Category Archives: Chapter 01

Ch1-1: The Host Gate

This doesn’t look anything like what I imagined the Host Gate would. AsaHi stepped warily into the dampness of the cave, as if she expected something to pounce from the shadows at any moment. At first glace, the cave seemed more »

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Ch1-2: The Apprentice

The writing stick made a wild scree as the teacher drew across the board, finishing the last leg of the diagram’s triangle. A mass of indigo arrows, circles and words sprawled all over the white writing-platter. The man at the more »

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Ch1-3: The Dragon’s Dream

“Aunt SaRa?” SoYa paused in the doorway of the dimly lit room, a palm on either side of the doorframe. He swallowed down his trepidation as the older woman sitting in the corner glanced up with a familiar, worn smile. more »

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Ch1-4: New Reality

“Well, now. Welcome back!” The voice was overly cheerful, even through the groggy haze that clouded AsaHi’s mind. The girl’s eyes inched open, then fluttered against the amber light filtering in from window above. “Sunset already?” she murmured. “I slept more »

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Ch1-5: Brotherly Advice

SoYa made his way double-time down the streets of Nefol. His green eyes watched warily over one shoulder as he rounded a corner. Nefol. It had been SoYa’s home since he could remember. It was the first city of its more »

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Ch1-6: Ambition’s Spark

TsuYa didn’t know why it was so cold in his room. He piled the fire until it roared within the wall cleft, but nothing TsuYa did gave any warmth to his quarters. It had been that way since SoYa left more »

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Ch1-7: Snow Sparrow

SoYa instantly knew that something was wrong. The life force that had once flowed through the stone of the Host Gate was not there. The presence that he could always feel was gone. Nothing remained except a churning void in more »

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