The Undying Saint
Haephestia’s footsteps echoed as she patrolled the salt-stone catacombs. At the end of her third circuit of the reliquary, Sister Superior Magdalene was waiting.‘Sister Haephestia.’‘Well met, Sister Superior. How fares…
Grander Victories, More Monstrous Defeats
Four months of blood had inexorably woven itself into each individual fibre of the once pallid habit Marakeen wore.Four months of perpetual disease, decay, and death had dulled the scent…
Black Thoughts
It had maybe been an hour since Octavia finally had been dismissed from the Medicae aboard the Regina Aurea, the Dauntless-Class Cruiser that had been lent to the Order of…
Roses Never Wilt
Trenches, mud, corpses and craters make for the only real landscape left. I am kneeling on the edge of a trench, my once white armour plastered with blood and grime,…
Sister Supremus
The prayer beads, worn smooth by calloused fingers over the course of decades, slipped around his pearl white neck. His dark eyes widened in surprise as he was suddenly yanked…
Gilith
‘My beloved Gilith, there is no safety hiding in the depths of your mind, for you will only find there exquisite pain and excruciating pleasure. Surrender your mind to me,…
Valkyrie
'Tell me again.'Sister Aoife looked up at the Interrogator. She had been intent on the bindings that secured her wrists. Not looking for an escape, she knew there was no…
Setting the Stage
Bound in heavy chains, Alphra sat as if upon a throne. Her violent pink coat draped over the bare metal chair, orange diamonds and black hearts shimmering. The vibrance drained…
Her Angel
A rat scurried along the edge of the single room sewer home. Resso winced as her mother combed another tangle out of her wild hair.'Where does God live?' Resso asked.'Far…
Pax Animi
The sea green Stormraven banked heavily into the wind. The wind battered against its armoured flank, as its engines screamed against the inexorable pull of gravity. Fighting micro squalls its…