Daily Archives: October 23, 2022

Walking through the streets of an unknown world without Oliver by her side scared Nisa more than she cared to admit. By now, it was mid-afternoon, so the streets were…

Nisa glanced at her empty plate, wishing that she had more fried fruit. They had stopped by the inn for lunch and fortunately, Urraka’a had agreed to feed them the…

To prepare for the Festival of Candles, the woman—whose name was called Urraka’a—difficult for even Nisa to pronounce—had them help her cover the tables with special velvet coverings. Nisa kept…

Harkwei loved to chatter—Nisa figured out that much as they traveled with him. There was no more room in his wagon, so they walked beside him while his beast dragged…

As soon as the strange blue vine was wrapped around Nisa’s waist, she held her breath and slowly lowered herself backward down the hill. Fortunately, there was a lot of…

The longer they walked along the same road the beasts had herded the strange plant-creatures, the more real everything felt to Nisa. A cool breeze blew her hair behind her,…

Odd clicks echoed in Nisa’s ears, even before her vision fully returned. Blackness flickered, warring with a kaleidoscope of colors that spun and danced until shapes finally took place. Blue…

A gunshot exploded through the tent. Part of Nisa thought that this was it, that she was actually dead, but then another, deeper part of her realized that Callahan and…

Nisa and Susie carefully and silently slipped around the side of the tent. One of the workers came around the back of another tent. When he saw them, he frowned.…

Oliver had parked his jeep about a mile away from the dig. Unfortunately, it was in the middle of the desert, which meant there wasn’t any place to hide the…