Dear Patrons/Readers,
It is with mixed emotions that I have reluctantly decided to set aside my long-term WIP and temporarily shelve CoRW to pick up a new project with better opportunities. This decision is in no way a reflection of the time and work that has gone into CoRW or the investments patrons and readers have made during the long j...
2023-10-27 16:21:54 +0000 UTC View PostAs we finish up April I realize I didn’t put up a new coupon to give Amethyst Patrons access to Advanced Chapters on WordPress (for those of you who prefer to read over there). So here is April-May coupon 100% for Amethyst Patrons. https://verawolfefantasywebnovels.com/...
2023-04-23 19:59:38 +0000 UTC View PostDear Amethyst Readers,
Thank you so much for supporting CoRW throughout Book 3! Regardless of whether you finished reading this book on the day of its final chapter upload or months later on, I hope you’ll share whatever feedback you have with me. To that end, I have composed a few closing questions that would be invaluable when rewritin...
2023-03-25 16:55:58 +0000 UTC View PostHello everyone!
As of today, the first rough draft of CoRW: Book 3 [A Plague of Witches] is complete with 118 chapters and roughly 350k wc, which will likely expand with edits and rewrites on RoyalRoad. I want to thank everyone who has supported me through my long hiatus and this final stretch in finishing off Book 3 (roughly 55k ...
2023-03-25 16:55:02 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude XV: A Crown of Defeat
There was something liberating about the sea. Perhaps it was that the seemingly endless, unhindered landscape of glittering water reminded Eleanora so much of the red dunes of Ventrayna. The once Crown Princess of Lafeara stood on the shoreline, one boot an inch deep in the saturated pebble-sand mixture belo...
2023-03-25 15:09:27 +0000 UTC View PostInterlude XIV: Defender of the North Tower
Colonel Tybalt of Bastiallano’s northern border patrol stared grimly at the bloodied bandages left behind on the straw floor of the hospital tent. He could hardly come to terms with the message the sergeant, who served under Captain Arlo, had conveyed before dying from blood loss. The two covenl...
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Epilogue {Part Three}: A Prison of Doom
Beaumont clenched his jaw as he squirmed impatiently within the Iron Maiden Coffin. The dragon steel spikes that pierced his mortal shell had failed to penetrate the dragon scales beneath. Their twisted, mangled tips tore away at what little flesh remained, but th...
2023-03-23 15:50:15 +0000 UTC View PostEpilogue {Part Two}: The Saint’s Legacy
Strange how familiar the sensation of dying is, like returning to an unpleasant memory that locked Carina inside her own body, helpless to resist.
‘As if I’d die that easily.’
The Scarlet Witch’s white lips pressed into a hard line that twitched between an expression of...
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Epilogue {Part One}: The Death of Hope
Mary tried to keep a smile on her face as she trailed behind the noisy fledglings heading down the Fortress Castle steps on their way to the gardens. She still didn’t know how she felt about being assigned as the witch children’s guardian. On the one hand, the ...
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Chapter 105: A Tool of Fate
Serilda smiled down at the trembling forms of the once proud Lafearian King and Royal Consort. She had never tasted fear quite like this, from a King no less, although she had always had difficulty viewing Nicholas by that title, given her history with his father.
Now t...
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Chapter 104: A Bow of Reckoning
Fragments of glass and ice crunched beneath Percy’s boots as he strode through the ballroom—now a battlefield littered with dead, mostly decapitated witch hunters, though a stray noble or two could be found among the casualties. The Witch King moved to where Kirsi sto...
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Chapter 103: A Prelude to Devastation
The swarm of Charu butterflies divided themselves up curiously amongst the three veiled women. Carina was not surprised to see that more than half of the glittering specimens settled upon the veiled woman to the far right. However, she found it odd that six of the r...
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Chapter 102 [Part Two]: A Delicacy of Divinity
“Earl Hawthorne!”
Percy turned away from the small gathering of witches dressed to the nines in rich silk, velvet, and jewels. “Earl Chase Coldwell,” he greeted the portly gentleman, ten years his senior, and his political rival, with a cool s...
2023-03-01 23:24:49 +0000 UTC View PostMarch Update, WordPress Coupon, and Progress:
Hello Amethyst Patrons. I’m happy to be back to posting and working towards the end of CoRW Book 3. As of February 12th, I’ve written over 29,000 words in uploaded chapters on Patreon/WordPress (not including one that will come later this afternoon). I fully expect to finish Book 3 this mon...
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Chapter 102 [Part One]: The Splendor of Grief
The harsh morning light struck the towering walls of the palace-fortress with near clinical precision, outlining each crack in the mortar that held the stone formation of the defensive wall, at least 12 feet thick on the exterior side. The pale defensive str...
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Chapter 101: A Gift of Mercy
The Sisterhood of Crows left the gathering of Covens with haste, splitting up as agreed to divert any punishment Alora’s antagonism may have garnered. The silver-haired witch in question trailed behind Elder Verena. Alora anxiously and frequently jolted at the slightest so...
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Chapter 100 {Part Two}: A Voice of Division
Carina felt a tingling wave of nostalgia wash over her as she appeared in Hawthorn Forest, not far from the gathering of Covens. The primitive yet beautiful notes of harmonized voices singing at a distance seemed to lull the nocturnal creatures of the forest i...
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Chapter 100 {Part One}: An Alliance of Ambition
“We cannot continue putting this off any longer,” Percy declared as he eyed the group of ice witch elders gathered around the Duchess, seated in his office chair. “My spies at the palace tell me that the Pope and his Witch Hunters have made themselve...
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Chapter 99 [Part Two]: Hallowed Ground
[Trigger warning: Cannibalism]
The wind picked up, howling fiercely through the limbs of yellow birch, white oak, and cottonwood trees as Mary and her three tired charges crossed the barrier around Hawthorne wood. The three witch children started as the sharp...
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Chapter 99 [Part One]: A Shadow of Treachery
The deep, ancient magic prickled painfully beneath Mary’s skin as the Call of the Witch King pierced her ears with a deafening scream. The covenless witch clutched her ears as she lurched upright in bed with a raspy gasp. Beneath the disheveled ban...
2023-02-16 17:38:52 +0000 UTC View Post
Inspired by the final chapters of B3 leading towards the series conclusion.
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Chapter 98: A Casket of Corruption
What makes a good King? Is it the years of prosperity, the trials of war, the plagues, droughts, and famines he endures? Is it the strength of his resolve, the breadth of his mercy, or the wisdom of his judgment? Is it the love of his people, the respect of his enemies...
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Chapter 97: A Crippling Oath
If Declan were a cat, he’d certainly be running out of lives at this point. Since childhood, the half-witch had faced death on more occasions than he cared to remember. The burning gaze of his mother’s vengeful specter, a constant reminder of his first narrow escape and,...
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Chapter 96: The Fragrance of Rebellion
“So, Octavia sent this forgery to the Pope,” Percy muttered in disbelief, “who then gifted it to Nicholas—as a wedding present?”
“The Dowager must have sensed her end was near,” Linby replied in a less than respectful tone.
“Perhaps the ...
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Chapter 95 {Part Two}: An Assembly of Allies
Carina and Beaumont exchanged glances while the spymaster turned and motioned to one of the hooded men behind her. The bodyguard responded with a curt nod before he strode across the garden in the direction of the ominous iron gate that led to the Dowager’s...
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Chapter 95 {Part One}: A Gathering of Ghosts
The pale moon, overshadowed by heavy rain clouds, extended its ghostly beams of light across the palace grounds, casting each structure's dark windows and white mortar walls in a deathly pale. The Duchess, accompanied by her escort, Captain Beaumont, passed b...
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Chapter 94: A Shift in Loyalty
The cool night breeze tickled against Sophya’s damp neck and arms as she struggled to raise the bucket from the well. Exhaustion and hunger quivered in her arms and legs as she strained and pulled against the brittle rope that tore open the day’s old blisters on her ha...
2022-04-27 15:41:38 +0000 UTC View PostQuick Announcement. I will be on ‘Hiatus’ in May, so current/active subscribers for April will not be charged again until June 1st. If you’d like to hang around and enjoy the next month for free, that is entirely up to you. This ‘hiatus’ is meant to allow me time to catch up on finishing Book 3 without the added pressure of pushing tho...
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Chapter 93: The Spinner’s Web
It wasn’t that Nicholas couldn’t define the restlessness that drove him from the bed where Priscilla slept. His Royal Consort appeared to have enjoyed their lovemaking, brief though it had been. After the palace servants removed their consummation sheets, Priscilla re...
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Chapter 92: A Beguiling Honey Pot
“You mean—He’s married her?” Eleanora blinked and set down her teacup while maintaining eye contact with the Duchess seated beside her bed. “Nicholas has a second wife?”
“Yes, your Highness,” Kirsi answered simply enough, though Eleanora imagined s...
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