《Third Death》Chapter Twenty-Four
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She ran. Blind with tears, she felt her way through the crowd, desperate to put as much distance between herself and that room as she could.
“Thief!” Glass yelled after her, “Stop her, thief!”
Hands grabbed at her clothes and she jerked free with a snarl of torn fabric. She fought through the press of bodies, crying out in relief when she saw a break in the masses. She burst free, into the clear space. People booed and jeered. Several of the crowd began hurling things at her. A procession of mounted figures was making their way steadily towards her and she looked, stunned, with her mouth hanging open. The prince had actually come.
“Get her out the way!” somebody shouted.
At the head of the procession rode armoured men, bearing the crown’s gold and azure. Royal guard. The lead guard shouted as he saw Vision, and sped his horse. She turned to run again, to escape back into the crowd, but at a word from the guard the people bunched together, closing the way to her. Crying in earnest, she ran as fast as she could down the corridor of people, but she couldn’t outrun horses. As the thundering of hooves told her that she was caught, she turned. Hooves came perilously close to her face as the horse reared, before its rider reined it in. She fell backwards and looked up at them bleakly. She wondered at her ability to still be frightened. It seemed as though there were nothing worse that could happen to her, after what she had just escaped from, and yet she was still terrified. The rebels were bad, but the idea of being bled by the crown filled her with such abject horror that she had to clench her jaw to keep from vomiting.
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The guard that had chased her down hauled her roughly to her feet and regarded her coldly. She was mostly naked, she realised as she looked down at herself, and the mottled bruises left over from when Fox had hit her were overlayed with the angry red of her fresh injuries.
“Thief!” called someone in the crowd. The cry was taken up by other voices.
“Thief! Thief!”’
She hung her head. The king of Apera was largely resented by the people he ruled; but, the prince was popular. He was widely understood to be charismatic, fair and wise for his years. The hope of most people in the slums rested on him. For anyone else in House Arsyde, the crowd would have been contrary. For the prince, they would gladly hand her over. The guard bound her wrists. The rope was rough and tore at her skin, while the movement strained her injured elbow. She gasped at the pain, feeling a little dizzy.
“Stop,” commanded a male voice.
The guard stopped. Another horse cantered nearby, and its rider dismounted. He was outfitted the same as the guard who had apprehended her, but the man who’d bound her bowed his head. Admittedly, she knew very little about the military, but it struck her as odd. The new man frowned at her. He was as tall as Fox, though slighter in the chest. Blond, and blue-eyed, he looked young to be a high-ranked soldier.
“Mage Amaya?” he asked.
She blinked. The guard holding her did a double take.
“Untie her,” snapped the younger man.
He did. The rope snarled over her skin once more and it was too much. She wobbled on her feet, and then the world went dark.
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Micah Ever After
[Note: New chapters will not be released on this site anymore, nor will previous chapters receive any edits or updates. To continue reading beyond chapter 6, please use this link to find MEA on Scribble Hub. Sorry for the inconvenience.] Sawatari Mikasa was a normal high school girl. She was great at sports, had above-average grades, lots of friends, and a little brother that she loved more than anything in the world. To Mikasa, life couldn't be more perfect. That is, until the day she received the phone call that shattered her world. "Yuu has been hospitalized." Her precious younger brother, Yuu. In a fit of panic, Mikasa raced towards the hospital to check on him. But her negligence threw her straight into the path of an oncoming car... And that was how the girl known as 'Sawatari Mikasa' lost her life. When she awoke, she found herself before the being known as 'God', who presented her a second chance at life in a new world. She accepted, and only had one question: "What happened to Yuu?" But God would not give her an answer, and before she knew it she was being reborn in a world of monsters and magic straight out of a fantasy novel. However, she wouldn't be satisfied with that. 'I need to go home and find out what happened' This became Mikasa- no, Micah's goal in this new world. Even if she had to become God's enemy, or even that of the world's, she would do whatever it takes to make sure her brother is safe. If Yuu had recovered safely in the hospital, then she would be happy. Having fulfilled her duties as an older sister to the best of her ability, she would peacefully live in this world for the rest of her life. But if Yuu had somehow died, and was in this world too... 'Find Yuu' or 'Find God'. I don't care which comes first. Micah's journey to find her 'Happily Ever After' had begun.
8 105From A Delinquent To A God in 10 Minutes
"Look, I'm kind of tired of this whole God-business. Would you like to take over?" Up-and-coming Delinquent Kaharu Kahari was a normal person for the longest time of his life. But when he entered High School, an incident occurred. He called it "The Turn-Around" and refuses to speak about it with anyone. This incident changed him as a person, and he became a delinquent. One day, a rival delinquent annoys Kaharu to the point of a fight breaking out. Kaharu wins, but is called to the principal's office. Kaharu considers this a victory, but his family disagrees. They decide to send him to a local shrine as a punishment, claiming that he needs a 'Divine Intervention' in his life. Now Kaharu's forced to spend 3 hours a day at the local and very obscure shrine, working. 3 days into the Shrine business, Kaharu suddenly sees a middle-aged man in strange traditional clothes with a bright light around him. The strange man is visibly tired. The Old man praises Kaharu for his hard work the past 3 days, and continues to... offer him the position of God over this shrine! He claims that he's exhausted by it and wishes for an heir. Kaharu accepts eagerly in hopes of doing what he wants. But will the title really grant him what he wants, or is there more to it?
8 151They Can't Stop Us All
Have you ever wondered if you made the right choices in life? If you could have done just one thing differently, would it have been enough to avoid this mess? That's what Grant Miles is thinking when an army of alien hunters, otakus and weebs descend on the base known as Area 51. Follow Grant Miles as he is thrown from his universe into a metaphorical wirlwind and a literal fantasy land.
8 83The Chameleon's Gift
“Heaven is high, and our people are far away.” War is looming in the world of man. Long have the Senlin tried to avoid it, but every day their numbers fall, and their way of life is increasingly threatened. Caw and Rock are members of the Pachon, one of the few remaining tribes of the Senlin. They are an ancient and sacred bloodline, their magical abilities enhanced by powerful heirlooms, cultivated over generations. When Caw loses both her and Rocks heirlooms to a Shen hunting party, she has no choice but to try and get them back.
8 199Titan United
On the far flung technologically advanced world of Titan, mammals similar to Earth's rose to prominance. Great Corporations grew and merged and bought each other out until they owned everythibg, including the government. A corporatacracy rose up and the people have now chafed under its rule for several generations. From out of the wastelands of Gunrock, where the last free kingdom fell several generations ago, come three adventurous brothers with a mysterious past. They meet along the way a reclusive girl with her own dark history and several others bent on leading a rebellion. Wanting nothing more to get a ship and escape Titan and its oppressive government for good, the brothers' antics inadvertantly sow the seeds of rebellion while drawing the ire of the local governor, who decides to send his troops in to squash it. Now the brothers and their allies must band together.
8 132Keeping You A Secret •CHAENNIE•
With a steady boyfriend, the position of Student Council President, and a chance to go to an Seoul National University, high school life is just fine for Jennie Kim. At least it seems to be. But when Roséanne Park comes to school, everything changes. Rosé and Jennie have undeniable feelings for each other, but how will others react to their developing relationship? CONVERTED!
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