Writing Prompt Wednesday

Today is a two for one! Write a “Dear John” letter, breaking up with your high-school sweetheart who’s in the army. Dear John, I haven’t known where my letters might find you for what feels like forever. I kept writing them every day, expecting a reply, but one never came. For a long time, I …

Half Marathon Training

I signed up before I even thought too much about what I was doing. I was so anxious to get in before the price went up. Excited that my oldest wanted to run his first 5k. Giggled over the idea of getting new running shoes (I love shopping) and all the swag from the race. …

I’m Still Alive.

Hi. Yes, I know. It's been a while. So, can I just say...adulting is hard and sometimes parenting sucks? Like stuffing your heart down a long neck bottle and then trying to coerce it back out again. There are certain things that happen in your life that you have zero control over and you are …

Chapter Twenty Five

“Begrenzen, thank you for seeing me.” His eyes were wide as he took in the sight of her. “My door is always open to you, Lady Kaelah.” Her dress was freshly washed and pressed. Though modest in cut, the kelly green set off her auburn hair and made her green eyes sparkle with intensity. Having …

Chapter Twenty Four

“NO!” Belda ran to Pitney’s side. Her scream sent the surrounding wild life skattering. Birds, small creatures cowering in trees and holes in the ground took flight from all around them. While the rest of the living creatures fled far from them, vex came in all their numbers, wings expanded, teeth bared. With her defenses …

Chapter Twenty Three

Vex surrounded them at every side. Grand Vex, reds and black. Smaller ones, commons, in green, black, brown and a smattering of red. All with wings spread along the border of Belda’s tunnel, teeth bared, some hissing. All creating a barrier were either of them to think of making a break for it. “Are you …

Chapter Twenty Two

“Will he survive?” Prince Dennis asked the question without moving his eyes from the yellowed face of his father, the king. Feet scuffled as weight was shifted from one to the other, but no one responded. Pammy, Elder Conradin and Begrenzen, Lady Kaelah, and two Citadel guards flanking the door stayed silent. Lady Kaelah braved …

Chapter Twenty One

“Benjamin!” Edward shouted into the white nothing of the forest. Every instinct within him was telling him to run to where he last saw Benjamin fly through the air, but he knew it could very well end with all of them being lost. And they could not all be lost. He gripped the reigns, white-knuckled …

Chapter Twenty

Another day in Chimera was greeted with more dense fog and still no sign of Pitney. Ottelo, though previously bolstered in both faith and courage, had opted for silence once again; content to listen to Edward and Benjamin bicker back and forth about governing the lands and the powers that be. Ottelo let out an …

Chapter Nineteen

Other than the overwhelming sense of foreboding one felt from simply being present in Chimera Forest, the forest itself was much like any other save for two things: the mist and the creatures within it. The mist gathered around them in such denseness that Benjamin’s difficulty in controlling the use of his gift proved rather …