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Topic: Redemption |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 2329
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Tue May 10, 2011 10:12 pm Subject: Redemption |
She knew the moment it happened. Standing before an easel, charcoal in hand, she followed the lines of model's body with a long, fluid motion across the canvas. As she finished the line and lifted t ... |
Topic: Stealing Heaven |
Xoriah
Replies: 0
Views: 1004
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Thu Apr 07, 2011 6:46 pm Subject: Stealing Heaven |
Xoriah lay on her belly in the grass outside the only home she had known since her escape. Her wings extended high, catching and holding the wind like sails, and her crimson tresses caught and flutte ... |
Topic: Where is your hell? |
Xoriah
Replies: 3
Views: 1740
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:47 pm Subject: Where is your hell? |
Balanced upon a knife’s edge. Helpless to prevent any of the dozens of horrendous outcomes that played themselves cruelly in her mind. Her angel – not even her angel anymore – stood shackled, ... |
Topic: Far From A Game |
Xoriah
Replies: 3
Views: 2037
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Tue Mar 15, 2011 8:41 pm Subject: Far From A Game |
“Have you ever marked a man as your own before tonight?” His voice was soft and intent. The question caught her offguard.
“Never.” Xoriah paused and smiled thoughtfully, the very conce ... |
Topic: Sacrifice |
Xoriah
Replies: 0
Views: 1085
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:15 am Subject: Sacrifice |
“A daemon?”
Kaylor’s eyes flashed dark fire through her soul as he nodded. “He took the Oracle.”
The bottom fell out of Xoriah’s stomach. She had lost her ability to formulate word ... |
Topic: A Feather on the Wind |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 1439
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Sun Mar 06, 2011 3:18 pm Subject: A Feather on the Wind |
Better. Xoriah could scarcely express her relief as the Angel had uttered the word. She slipped out onto the balcony to watch him take to the sands of the arena with the gypsy. He took up his swords ... |
Topic: Providence |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 1328
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Sat Feb 26, 2011 12:08 pm Subject: Providence |
“Please, Mistress.” His fervent plea hastened her heart, and instantly she was awash with the exhilaration of his will bent to her. “It would seem the chains are required as part of the Coven ... |
Topic: The Proposition |
Xoriah
Replies: 1
Views: 1118
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 11:33 pm Subject: The Proposition |
"Scotch." The bartender repeated, and pulled a bottle from under the bar, pouring the pale amber contents into a glass as Xoriah examined her very human-like reflection in the mirror behind ... |
Topic: The Answer |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 1461
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 9:14 pm Subject: The Answer |
"Kal Ort Por."
The darkness was tangible. Xoriah's eyes glowed brightly in the depths, but she could feel the heaviness of a dark that had never seen light within the confines of these s ... |
Topic: The Answer |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 1461
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Mon Feb 21, 2011 7:15 pm Subject: The Answer |
"Are you sure you are prepared for this?" Mikhaeil regarded her intently, protectively.
Xoriah nodded, and she smiled reassuringly, but her leathery wings twitched ever-so-slightly. T ... |
Topic: Chains |
Xoriah
Replies: 5
Views: 2290
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Wed Feb 16, 2011 9:41 pm Subject: Chains |
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Stop it Mikhaeil, just stop…He could not know how his pleas and apologies affected her. In any other instance, it would be all that she could bear. But these damnable shackles – she u ... |
Topic: Chains |
Xoriah
Replies: 5
Views: 2290
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2011 8:52 pm Subject: Chains |
"It's been a very long day, Mikhaeil." Xoriah sighed resignedly and raked her fingers through her long crimson hair. "I searched everywhere I knew to look for you, afraid something ha ... |
Topic: Chains |
Xoriah
Replies: 5
Views: 2290
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Sun Feb 13, 2011 4:04 pm Subject: Chains |
“Please, swear to me...” The flaxen-haired angel paused, struggling with such a firm request.
“If it is within my power to give it to you, Mikhaeil, I swear it.” Xoriah’s eyes glowed f ... |
Topic: Rapture |
Xoriah
Replies: 1
Views: 1257
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Mon Jan 10, 2011 9:22 pm Subject: Rapture |
"Xoriah." He held his hand out to her. His expression was unmarred by fear or distrust. The pain his eyes had harboured since she had known him was gone. Still, she had seen what her kind ... |
Topic: Epiphany |
Xoriah
Replies: 2
Views: 1281
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Forum: The Crossroads Tavern Posted: Sun Jan 09, 2011 11:56 am Subject: Epiphany |
“Xoriah?”
His voice behind her did not startle her. Indeed she’d been conscious of every tiny rustle of his wings, every impatient shift of weight – every gentle sigh that had escaped hi ... |
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