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Falcon grows restless, more irritated as the sand beneath us becomes dry again and the grass upon the cliffs edges closer. His body is hot enough that I can feel it through my boots that are not even touching his sides. He tosses his head on multiple occasions, snorts loudly and stomps his front...

He doesn’t make an entire meal of the other aughisky, just samples a few bites. It’s grotesque in every way but I can’t stop watching. He lifts his head, looks at me as I move to stand up. Strips of flesh hang from his sharp teeth. The blood is drying but still runs down his body like tiny...

Being an adult has seriously been kicking my ass lately.

The young prince wakes to a dog’s frantic barking and just barely glances the cloaked figure as it rushes into his bedchamber. He sits up in time to see a silvery blade diving towards his throat. His hand catches it as blood begins to flow from his palm. Ignoring the sharp burning, the prince...

The King is dead, presumably murdered in his sleep by his previous wife. Filled with hate and jealousy, she turned his people against him and her son now sits the throne as ruler of Ilvoran. He sends the country into devastation, meanwhile, the old King's youngest child runs for his life with...

Falcon’s breathing slows after several minutes and I am ready to let him truly stretch his legs, but then he shifts underneath me. His body becomes stiff, as still as I have ever seen him. His ears point toward the black ocean a good hundred yards ahead of us. The noise that escapes from his...

The following morning finds me with William Grady and his new bay mare. I do not train during the day, things are far too chaotic and noisy, but that’s just what William needs. Though he rode terribly last year, his heart is in the right place when it comes to respect for the aughisky and...

Getting my third tattoo & some new fish today!

I try to ignore her guards for the most part. They have no reason to protect her from me or Falcon. I’d never hurt her and I like to think her father trusts me in that aspect else he wouldn’t have let her come ride with me. But it is their job, quite possibly a habit for them at this point, so I...

Once back up on the cliffs, I loosen my hold on Falcon. He’s more trustworthy on grass than he is on sand. As the guards move their horses into a trot, my aughisky picks up his pace as well, moving smoothly alongside Neora’s smaller palomino mare. Most of them don’t view horses as prey but it...

I'm getting some vague Game of Thrones vibes and so far definitely digging what you have. I'll hit you up and we can discuss a bit more.

Took in a new dog a few nights ago; that brings us up to five total. God help me and my inability to say no to fostering animals

“Yes. He won ten out of the nineteen races he was in. Rode a chestnut mare named Firefly.” I notice her demeanor change when her horse shifts. I make a note to avoid asking that question again. Her discomfort becomes more apparent in the way she avoids answering and shifts the topic over to me...

I nod to her in reply, “Yes. My father was a good friend of his.” Falcon walks beside the palomino mare, but his body is tensed. He wants to run again. The sea whispers to him as well, I can see it in the way one ear is always pointed towards the water. How he sometimes edges sideways hoping I...

Silence falls between us as I take her back towards the guards. The tide rolls in gently, brushing against Falcon’s hooves as he walks. Beyond the ocean’s horizon the sun is halfway set, brilliant colors of purple, pink, and orange stretch through the cloudy sky above us. I am very used to the...