Chapters tagged shapeshifter

by Zeebop

Chapter 34

Journal of Rowana, daughter of Rowetha 25 / 04 / 2120 of the Fourth Age, cont'd Civilians would have frozen in place. I immediately moved back to the nearest wall, eyes wide and ears open. The room was as big as a good-sized aircraft hangar. There was a metal catwalk above th...

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Chapter 39

Journal of Rowana, daughter of Rowetha 05 / 06 / 2120 of the Fourth Age "Precious, I still have a massive chest wound," I wheezed out. "I'm not getting impregnated today. But if you want to bring your pussy over here, you can sit on my face for a while." Azzie was wearing one...

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Chapter 40

Journal of Rowana, daughter of Rowetha 05 / 06 / 2120 of the Fourth Age, cont'd It wasn't really an orgy. More of a very unexpected sex party. Maybe it was because emotions were running high, and booze was flowing. Or it was just the release we all needed after a stressful s...

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Chapter 41

Journal of Rowana, wife of Ash Nazg 06 / 06 / 2120 of the Fourth Age I woke up from a dream of pipe-weed with a dull pain in my chest and a full bladder. Slid off the bed and on bare feet padded out into the darkened house. There was a bear sleeping in the middle of my kitch...

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Chapter 36

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 26 / 04 / 2120 F.A. The high-pitched scream of the dragon shook the building. Security personnel were confused in my wake, their radios spitting out static and draconic roars; monitors I passed flashed, flickered, glitched out. Rimmer was by th...

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Chapter 33

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 25 / 04 / 2120 F.A. The highway north-west of the Morgul Vale felt like it ran on forever. Rimmer wasn't the chatty type. We stopped for gas, piss, and coffee, more or less in that order. I saw the squat dark mass of Barad-dûr lit with neon in...

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Chapter 32

"I'm going to get fucking fired," Daleman said, as she handed me the optical chips. Straight from the Morgul Vale PD evidence locker. I weighed them in my hands. We were in Daleman's apartment, still. I'd brought my few belongings while she "borrowed" the assets I'd outlined. Pl...

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Chapter 30

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 23 / 04 / 2120 F.A. "When was the last time you saw Agent Arnorson?" The Chief Superintendent's office was big enough that it didn't feel crowded with both myself and his two other guests. They reminded me of Arnorson. Northerners, light of ha...

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Chapter 29

Carvedinstone's Saga 22 / 04 / 2120, cont'd Daleman's kitchenette was minimal, and apparently almost unused, but there was a teapot and two mostly clean cups. After Daleman emerged from the shower, I was ready with the medkit and the tea was steeping. She sat down in her last...

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Chapter 27

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 22 / 04 / 2120 F.A. Statistically, most murders go unsolved. Not something that cops liked to highlight to the general public, but a distressing reality of our line of work. Accidents were generally easy; I had cut my teeth tracking down hit-an...

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Chapter 26

Carvedinstone's Saga 22 / 04 / 2120 "Lilja," the Beorning's voice grumbled as she approached me. I was leaning against the door. "I'm not in the mood tonight." I raised an eyebrow. My hands fell down to my tight miniskirt, pulling it up enough to show the garters—and the fre...

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Chapter 24

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 21 / 04 / 2120 F.A. Books. I'd never seen so many in one place. The scent of all those centuries was oppressive, mouldering paper and vellum forming a miasma to my enhanced senses. I followed Arnorson through the stacks of the ancient library,...

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Chapter 21

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 18 / 04 / 2120 Thunder roared in the deeps. Huge fists hammered on the skins of drums taller than the average Man. In the pits beneath Moon City, the drums echoed and rolled. The true trolls had died out centuries ago, hunted down or caught out...

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Chapter 9

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 17 / 02 / 2120 F.A. Rimmer dropped me off at the service entrance to the Ithil Lodge. Even on the Lodgemaster's business, I wouldn't have been allowed through the front door. It was that kind of place. The building was old, paneled wood that sh...

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Chapter 8

Carvedinstone's Saga 9 / 02 / 2120, cont'd Once the files were downloaded, I cleared my tracks. To anyone who looked, it would appear that Quillian Daleman had logged on, checked a few cold case files, and then logged out. No one would see my true search parameters, the repor...

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Chapter 7

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 09 / 02 / 2120 F.A. "So have you, like, had sex with normal bears?" Vanessë asked, her big silver eyes wide as I unbuckled my belt. You could hardly have found two women less alike. The winnowy Elfkin looked frail, unnaturally skinny. Tall for...

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Chapter 6

Carvedinstone's Saga 09 / 02 / 2120 "Are you, like, sure about this?" Vanessë asked. "You'll be fine, baby," I assured her through the commlink. "You look sexy, and Quillian won't hurt you as long as you hold up your end of the deal. This is a good gig. She's one of my most...

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Chapter 5

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 02 / 02 / 2120 F.A., second entry The call came while Lilja was in the shower. Moon City seldom sleeps. Except it wasn't Central Processing this time. It was Chief Superintendent Westmund. "Detective-Inspector," he said. "There's been a break-...

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Chapter 4

Carvedinstone's Saga 02 / 02 / 2120 F.A. The great lump of fur in the bed behind me began to snore. Her body was hot, one great arm wrapped around me. I waited a few more minutes, to make sure the narcotic honey had well and truly knocked her out before I slipped out of the b...

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Chapter 3

Quillian Daleman - Personal Log 02 / 02 / 2120 F.A. The Lossoth hadn't hunted whales in over two centuries. Their fleets had brought the majestic beasts to near-extinction, and only the commercial non-viability made them finally abandon the practice. Yet their kebabs still ta...