titan-rising

I hurl my sword, landing it with a shunk in the side of an Orc’s head. Inky blood bursts into my eyes as an arrow whizzes by my ear. I pivot into a half-blind parry to fend another shot off. A massive goblin roars and lifts its mallot high, poised to smash my uncle to dust, but I drive my sword into its belly with a roar of my own and the tip of my blade noses out the other side. The creature falls, and I topple with it, still clinging to my deep-stuck hilt. I yank and heave on it, but my sword is wedged fast. I curse and sling one of Fili’s many spare swords from its scabbard on my back. Sweat turns the filth on my face to liquid

Earth. The place she had studied, from maps and charts observed, heard about from so many measures of distances away.  She tore through the trees.  The resonations of those behind her pounded beneath her feet , echoing  and burning  in her blood. Raven had never been to Earth before, even though she had been shown the evacuation route. But she needed time. And with each snapping branch, every scarring twig, time's precious passing the night would steal away. Mind whirring -- mentally flipping through the pages in her book of spells -- Raven had to stop.  She breathed, veins pulsing behind her eyes. More tree limbs tickled her back; they vibra

I hurl my sword, landing it with a shunk in the side of an Orc’s head. Inky blood bursts into my eyes as an arrow whizzes by my ear. I pivot into a half-blind parry to fend another shot off. A massive goblin roars and lifts its mallot high, poised to smash my uncle to dust, but I drive my sword into its belly with a roar of my own and the tip of my blade noses out the other side. The creature falls, and I topple with it, still clinging to my deep-stuck hilt. I yank and heave on it, but my sword is wedged fast. I curse and sling one of Fili’s many spare swords from its scabbard on my back. Sweat turns the filth on my face to liquid