Countdown to Execution_The Starfall Treasure_Grace of the Bard (Part the First)_The Most Beautiful S
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Countdown to Execution
“No blindfold, please. I’d prefer to see my death coming.”The guard let out a cynical laugh. “You think you’re so tough saying that, don’t you?” He stepped in front of me, leaning his face inches away from mine. The minty-fresh smell of his breath was quite a contrast to his psychotic grin. “Nearly every person executed here has said the same thing. And you wanna know something? They all died the same way, with their brains splattered across the wall that you’re leaning on. You’re not anything special.”Hwww.onedoor.cce turned away from me, stuffing the dirty blindfold in his back pocket. I could hear him ch...
The Starfall Treasure
“Port cannons are ready sir!” Hesler shouted across the deck.“Helmsman, are they still closing?” This new commander could have scheduled the pirates’ attack for all the surprise he showed.“Same speed sir. I give ‘em two minutes to harpoon range.”“Davis, get below deck and secure the cargo. Take Jones and Barrow with you and make sure those crates aren’t opened.” A ballista peeked over the pirates deck and snapped, hurling a missile tipped in steel and trailing a tick cable. “Could be sooner,” the helmsman corrected, just as metal bit wood with a crack.“Hard port helm!” Orders leapt about the s...
Grace of the Bard (Part the First)
I wake up to my phone beeping a steady rhythm. I groan. I've been on tour with Rosaline Height for six days, and I'm so tired I could sleep for a week. It doesn't seem that hard to get out there and do a few dance steps, but if you do that for six hours to your least favorite songs (sorry, Rosaline) in the middle of the night, then it gets you pretty tired. I don't even sleep well anymore. Every morning we fly to a new location, and every night we perform. I don't even get my spotlight-- I'm a backup dancer. The alarm keeps going. And then I realize what it is. Bard Sisters meeting-- now.I cha...
The Most Beautiful Shell in the World
The sea churned as the Cadence Jade rocked in the ferocious downpour. Running past a cabin boy vomiting, Captain Cuatro yelled to his first mate, “Thar be the rock now, JoJo. Thar it be.”Peering into the distance at the needle of rock streaking out of the ominous ocean JoJo nodded his understanding and ordered the other pirates to turn toward the rock. Drenched in water and with nothing but the beacon of a lighthouse to guide them the pirates lifted and pulled and climbed until the boat lurched toward the goal. “This better be worth it. Or there’ll be a mutiny,” JoJo snarled to Captain Cuatro...