Chapters tagged lara croft

by Krevmh

Chapter 1

Evening hung quietly over the Croft manor, Lara's cup of coffee steamed gently in the cool air of the open-windowed study. As a global traveler, it was very rare that she ever stuck to a consistent schedule of sleep. It was still several hours before she wanted to be in bed but t...

by Krevmh

Chapter 2

Lara opened the folder on the Amazon dig, the recently uncovered temple of Phutanaritl. Supposedly it was so closely guarded by a local indigenous tribe that no outsiders were allowed near it. The best anybody had managed was aerial shots that made it seem like a massively sprawl...

by Krevmh

Chapter 2

There was that one that caught her eye, a Russian Kurgan uncovered during nuclear testing during the cold war. Novaya Zemlya had no record of native settlers, only those from mainland Russia. To uncover a burial tomb that predated Kievan Rus' was world-changing news, so of course...

by Krevmh

Chapter 2

Lara's eyes glazed as she scanned her inbox. Sometimes when nothing obvious jumps to mind, one has to simply pick one of the less awful options. Other times, however, even that is too much to ask. The offers all seemed dull, none of them able to spark the usual wanderlust within...

by Krevmh

Chapter 3

Not for now, maybe not ever. She needed to keep as many of the items boxed as possible out of waning hope of getting a refund. Lara sipped her coffee, trying to twist and slide her way out of the mountain of boxes. When she stepped out the door of her room, a helper was still car...