Stories tagged “Claire”
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Flowers
He sat, cross-legged, meditating in the courtyard. The odd shout and holler came from the nearby training grounds, where his compatriots honed their skills. He was training too, but his spear lay on the ground beside him. His awareness extended to the ...
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A Scolding
Quish sat awkward in the rickety wooden chair, scales glistening by the lantern light in Claire’s wagon. Her fins were drooped as she looked, sullen, across the table at her mentor. Claire closed her eyes a moment, drawing a breath, then nodded i...
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Travel in Style
The woods seemed to get darker with each step. Just moments ago there had been a thick canopy of leaves, but just ahead there was nothing but bare, spidery branches clawing at the sky. The ground was ashen and the only sound they could hear was a foreb...