Carmilla led Tsun into her small home, the door creaking as it shut behind them, enclosing them in the warmth of her space. She walked him to the back where a spare cot sat, its frame simple and worn. She qu...
King Aegon V Targaryen stood at the head of the Great Hall in the Red Keep, his silver hair catching the light from a hundred torches and chandeliers as he addressed the assembled lords and ladies. The hall was packed, lo...
Arthur lay back on the cot after Alys left, the door clicking shut behind her, leaving him alone in the small room with only the faint scent of herbs and the creak of the floorboards settling in the quiet. He stare...
Arthur pushed himself off the cot with a grunt, the stitches in his gut pulling painfully, but he bit down on the pain and stood anyway. The matron had fussed over him that morning as she changed his bandages, telling him he nee...
The road to Riverwood stretched ahead, flanked by tall trees on either side. The early morning sun filtered through the leaves, casting shifting patches of light onto the dirt path. Tsun walked in the shade of the trees, ...
Tsun lay on the grass, his hands clasped behind his head, staring up at the twin moons that hung in the dark sky. One was large and bright, casting a silver glow over the snowy forest, while the smaller one hovered...
The corridor opened into a massive chamber, its walls carved from the same rough stone as the rest of the tomb but grander in scale. A small river cut through the middle, fed by several waterfalls cascading down the rock ...
Freyja stared at the man in front of her, her mind racing. The memories of the Draugr closing in, the frost magic biting at her skin, and her sword meeting endless waves of rotting flesh flooded back in vivid detail. Then...
Freyja stood in the middle of the chamber, gripping the hilt of her sword so tightly that her knuckles were pale. The only light came from the torch in her left hand, its flames flickering and sputtering as though it would...
Tsun walked further into the tomb, his bare feet pressing against the cold stone floor. The air smelled damp and pretty disgusting, with a faint metallic tang that reminded him of old blood something he expected to...
A man's awareness flickered on like a dying lightbulb. He looked around as he floated in a vast, empty void, disoriented and surrounded by nothing but a dense, suffocating darkness. Time didn't seem to exist here. ...
The wind howled across the rolling hills of the Reach, carrying the scent of rain and steel as Robert Baratheon's army marched toward Cider Hall. The column of men seemed to stretch from one horizon to the other, j...
Arthur stumbled through the alleys of King's Landing, his heart hammering in his chest like a drum, each step driven by the singular need to find Mira. The city was a labyrinth at night, its narrow streets choked w...
Mira woke slowly in the dim candlelight of her chamber, the velvet curtains drawn against the morning sun, leaving the room in a soft yellow glow thT made her vision much blurrier as she tried to awaken. She lay still for...
Robb rode through the Reach under a clear noon sky. The air was warm and filled with the scent of grass and flowers, and everything around him seemed to be alive and just felt in...