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UE Rewrite: B4 — 19. Valdar’s Crossing
PoV:1. Elinor (Our Lich Empress!)Undying Empire IndexPrevious ChapterInline Edits--------------Water began to seep down from the tunnel walls, a gentle trickle that rapidly grew. It pooled at Elinor’s feet, spreading fast, dragging flopping shadows with it. Fish—monstrously large ones—jerked and thrashed as they were carried along with the flood from the lake above. Their gaping mouths snapped at air, eyes wide and glassy as if they couldn’t comprehend the new, crumbling world they’d b...
ATM Rewrite: B3 — 18. Shadows in the Backdrop
PoV:1. Katie (Our Mysterious Kumiho's Big Sister!)2. Diane (Our Dubious Foundation Witch!)3. Raven (???? Who is Raven?)--------------------ATM Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterGoogle Document (In-line Comments)--------------------Mist shrouded the narrow garden pathway, curling like a whisper around Katie’s ankles as she moved with quiet grace. The stone lanterns dotting the path flickered, their blue flames quivering in rhythm with the gentle hum of Avalon’s latent power. Each step resonate...
Her Light - Chapter 8
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The doors whispered shut behind Kaela, leaving her alone with the Prophetess.She glanced around, her gaze darting to the towering walls of the chamber. Warm light bathed the room, but it didn’t come from any visible source. The glow seemed to radiate from the golden scripture etched into the walls—soft, soothing, yet overwhelming. The floor was a mosaic of intricate patterns that gleamed faintly underfoot, depicting scenes of triump...
TO Rewrite: B3 — 29. Worlds on Fire
PoV:1. Grace Alexander (Our Calamity of Jane!)2. Morgiana (Our FictionalWoman!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------With Red and Black behind them, Grace adjusted her hat with a huff before running through the shattered celestial gate and into a galaxy-like hallway. Morgiana was right beside her, vision widening in fear and wonder. El Santo kept ahead of them, maintaining a distance to react to defend them or attack any opposition that might arise.Grace glared at the p...
Her Light - Chapter 7
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The heavy door shut behind Isolde with a soft click, leaving Gideon in the chamber’s dim glow. He exhaled, feeling the weight of their conversation settle into his chest. The soft hum of Altheria’s presence lingered, the warmth of Isolde’s soft touch still faint against his hands.You really don’t see it, do you?Her words echoed in his mind, clinging stubbornly like the whispers of the Abyssal Reaper. He turned toward the chamber...
UE Rewrite: B4 — 18. A Sister’s Promise
PoV:1. Camellia (But Our Crimson Flower Is Here!)2. Jennifer (Our Scarlet Hand Leader in this World!)Undying Empire IndexPrevious ChapterInline Edits--------------The stagnant air twisted around Camellia as she surged through the cavern’s winding unfamiliar tunnels—her mother’s guiding hand everywhere her senses landed. Below her nest, her mother had created her own. Everyone moved as if in slow motion, every action in her environment tracked.[2:24 Minutes Remaining]Her bare feet struck st...
ATM Rewrite: B3 — 17. Mistress Katie Milla
PoV:1. Wendy (Our Struggling Brooch Girl!)--------------------ATM Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterGoogle Document (In-line Comments)--------------------Wendy’s ears twitched from the whispers of the foxes dotting the street, a group moving to take their place and intercept Aiden. It seemed they were hanging out in the vulpes district to hook up with people more than practice, but it was the weekend. Most of them moved in distinctive groups of tails—one tails with only a single appendage, and tw...
TO Rewrite: B3 — 28. Misfortune’s Guidance
PoV:1. Grace Alexander (Our Calamity of Jane!)2. Gray (Our Fablekin Tactician Fire Boy!)3. Black (Our Fablekin Rat Pied Piper!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------Grace wiped sweat from her brow, her heartbeat steady despite the unease gnawing at her gut. “I don’t know about y’all, but I’m not likin’ how things are goin’,” she muttered, adjusting her holster as the passageway behind them crumbled, trapping them inside. “This here’s feelin’ like one...
Her Light - Chapter 6
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The cadence of hooves against the divinely paved road provided an oddly soothing tempo to the otherwise chaotic swirl of thoughts in Gideon’s mind. After moving to his horse on their path through the wide northern street, his mind had shifted to reflecting on Kaela’s mannerisms.He occasionally glanced back to see her continue pestering Isolde to at least be allowed to hover outside the room when she did her ‘inspection,’ as the ...
UE Rewrite: B4 — 17. Ticking Clock
PoV:1. Ash (Our Horseman of Death!)2. Garu (Our Ethereal Scout!)Undying Empire IndexPrevious ChapterInline Edits--------------Cloakbillowing around him in the swirling mists, Ash stood beside his empress as the clatter of bones, flesh, and metal scraped across the damp cave floor. His skeletal frame shrouded in the folds of his hood, a small crown rimming his skull in the faint aura of green fire that illuminated the endless waves of undead pouring from his elongated shadow.Some were little more...
ATM Rewrite: B3 — 16. I'm Dead
PoV:1. Wendy (Our Struggling Brooch Girl!)--------------------ATM Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterGoogle Document (In-line Comments)--------------------The faint light of Avalon’s perpetual twilight filtered through the windows, casting muted silver hues across the dorm room. Wendy lay sprawled on her bed, her arm thrown over her eyes as she willed the encroaching morning away. The muffled sounds of the academy waking up outside were a soft reminder that time waited for no one—not even someone ...
TO Rewrite: B3 — 27. Soul Tiers
PoV:1. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------The moment Rachel let go, her awareness plunged.A sharp drop—her senses bending, twisting—like she was falling through liquid night. The weight of her expended energy crashed down on her like she’d been caught in a riptide, her vision distorting, splitting into overlapping images before snapping back into one.Rachel landed hard in her chair at the center of the Yin-Yang chamber, the jolt sen...
Her Light - Chapter 5
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The rhythmic clatter of hooves against the flawless road filled the air, steady and unwavering as the caravan moved forward. Gideon exhaled slowly, his fingers flexing against the worn leather of his mace’s grip before he forced himself to rest it against his knee.The golden rain had long since ceased, leaving only the dry, crisp air of the Borderlands in its wake, but the weight in his chest remained. He could help a small smile upon...
Her Light - Chapter 4
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The rhythmic jostling of something, pulled Kaela’s consciousness out of the hazy abyss, bright light and warmth cascading over her. Her body ached like she’d been thrown into a cement mixer and spat back out. Her throat burned raw, her lungs constricting as she gasped for air, her chest rising and falling in panicked rhythm.Her pulse roared in her ears as her eyes flew open. The sky above was bluer than it had any right to be, too d...
UE Rewrite: B4 — 16. Minion Break
PoV:1. Empress Elinor (Our Lich Empress!)Undying Empire IndexPrevious ChapterInline Edits--------------The tunnels groaned with age, thick with the scent of damp stone and stale air. Elinor barely noticed. Her mind was already ahead of the moment, threading calculations through the Nexus like strands of an intricate web.Her silvery hair whipped behind her with the rapid movements of the thélméthra drone she rode atop, its many legs scuttling smoothly along the unnaturally smooth tunnel floor. ...
ATM Rewrite: B3 — 15. An Alpha's Resurgence
PoV:1. Kari (Our Anxious Wolf Girl!)--------------------ATM Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterGoogle Document (In-line Comments)--------------------The air felt heavier as they stepped away from Jelira’s grove, the quiet press of the ancient trees closing in behind them. Aelion remained behind, possibly sensing this was a personal matter and respecting their space.Kari’s ears flicked at the shift in atmosphere—subtle, but noticeable. The moment they left the Spirit’s presence, the warmth of h...
TO Rewrite: B3 — 26. Black Hat
PoV:1. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------The world shattered, reassembled, and inverted all at once as Rachel was pulled in the riptide Melishna’s sheer mass generated, dragging her through The Gate—a pathway tore past the fabric of the Scarlet Walls, bypassing every cosmic law that had once dictated reality to pierce this Fable Realm.Soon, all of her power, everything she had gathered since The Oscillation—every moon—would be gr...
Her Light - Chapter 3
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------The Abyssal Reaper did not lunge. It did not move as lesser horrors did, seeking to claw at them. Instead, it loomed, its form a tide of writhing void, the absence of light given shape. Dozens of eyes, fractured open, shifting between realities, locked onto him.Gideon didn’t falter as the masses of Hollowed surged from the shadowy mists beyond the broken gate to meet the shouting knights. Kalen had already retreated with the auburn-ha...
UE Rewrite: B4 — 15. The Great Clans of the Grasslands
PoV:1. Krava (Elder Chief of the Komath Clan!)Undying Empire IndexPrevious ChapterInline Edits--------------Pausing at the edge of the clearing, his heavy staff sinking slightly into the soft earth, the increasing wind pulling at his pouch and hanging flute. Behind him, the familiar silhouette of Valdar lingered beside Elinor, a small blue dot against the backdrop of humans. He could feel the weight of their parting in the air, like an arrow drawn taut but never loosed.Krava allowed himself to l...
ATM Rewrite: B3 — 14. She Survived
PoV:1. Sora Moore (Our Fox Girl!)2. Kari (Our Anxious Wolf Girl!)--------------------ATM Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterGoogle Document (In-line Comments)--------------------The soft light of pre-dawn barely illuminated the room when a sharp knock rattled the door. Sora’s ears twitched, her tail curling around her waist as she stirred. In the beside across from her, Wendy groaned, pulling a pillow over her head. Eyia’s eyes snapped open as if the sound were a battle cry.“Is it Kari?” Wendy...
Her Light - Chapter 2
En Glory of Her LightIndexPrevious Chapter------------------Kaela’s eyes fluttered open, her vision blurry and fractured, as though she were staring through shattered glass. The world around her seemed steeped in shadow, punctuated by flashes of light that reflected off alien, angular structures that felt wrong—impossibly vast yet suffocatingly close. The air itself seemed to hum, a low, oppressive vibration that crawled beneath her skin and settled deep in her chest.Her chest ached, a stran...
TO Rewrite: B3 — 25. Bend And Break
PoV:1. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------The void swallowed her whole. The last glimmer of the Dark Djinn and Mirrorverse flickered, its fractured edges bleeding into nothingness, leaving only silence. Misfortune was nowhere to be seen as if she’d evaporated into the black.Rachel floated, weightless, her breath hitching as her hammer dissolved into motes of light. Then, her blood ran cold when her clothes—Nia—fading into nothingnes...
Her Light - Chapter 1
En Glory of Her LightIndex------------------The pounding came in waves, a relentless percussion that shook the stone gates of the Northern Borderlands Keep. Every strike of the Void Titan’s massive limbs sent shockwaves rippling through the mist-shrouded fortress, each blow louder than the last.The air hung thick with the acrid stench of corruption and the metallic tang of fear. Above the parapets of the second wall, the soldiers faltered, their armor dulled and bloodied, their gazes fixed on ...
Novella - En Glory of Her Light
A solid country built on faith that was transported to a corruptedworld teetering on the brink of corruption, Gideon Solaryn, a steadfast Templar of the Sanctum Dominion, is a beacon of belief and fire.Tasked with defending humanity's last bastions against the encroaching darkness of the Shadowlands, he wields the light of Altheria with unyielding resolve. But when a mysterious girl, Kaela, emerges from the veiled mists, cloaked in divine radiance and shadowed whispers, Gideon’s faith face...
Holiday Break
It seems I have a lot more to do with my family than I planned on. xD But be sure that next week (Monday) I will be back with a bang! I look forward to seeing what you guys think what that 'bang' is. =)
TO Rewrite: B3 — 24. Horrifying Revelations
--------------------PoV:1. Rachel Park (Our Lunar Hare!)TO Rewrite IndexPrevious ChapterIn-line Edit--------------------Rachel’s grin didn’t twitch, too sharp, too confident, as the weight of the Sultan’s words sank into the void around her. Twist the story itself…His accusations echoed faintly as she turned her gaze toward the writhing fissure below. The eldritch whispers clawed at the edges of her perception like rusted chains scraping against stone—grating, persistent, familiar.Susp...
IF - Chapter 19 (The End)
Immortal Fish IndexPrevious Chapter------------------The soft churn of the ocean faded as the small research vessel finally reached Site-X0’s dock. The air hung thick with the scent of salt, seaweed, and faint ozone, the mixture clinging to the skin like a second layer, at least, to the humans. Isla felt something different.Isla’s tiny body drifted in the cramped confines of her more portable tank, but her mind remained sharp, her eyes watching everything. Before her was a monolith—a sleep...
IF - Chapter 18
Author Note: One last chapter to go before the end. How has the novella been?Immortal Fish IndexPrevious Chapter------------------The soft hum of the research room’s fluorescent lights blended with the gentle bubbling of water from Isla’s new tank. The world had become a shimmering, fluid prism, every ripple of water casting faint rainbows across the sterile white walls.Isla floated in the center of the tank, her tiny fish body suspended in weightless grace, her view encompassing every angle...
IF - Chapter 17
Immortal Fish IndexPrevious Chapter------------------Heart steadier than it should be, Isla’s gaze locked on the slugs as they began to writhe out of the aliens’ eyes, mouths, and ears, their belched organs rolling down their front. The sight should have been horrifying—disgusting—but something inside her clicked into place.Like the firm press of a hand against her back, bracing her against the storm. She stood straighter, breath slow and even, fingers curling into fists at her sides.“...
Undying Empire Volume 2 Out KU/Patreon
Great news! Volume 2 is now available on Amazon Kindleand can also be purchased here on Patreonfor $5 (as a standalone post or subscribe to gain access to exclusive benefits and content).Thank you all for your incredible support. I truly hope you’ve been enjoying the series so far, and I can’t wait to hear your thoughts on Volume 2. Happy reading! o7
