Chapters tagged tower

Sir Orus' Tale by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 2

Sir Orus wandered the rocky plains with nothing but his steel. Steel sword, steel shield, steel pauldrons, chestplate, et cetera. His burden was nothing to him, though. He carried it as effortlessly as he carried the paper map that led him to these plains. That might be an exagge...

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He knocks. by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 3

Orus decided he would not be cowed by myths. He rapped his fist upon the old door, determined to see to the matter as a true knight. There was a long moment of nothing but the sound of the wind, yet just as he was about to knock once more, the door handle turned, and with a slow...

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Suspiciously. by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 5

Orus stared with a slimmed gaze, not inclined to trust her suggestive dialogue. “Your choice of words is oddly unspecific, Madam. Are you truly ignorant of Lady Fairchilde's whereabouts, or do you mean to offer an inspection of a chastity other than your own?” The woman's counte...

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Yes. by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 6

“For one so beautiful as yourself, madam,” Orus said, staring down at the woman gently, “I suppose I could help you fulfill that need, to the best of my ability.” The smile that was so dainty and demure now grew across the woman's alabaster face as she rose from her seat. “Then...

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He searches for other options. by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 3

Approaching so directly might be just a little too obvious. Should the rumors be true, Orus would be wise to take caution in this matter. He lowered his hand, and stalked around the outside of the tower, making his way around the old stone walls in the night's parting shadow. It...

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A Woman undressing. by ErisAphrodite

Chapter 4

Before an armoire barely visible in the darkness, there stood a tall and slender woman, whose sleek length of hair, black as the shadows surrounding her and haloed by a penumbral glimmer of light, hung before smooth, pale shoulders. Her back was to the window as she slid an onyx...

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