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  1. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    Keres greeted the second kiss with a welcoming smile. She wasn’t used to such tenderness, or this vulnerability that came with being close to someone who, perhaps, saw her as something more. It was as if all the harsh edges of their reality were momentarily smoothed away, leaving only the two of...
  2. Keres

    Private Tales Middle of Nowhere

    Another necromancer.. Keres let a quiet laugh tumble free and nodded, her eyes rolling. "Another necromancer." she answered with a sigh, hating the way it sounded. She leaned too, dark eyes on the horizon as she considered his question. "Oh, I don't know. The endless challenges we face in a...
  3. Keres

    Open Chronicles Shipwrecked at Cerak

    Keres's eyes widened at the unexpected bid, her defiant glare shifting to the source of the voice. Why? The unsettling aura of the woman who had spoken chilled her blood, but she masked her fear with a smirk. "Is that all?" she muttered, loud enough for those nearby to hear. "You must be...
  4. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    She wasn't used to seeing him appear so vulnerable. The fierce warrior, the relentless protector, now laid bare before her with all his flaws and fears. As she studied his face, handsome regardless of any amount of weathering, her heart ached for him. For the burdens he carried and for the...
  5. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    Keres felt her heart clench at the pain in his voice, his words cutting through the haze of her lingering sleep. The speed of his denial was both a relief and a wound, and she could see the torment in his eyes. As he pulled away, a sense of desperation welled up inside her. She reached out...
  6. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    The weight of Roul's pressed upon her, casting a shadow over her weary form. She regarded Roul with a mix of curiosity and apprehension, her dark eyes searching his face for answers to questions she scarcely dared to voice. A heavy silence enveloped them, pregnant with unspoken truths and...
  7. Keres

    Private Tales Middle of Nowhere

    Keres smirked as Iren mentioned Roul, a knowing glint in her eyes as she shrugged a shoulder in response. "Roul isn't intimidated by much," she remarked fondly. Nor was she, usually.. But as Iren pressed further, Keres's expression shifted to one of incredulity. As thought there weren't...
  8. Keres

    Private Tales Middle of Nowhere

    An unexpected and unbidden laugh tumbled from her lips. It was a sound tinged with both amusement and resignation, a reflection of the constant barrage of whispers and shadows that haunted her mind. Though she had mastered the art of tuning out the spectral cacophony that clamored for her...
  9. Keres

    Private Tales Middle of Nowhere

    Keres meandered along the deck, her strides slow and deliberate, her mind restless with boredom and unease. Most others indulged in card games and revelry, though she found herself adrift in the monotony and yearning for distraction. The novelty of her first sea journey had worn off quickly...
  10. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    In the hazy realm between dreams and wakefulness, Keres drifted, lost in the shadows of her fractured memories. She experienced only fragmented glimpses of the world around her. Vague flashes of memory flitted through her subconscious, fleeting and disjointed. The touch of healing hands, the...
  11. Keres

    Open Chronicles Shipwrecked at Cerak

    Iron shackles clinked as the rough hands of her captors hoisted her onto the auction platform. She fought against them, a futile struggle against the inevitability of her situation, but they were too strong, too practiced in their trade. Her black hair clung to her pale face and shoulders like...
  12. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    Keres could barely keep focus on the fight, her mind so addled by pain she fought to stay awake and fought harder still to keep the meagre contents of her stomach from making a reappearance. She tried to step away from the wall, tried to steady herself, but her legs were too weak to hold her as...
  13. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    Keres felt her strength wane with every second, her body screaming with pain and exhaustion as she tried her best to cling to consciousness. Blood trickled down the back of her neck, her head pounding and her teeth ground against the agony that lanced through her spine. Dark eyes blinked...
  14. Keres

    Private Tales The Haunted Hunted

    Lifted into the air, as if caught in the grip of a tempestuous wind, Keres' body became a mere plaything of forces beyond her control, tossed through the air so effortlessly. And all at once, she understood this man's strength. The impact with the wall was brutal, the sheer force of the blast...
  15. Keres

    Open Chronicles The Eye of Naspar

    Mistake. Big mistake. Huge. The girl's dark eyes widened as she watched the giant strike down her meagre little army and called his own upon the tavern. "More fire too.. Lovely." she chirped, though there was no sign of amusement in her expression as he was apparently headed straight for her...