The crack of the weapon was deafening. Aaron hadn’t blinked when he’d pulled the trigger. Mai stood frozen, mid-step. The shot had barely missed her head, whizzing past right in front of her face. One step more and it would have gone straight through her head. Aaron’s gaze was hard. He kept his eyes locked … Continue reading Black-Heart: Advice
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Black-Heart: Protector
Aaron blinked, thrown off guard by Jayko’s answer. He wanted to get away. Like me…? It wasn’t an answer that he’d been expecting. How could this man know why he was here on this planet. Why he’d left behind all the killing and hardships he’d been put through. Why he’d run from the the curse … Continue reading Black-Heart: Protector
Black Heart: Mai’s Return
The wind plucked at Aaron’s shirt as he kept hold of the airship’s wheel with one hand. In the other, he had the bottle he’d opened earlier. He’d finished off half of it so far and it seemed to be helping to calm him. He gazed out at the sky beyond the bow of the … Continue reading Black Heart: Mai’s Return
Black-Heart: Okoa Landing
Okoa Landing was a good size settlement set at the edge of a large lake in a heavily forested valley to the north-east of the mountain range and the settlement they had just left behind. It was a well known town and owed it’s prosperity to the fact that it was the site of the … Continue reading Black-Heart: Okoa Landing
Black-Heart: Cursed
Pulling on the ropes, Aaron unfurled the sails in one motion. They dropped open and caught the wind, billowing out. He tied off the ropes and headed up to the wheel and the FTL controls. Placing one hand on the smooth wood of the airship’s wheel, he touched the FTL drive’s controls, increasing it’s charge. … Continue reading Black-Heart: Cursed
Jumping Ship 