Honour Rae

SOMD Ch35: A Tough Choice

Alice regretted sending her dragons away almost from the moment they disappeared out the door. Never in her life had she felt so instantly alone. It took all her willpower not to call them back.

Perhaps she was fooling herself and had been more defenseless when she had been a simple General Laborer – though at the moment it ...

SOMD Ch34: Spying

At Alice’s command, Iggy flowed out of the store and into the open air behind.

Leaving Alice behind while she was that close to danger felt unnatural to his very being. If not for the fact Prim was giving him the evil eye, he would have turned on his tail and watched over Alice from a hidden position – one close enough where he could a...

B5 Ch3: About Blood Moon Hive...

Arthur and the rest of his retinue headed out the barn to the back area which was not visible from the street. He was torn between amusement and exasperation.

Honestly, Horatio could simply project an image of his card out to everyone so they could read it and understand what this supposed great power was within a few seconds.

But th...

B5 Ch2: Cardomancy

Outside of himself, Arthur was aware of people talking, quick shushes, and the occasional playful squeal of a new-hatched dragon. He had forgotten out loud and shrill the first few weeks after coming out of the shell.

He put all of that aside and did not allow his concentration to waver from the cards.

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SOMD Ch33: Fly!

At first, Alice barely registered the alarms. The high wind that always came off the harbor slowed down among the trees of the forest before it hit the village itself. It sounded like sharp whistles. 

She only truly took note when her customers stopped one by one and started looking around with anxious expressions. Then she caught the...

B5 Ch 1: Card Rules Are For Other People

Note: Woo! Time to start book 5? Are you excited? I am!  As usual with these, there's a bit o' recapping because normal readers have to wait months between book releases. I tried to keep it at a minimum, though.

The pain lodged at the base of Arthur’s skull was threatening to bloom outward into a ...

SOMD Ch32: Old Fashioned Yard Sale

Note: Expect more chapters of this story!

Alice quickly learned that in order to truly communicate with one of her sub-aspects, like Fixie, it was best to go through one of the main dragons. She could, of course, bark out basic instructions to Spark – but anything more complicated needed to be filtered through Igg...

B4 Ch54 - Card Smith (Book 4 Epilogue)

Note: That's right! It's the close of book 4, but as my talented (and lovely, I'm sure) patrons, it doesn't matter much to you because the start of book 5 is next week. :D

For non-patrons, book 4 will be coming out in ebook and audio August 20th. We're so ahead here.

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They did not dally on the stairwell bac...

B4 Ch53: Core Challenge

Arthur found himself in a cozy living space, complete with a fireplace, cushioned seating, and even a writing desk in the corner. There were no windows, but a single oak door stood dominating the room with large writing over the top that read:

One challenger may enter.

There were several li...

B4 Ch52: Meet The Mythic Crew

Desperately, Arthur activated his mental shields along with his area of effect to try to help his friends. To the side, he saw Cressida try to do the same with her mana shield, but the moment it went up it was snuffed out like a candle flame. Her power was Rare.

Beside him, Brixaby roared in frustration and pain. The mental shields were ba...

B4 Ch51: Warp Zone

"No," Arthur said.

Everyone turned to star at him, puzzled. Well, everyone but Marion who was gazing at his dragon with a look of utter defeat on his face.

"No," Arthur said again, stepping forward to place a hand on Marion's shoulder. "Remember, we're in the Dark Heart. Rules can be changed here."

"Arthur..." Cressida started,...

B4 Ch50: Hatching

“I’m sad that the bandits had to die,” Joy said, as Arthur and the others went around harvesting the remains. They had to wait a few minutes as the ground around what was left of the corpses was too hot to step on even with shoes.

“I’m not,” Brixaby muttered.

“Nor am I.” Sams flexed his neck to nudge Hora...

B4 Ch49: Intruders!

Arthur got to the top of the stairwell and looked out. A handful of rough looking men and women all surrounded the edges of the pavilion, staring back at him.

However, none had stepped on the slate rock platform that was under the roof. It likely had to do with shield – almost completely translucent except for a soup bubble ...

B4 Ch48: Egg-Cellent Rewards

When Arthur arrived back at the pavilion, he immediately recognized it. Not because it had been weeks, possibly months since he had last seen this room, but because the underground floor of the pavilion had massively changed.

It was deeper with the ceiling now at least two stories high. The kitchen had been expanded to include grilling sta...

B4 Ch47: Life In The Past 3/3

Note: These last few long chapters have all been leading up to this... 

A few days later, Arthur found himself in the unique opportunity to be a civilian executive assistant to the general.

Thanks to other jobs before, he had a keyboard touch typing skill which would be useless outside the dark hea...

B4 Ch46: Life In The Past (2/3)

The next day, he woke up as another older man, but one who volunteered in the medical unit as a nurse.

In between leveling up his First Aid and Basic Nursing skills, making people comfortable and treating basic injuries, he spotted something that was all too familiar.

“Heal—“ He caught himself just before he called...

B4 Ch45: Life In The Past 1/3

Note: This chapter ended up over 10k. Too much for me to edit tonight! So it's coming out in three parts. One tonight, and two tomorrow. :)

Arthur blurted out his next words before he gave any thought to them. "Why hasn't anyone harvested this scourgeling?"

The man with the curly hair gave him a baffled lo...

B4 Ch44: Combat Challenge

Brixaby and the rest of his retinue emerged into the clear open air, very, very far away from the ground.

Brixaby gave a squawk of surprise that he would later insist was merely an exclamation and certainly not a yelp like a new hatchling. Quickly buzzing his wings, he situated himself upright in the air. Sams and Joy, both being larger wi...

B4 Ch43: Utility Challenge

The next thing Arthur knew, he was surrounded by complete chaos. He blinked and found himself standing outside, taking in a lungful of fresh air scented with pine and the cold sharpness of snow. Then, suddenly, he was jostled from behind. To keep his balance, Arthur reached out and caught himself on another person, but they were unsteady, too an...

B4 Ch42: Claimed Territory

They made the decision to trek over the hills on foot because Joy and Sams were both subtly grimacing and stretching out their wings when they thought no one was looking. Back winging was an unnatural position for most dragons and doing so for a long time while descending down the pit had threatened to strain muscles.

Not every dragon ...