Ezhno Stories

* * This work is currently on hold. The reason to this is so I can focus on getting farther in it before I continue posting it here, but I am not dropping it. I will return in due time. * * Cadence Nardini is an eighteen year old human girl who lives in the world of Dodrore: a world mostly inhabited by non-human beings. Being a human puts Cadence at a natural disadvantage, in the way that she is at the bottom of the food chain, and has no magical abilities to help fend for herself in the world of the supernatural. However, despite all that, she has managed to work her way up into the police force of Skeusil. To protect her country, and any within the continental borders that requested assistance, was her job. One day, Cadence receives a letter that informs her of a case in one of the neighboring countries. What makes this request odd is that the country of Astrine has been completely silent since the fall of their royal family three years ago. Many thought that it simply wasn't inhabited anymore; that perhaps the people fled to other countries and left the landscape to die. But someone had to have written and sent the letter, asking for assistance with recountings of murders, and a species called Soul Stealers that Cadence has never heard of. This human quickly finds out that this case will take a lot more than what she had initially expected. So with the help of her friend, Michael, and a witty siren; they set out to discover the truth behind all these murders. But at what cost will the truth unfold?

This book is a compilation of updates on my stories, rants, motivation (for others and myself,) and other miscellaneous things that won't fit anywhere else.

"It all started with a bang." The continent of Astrine may not have been as well renowned for it's military as Skeusil's central countries, but crime wasn't 'normal' either. It especially wasn't normal when a young siren boy living in Atrium-- the country that was home to the royal family-- was reported to have been kidnapped in his own home. A mere thirteen years of age, Androu Siskas wasn't strong enough to stand a chance. He was incredibly intelligent and brave for his age, but it didn't give him the physical strength that he needed to combat his abductors. Some time passed, and Androu was starting to lose hope. But just as he thought that things couldn't get any worse, a wisp like creature began to attack his truck and the people within it. A creature cloaked in ice. - * - * - "Demetria (A Siren's Tale)" is a short-story entry, and one of the winners, for Wattpad's (Fantasy) #wintercontest2016, as well as a story set in the same world as another story of mine-- Ezhno-- and follows a character that is in Ezhno.

Of the many tales, folklore, and stories comprising the Legends of the Packs, there is none more vehemently vicious, appalling, and ghastly than the Curse of the Blood-Red Eyes. Inheriting such eyes fringes on allegorical; those hapless enough to bear them will be subjected to atrocity, dejection, and squalor inconceivable to all who breathe. One of these wolves goes by the name of Ezhno: she conveys the curse of all curses, for all those she shall ever love will surely die.