Tag:Briar
when two brilliantly shine as one Part 4
The trail through the forest is no less meandering than it had been inside the wards, wending between bits of cover along the ward-line for a short distance before turning and heading deeper into the forest. It’s a long, tense, silent trek through the night-dark woods, following a trail of blood back-back-back, through the darkest …
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beneath the cherry trees Part 12
Briar keeps an eye on the white wolf as Ren leads them along the cliff, wary about being suddenly reverted into his canine form now that she’s back and watching him; two unexpected changes in such short order is more than enough for him. (He can already feel something odd in his soul, almost like …
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beneath the cherry trees Part 11
Ren makes sure to keep a subtle eye on the three shifters as they move closer to Kamiki Village, watching for any of the familiar signs of being overwhelmed that some newcomers experience, especially now that they know that at least three of the strangers can sense Konohana. Shadow and Silver seemed to adapt to …
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beneath the cherry trees Part 10
“I have not the slightest clue how we shifted,” Ilsa answers Gregor honestly, giving the poor man a wry smile when he just sighs at her answer; she really wishes she had an answer, but right now she has nothing but guesses, and none of them very good guesses either. It’s obvious that the white …
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beneath the cherry trees Part 9
Gregor can’t help his reflexive glance up at the tree-shrouded sky, even though he knows that there’s no way he’ll be able to see if the moon has suddenly risen despite it only just setting before dawn. It’s too soon for another moonrise, he knows that, and yet… And yet Briar, Ilsa, and Kai are …
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when two brilliantly shine as one Part 3
Alexis frowns as she watches Ilsa head back towards Erich’s home, mind swirling with the revelations of the night; for a Shinigami to show up, wounded and asking for aid, is one thing, but for that Shinigami to be Erich’s soulmate? It smells like a trap. Maybe not of that Shinigami’s devising, but the idea …
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Bare Your Fangs to the Dusk Part 16
“Dinner, loves!” Alexis announced as she ducked into her tent, holding a bowl of soup in one hand and using the other to keep the flap up so that Briar could follow her in with the other two bowls. “Put the research aside for five minutes and get some food into you,” she said in …
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