Shady

Ky hesitated as he fell, but then kept after him as he sprang back to his feet. She got to the kitchen half a moment after he did, and leaned ...

Ky kept laughing, but they were coming out as huffs as she panted for air and raced after him again. Her lungs were burning and heart beating so hard she ...

Ky however didn’t slow down — taking the steps three and four at a time. She shouldered past Loquitur, jostling him playfully. Before she realized the momentum was going to ...

Ky laughed and took off after him as fast as she could. She seemed to be matching his pace — so he wasn’t gaining more of a lead — but ...

Ky grinned broadly and skipped after him. She caught herself after a single leap. What was she doing? She shook the thought off quickly. If Loquitur could do it, why ...

Ky laughed again, springing to her feet as well. She gently say Petrir on the seat. He meowed but then snuggled into the warmth she’d left behind. She patted his ...

Ky laughed harder than she had in a while. “Not the wedding cake! The horrors!”

Ky grinned, delighted at his silliness. It made it easier to feel comfortable with her own again. To remember the kid she used to be. “No beast that goes up ...

“Fantastic beasts.” Ky shook her head, still smiling. “Well… as long as they stay over there, I suppose we’ll all be okay… but not over here. I simply… forbid it.”

“Wow,” Ky said, awestruck. She’d been religious when she was young — Papa read the Holy Book to anyone who wanted to hear, since most people couldn’t read, and she’d ...

Ky looked at him with wide eyes. The thought of beasts like these were almost scarier than Aleth himself. Almost. She imagined the beasts would be quick, which Aleth never ...

(Thanks!) “‘Just’ pony size,” she snorted, grinning. Then her expression dropped into concern all at once. “Wait, are those real?”

“There was one called a Scelinon — a mix between a scorpion and a wild cat. It was the size of a large horse and had a hard scorpion body ...

Ky nodded, looking at him thoughtfully. “That makes sense… when I was a small child my Uncle Zander brought me a book called Beasts of Old which were mostly mythological ...

Ky grinned and nodded. It’d be so nice to get to know the Ashes in peaceful circumstances. Maybe he might be a bit warmer. Maybe. “Do you have a favorite ...