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Episode 20: Are You Not Human? | Brone
The ding of the bell above the unopened door hung in the air for only a split second as Striker met my stare, then we both spun into action.
Crystal Crawford
Oct 14, 20236 min read
Episode 19: An Objectively Terrible Idea | Lena
I eked out about an hour more of research before the library began to close, but what I found in that hour made me wonder if I was losing my grip on reality.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 28, 20236 min read
Episode 18: Not Everything One Hears Is Truth | Nora
A figure clad in leather breeches, an earth-toned tunic with a hunter-green hooded cape, and brown leather boots stepped out through the archway from the Void. It snapped shut behind him as soon as his boots hit the grassy hilltop.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 27, 20235 min read
Episode 17: A Remedy for Bug Bites | Brone
The bell on the glass door of The Shoppe dinged as I shoved it open. My gaze scanned the aisles—empty of people—as I stepped inside.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 26, 20234 min read
Episode 16: Shouldn't Have Told Me Not To | Lena
Rake had promised to be home when I got back, but the trailer was spotless, like it’d just been cleaned for a brand new tenant.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 25, 20237 min read
Episode 15: Object of My Fright | Nora
We stopped at the spring when we reached it, and Fiska and I helped mother down onto a rock to rest. Fiska used a canteen from her pocket to retrieve fresh water for mother, while Fiska and I drank gratefully of handfuls scooped straight from the cold flow of water.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 24, 20235 min read
Episode 14: One Last Mission | Brone
I crouched on the ground outside the woods, examining the unconscious girl’s bitten ankle. If she really was only half-Fae, she’d need treatment for the Shadowvein from that bite, and fast—without the correct runestone or faespell to cure her, she could be dead within a day.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 23, 20235 min read
Episode 13: Need You Safe | Lena
I cowered, gaping at Joe’s furious face, as Rake stood protectively in front of me.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 18, 20236 min read
Episode 12: A Time for All Things | Nora
As soon as Fiska confirmed my magic had returned, she turned back to my mother.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 17, 20237 min read
Episode 11: First Miss | Brone
Striker and I took off running for the trees.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 16, 20236 min read
Episode 10: A Tall, Lanky Shadow | Lena
The next moments were a blur, but somehow I found myself by my father’s bedside in the county hospital with my backpack at my feet, not entirely sure how I got there or how long I’d been sitting there.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 6, 20236 min read
Episode 9: What It Left Unsaid | Nora
The dragon flew smoothly and swiftly—and I spent nearly the entire flight with my eyes squeezed shut, leaning my body into Mother’s to keep her steady and clinging to the dragon’s ridged spike in front of us for dear life.
Crystal Crawford
Sep 5, 20235 min read
Episode 8: Mark of Fortis | Brone
My gut tensed. When Striker sounded worried, it usually meant whatever he had to tell me was even worse than I expected.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 29, 20237 min read
Episode 7: How Many Ways to Kill a Man | Lena
All day at school, thoughts of Rake kept popping up in my head, till I was practically embarrassed of myself. Would he still be with Pops when he picked me up? Something about Rake fascinated me… and not because he was cute.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 28, 20236 min read
Episode 6: Who Was This Woman? | Nora
I jumped to my feet and shifted protectively in front of Mother, still clutching her hand. “Who’s there? How did you get in here?” The woman’s voice sounded familiar, but I didn’t dare trust my ears right now.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 27, 20234 min read
Episode 5: Oncoming Train | Brone
Striker and I took the nearest exit out of the Hub, then hiked to the outbuilding where I kept my pickup truck.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 26, 20236 min read
Episode 4: Making Polite Conversation | Lena
I froze in the doorway, gaping at the brown-eyed man standing on my porch, still holding out his hand for me to shake.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 25, 20235 min read
Episode 3: Say It Never Happened | Nora
The Mountain Kingdom
Crystal Crawford
Aug 24, 20235 min read
Episode 2: Things We Would’ve Done | Brone
I grabbed my spare holster and leather jacket from my locker in the supply room and slammed the locker door shut. “Same trainees today?”
Crystal Crawford
Aug 23, 20237 min read
Episode 1: Anywhere but Florida | Lena
Frank wasn’t my first dead body.
Crystal Crawford
Aug 22, 20236 min read
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