he's sabotaging himself by still thinking back on it.

At some point in the middle of the night, I woke up. Severe nausea forced me into the bathroom, but as I knelt in front of the toilet, the retching was too weak to actually get anything out. Without any sense of time, it was finally the coldness of the tiles which persuaded me to get up. I peed, washed my hands rather half-heartedly and drank a few sips of water before sliding back into bed. My feet refused to get back to warmth, and although sleep tugged at me, I kept blinking into the d

We will hear later about the reasons. But that he was suspect to murder is probably for the authorities alone reason enough to say no.

Well, Remy was wondering whether he might be considered unstable. Answer: yes. Yes he is emotionally unstable, though he himself does not see it. The Harlaneys are a house of former nobility. They originate in the deep west, the mountains, making money with weapons and armory forged from self-mined iron. And not few family members held high military ranks. But the past is the past.

Remy set Sarah's coffee down in front of her and tried not to let on that he was very much aware of the cool mood in the dining room. Before turning and heading back to the kitchen, he caught Joy's amused grin, and in the kitchen he rolled his shoulders uncomfortably. "You look like someone suggested a deal with Marmion," Flavius remarked far too good-humoredly for Remy's taste. Cain snorted before Remy could even get his mouth open. "Have you looked at the girls, Fla? Or better yet, d

I love this first bit of a story! This made me laugh several times, although the fate awaiting is dark.

Well, Cedric is raising Josh and Nate since they were 6 & 4, he is more a father figure to them than all their father ever was. The age difference is not helping in seeing him more as brother. And yes, after he gave so much attention and love and time and everything to them, it might be difficult to remember that he is indeed an individual with his own needs and wishes. Imagine if he was following his bloodmoth nature more...

~Riley~ His body was heavy, lying on the bed-couch-thing like immovable blocks of metal; his body was at rest. But his mind... it jerked around like rabbinits being chased. He tried to imagine how a conversation with Grandma would go if he invited her- or at least Mom- to a meal with Cedric's family. He still had to pick up Wayne's wedding suit. He needed new pills. If Cedric was polite enough not to have read his personnel file, he'd have to explain some of the awkward

Chris rubbed his eyes, behind which there was a dull throbbing. A chair scraped, a bowl was set on the table with a thud, a spoon clinked. "I'm worried about Max," Conrad said quietly. Chris raised his eyes. "Why?" Stirring in his breakfast porridge, Conrad replied: "Because he's still too rebellious." Chris frowned; it had been quite a while now since Max had last gotten himself a punishment. At least a punishment other than the regular overseer's dick up his ass, which was

They would 😅 but depending on how well they actually get along, they would make a nasty power couple and we don't need that...

Lore drop: Carolyn actually didn't want any more children after the twins, this pregnancy wasn't planned and she wanted to abort, but Blaise begged her not to do it. He was ready to forego even his freedom if she just left this child alive. Lore drop II: Britney is not actually their firstborn, but their first child- a girl- died shortly after birth. Well, Tom was never meant to be just the classic high-school-bully. He has his past and now his arch has properly opened up to be told. Slow, still, but we will hear all of it. Dante was indeed raised to fulfill his duty while loving the Great Mother. The somewhat heartless upper class and the mistresses their just underlined this perfectly. He didn't become one of the soulless serving-dolls, though, he has too much fire for it. But his fire was smoldered and suffocated enough to be only an ember now, which flares up now and then. He is (Alice will tell us later a bit more about her ex-boyfriend). But to be fair, it wasn't Britney's suggestion, but the one of Robert Horner. Anyway, Britney deserves to be slapped. Physical wounds are one side, the effect to the mind are another, he will definitely need some time. And you are right, Dante is on different levels not in the position to help Frank much, however close they have become. We will see how that goes for both of them.

Dante licked his chapped and swollen lip and grimaced as the taste of blood mingled with that of vomit. You could say what you wanted about Miss Carolyn, but the chubby little woman, hard on her sixties, packed a punch. "That you can't just keep your mouth shut once." Tom sounded resigned and annoyed in equal measure; when Dante looked at him, he had his face buried in his hands. "Gratitude isn't exactly one of your strong suits, hmm?" Dante returned and Tom snorted. "Gratitude? W

Here's to hoping! Yes and the consequences will be seen next chapter.

"Henry's in the shower," Mistress Alice said as Dante headed for the bathroom - he sighed. All he really wanted to do was brush his teeth and go to bed. He noticed his Mistress' critical look and returned it for a moment before giving in to his curiosity. "Mistress... what was it like back when Tom and Matthew were friends?" Puzzled, she looked at him. "Tom mentioned it." he added explaining and she relaxed a little before shrugging. "Matthew and Tom were best friends, just l

While I wholeheartedly agree with @Summerabbacats comment... THAT!!! exactly THAT! Plus, you mostly regret the things you don't do...

I didn't think of the flower (more of a girl I knew whose name is Jasmin), but now that you mention it... As kid I had a jasmine plant, a gift from an aunt. I loved the plant and liked the smell, but with the years it grew so big, that when it bloomed, it was truely suffocating. I know what you mean. It's a type of "dumbness" that makes them sweet and cute and somewhat innocent, but it can quickly get exhausting. (No, I'm not glancing at my sister-in-law, no no...) Well yes, as long as this relationship at least for her is real, she wants to be an ally. And she already showed a sort of support for Cedric and Riley. Whether she has the strength and wit to give Cyril what he deserves remains to be seen...

~Cedric~ Perhaps, Cedric thought, he had been a little too hasty in his approach. Josh and Nate had been plenty offended that he hadn't told them about a boyfriend, let alone an engagement, and they would definitely be extra offended when they found out who it was. After all, they knew Riley. He could certainly have met someone through Rico and his agency - which, after all, openly provided men to men. But time was an important factor, as was trust. He didn't hide himself and his se

You know the game, right? You make a plan, you maybe even announce it, and then you get nothing of said plan done. Yeah. My general plan was to write on Emmett and Finley so we get their story done, but hey, after stary at a blank page for half an hour I closed the document and turned to other things. For example to our cursebreaker Dust, who got some updates. But also to Riley and Cedric. Yes, moth and butterfly are still fluttering around. In their story is a lot of stuff happening inspired by happenings of the real life around me, they regularly pop back into my mind. I did some rereading and wrote half a chapter (maybe less) and I do want to continue there. And now that I said it, for sure I open the document in a minute and my mind goes blank. Apart from that I was daydreaming a lot about chapters for various stories, many of them a long way from now. Or scenes from stories which I probably will never write. Yay. But at least I didn't get new story ideas altogether, leaving aside a little story for the Quincefield Chronicles. Read you soon!