Shady

The instant she felt the woman's hand in hers, Jerica clenched her hand around it and yanked her upright as hard as she could. It hurt every bit as badly ...

Jerica ran as fast as she could, the annoying woman quickly losing distance behind her. Well, that's what she got for asking stupid questions instead of listening to Jerica when ...

The woman had already been on Jerica's last nerve, and now it seemed like she was jumping up and down on it. The actual audacity. Jerica had warned her to ...

Jerica cracked her neck with a deep sigh. Where was she? The landscape wasn't even remotely familiar. This certainly wasn't Atraya... but she wasn't sure what other country it might ...

Jerica eyed the woman irritably as she continued to not be useful. Fine, then. If she couldn't help Jerica, then she'd just help herself. She turned and went back to ...

"Oh, yeah, of course, I know where we are -- just quizzing you," Jerica said sarcastically, rolling her eyes. It was becoming increasingly apparent that this woman, whoever she was, ...

“You know who I am,” Jerica snorted. As if anyone didn’t know who she was at this point. She supposed the whole King’s Assassin bit was a bit less obvious ...

Jerica gasped as her eyes snapped open, entire body tense -- and sore -- head throbbing painfully. She was outside. She smelled dirt under her face and felt heat on ...

"Hah! I would like to see you try to get into bed with Jerica," Jayk crowed, grinning broadly. Then he shook his head and gestured over at the kitchen. "What ...

Jerica gave a half-groan half-whimper, thinking about what this was going to mean for her. Pain. Lots of pain. "You should go get some sleep." Aerik stood up and walked ...

Jerica groaned, pressing her palms against her eyes. That was the last fucking thing she wanted to think about just then. She'd been healed, but she still felt like her ...

"Ehhhh." Aerik gestured vaguely. "Kinda, yeah. There are a few of us in Crevon, but mostly we use the Beasts as a deterrent. No one wants to go up against ...

"Not really..." Aerik's brow furrowed, trying to think if he'd let anyone else in. "Usually, the only people I let back in are people from here -- or one of ...

Aerik waved his hand dismissively. "Kaidren handles those. I screen the people and then either send them back, send them to Kaidren to deal with, or let them come in. ...

"Not a cult," Jayk corrected again. "And why the fuck would we have portals on Earth? No one wants to go to--" "Jayk. Shut up," Aerik interrupted. He looked back ...