The Blood We Wrought Book 2 Interlude An interlude between Book 2 Chapters 7 and 8 of The Divine Majika.
The Garden of Need Chapter 30: Awaken, My Brother Miko: Visiting every branch, I explored the tree with a limp for several days. I sat with Ananke’s words, her wisdom. She was a great source of knowledge, but my mind was made on those many months of weary, lonely days and nights where Maleki and I lay comatose
The Garden of Need Chapter 29: The Last Fruit Miko: I rubbed my shins with fury, a failed attempt to push the pain out of the bone. It did offer some relief or at least a distraction, but then the pain in my head throbbed in my eyes, forcing me down to my backside. My thumb and middle finger
The Garden of Need Chapter 28: The Seventh Sin Miko: I left Ananke’s home, proceeding back down the steps feeling enlightened. The information she shared with me was far more than I expected and not the interaction I had prepared for all this time. After all we had been through, a part of me felt let down that
The Garden of Need Chapter 27: A Consultation of Fate Miko: I breached a grand limb, dragging myself up the bark and laying against the limb with my back supported by the trunk. My efforts had brought me this far, and before my eyes was the complex crown of the tree. The bushy part of the tree that can be
The Garden of Need Chapter 26: The First Branch Miko: Climbing for hours, I was several hundred feet above the roots now, only looking down long enough to check my progress, else I be tempted to jump and get this over with. After another hour of climbing, there appeared to be some form of a cut in the trunk’
The Garden of Need Chapter 25: The Second Ascent Miko: I might be in for more than I bargained. Standing underneath this tree was dizzying. The branches started at the sixty percent mark of the tree’s height, and focusing on them from this distance almost made me lose my balance. The roots of the tree were each like
The Garden of Need Chapter 24: A Remedy For Pain Miko: My body ached. Every part of my skin, every bone, every muscle, and tendon spiked in flashes of pain. I knew it wasn’t possible, but as I sat there in my shell of a body, I could almost feel the blood moving throughout. My sense of touch was
The Garden of Need Chapter 23: Paradisus Necessitatis Miko: I awoke on my back in a field of clovers, thick grass, and large, soft leaves. Behind me, to my left and right, a curved wall made of branches and trees blocked the view of the rest of the area. In front of me lay a massive nest of
The Garden of Need Chapter 22: Awake, Asleep Miko: Fighting erupts around me in a loud twist of swings and footsteps. What is this place? This feels similar to the worlds I visit in my sleep, but everything is masked in darkness. Sounds hit my ears, but my eyes never opened. I see things occasionally, or at least
The Garden of Need Chapter 21: An End Maleki: A desolate wasteland burned ahead of me. Dirt and dead trees filled the landscape as Miko’s body lay still in my arms. He was breathing, but he had not moved in three days. The life trial was more difficult with his weight on my shoulders. Nomen and I
The Garden of Need Chapter 20: Found Miko: My right fist buried awkwardly into Maleki’s head. His face carried to the side, but he spun on his heels, intercepting the second strike with a short kick at my right foot, sending me onto my back. His eyes tracked me up and down for several seconds, almost
The Garden of Need Chapter 19: Alone Miko: The waves crashed against my legs as I violently coughed up seawater. My fingers dug into the pale sand as I fought to catch my breath. Warm rays of the sun beat against my back as the last spurts of salty spit burnt against my lips. A breeze carried
The Garden of Need Chapter 18: Raging Waters Maleki: The sea itself was swallowing us. The central point was a large circular pit several hundred feet across where the water flowed around it, stopping at the edge of the bowl. There was nothing we could do to escape. There was no skill in this. Nothing could save us
The Garden of Need Chapter 17: The Sea That Sleeps Maleki: Waves crashed against me as I kicked backward and attempted to stay afloat. Salty water stung my eyes, and I coughed to force out the water caught in my throat. I tread through the water, struggling to pull Miko’s weight along with me as I recalled to earlier
The Garden of Need Chapter 16: Between Storms Maleki: My ears rang like chimes echoing in the wind, circling around my skull while my body attempted to undo the daze that it had entered. My fingers felt numb, and my legs felt weak — actually, everything felt numb, and my whole body was weak. The peak was white around
