Chapters tagged fantasy

by pwizdelf

Chapter 70

Scarcely ten minutes later Roland was letting us in through his kitchen door, which he barely got shut before I’d removed my cloak and tossed it on his kitchen table. “Can I—” he began, but I cut him off with a kiss and he wisely shut the fuck up. His lack of experience was evide...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 71

I stood frozen a long moment while the unbearable remorse over my blatant irresponsibility stole over me and while I mentally backtracked to everywhere I had been tonight and where I could possibly have lost Curry’s token of Rava. I had certainly had it at the pub, since I’d take...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 72

I kept my eyes to the ground all the way home, straining to make out any little glint lit up by the street lamps, in case I’d lost it between his place and mine after I left. Unsurprisingly, it didn’t turn up. I undressed again and crawled disconsolately under the covers in just...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 73

“It makes enough sense,” I said. “But I won’t lie, that sounds a little alarming.” “Yeah. I know. And it’s not just _my_ life, I have you to think of.” “Well. I’d be bullshitting if I pretended this didn’t make me _even more_ curious what these things are you’re afraid to think...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 74

“Are we having some kind of… cards on the table moment we weren’t planning on?” Curry asked after neither of us said anything else right away. “I don’t know. We might be?” I replied, after considering it, and trying to decide how I felt about it if we were. “Why, what’ve you got...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 75

===29 Spring 1395========== “Don’t look at _him_, look at _me_,” I ordered the young dwarf across the interview table, when he threw Curry a pleading glance. He wanted very badly to be saved from the bad lady cop. “You told _him_ you didn’t even know Tessia, or her brother. Imag...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 76

Author's note 2/6/2025: Been a minute since the last installment. Brutal couple weeks at work but rallied tonight to read through some more of that material I haven't touched in ages. Honestly from here things are pretty much a jumpy and uneven collection of unedited, frequently-...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 77

===26 Summer 1395========== “Ro_land_!” I yelled frantically up the stairs, for the third time. “Curry’s _here_!” I went to the door, balancing the crying Zory on my hip, and yanked it open. “Sorry,” I apologized. “I know we’re already late. This morning… isn’t going to plan.”...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 78

While I made sure my armpits didn’t stink too much, and that the reek of baby puke was off my skin, Curry put the towel on the kitchen table and placed Zory on it, gently drying her off and maintaining her good cheer with a steady stream of upbeat nonsense that seemed to come to...

by pwizdelf

Chapter 79

_Author's note 2025/02/09: Content warning for passive suicidality. _ ===26 Summer 1395 continued========== Curry had remembered my coffee, which was cold now, but I didn’t care. I took it, with vast relief at being finally out of the house, and had a long drink from the cup. D...