All of a sudden, the crowd found their shoulders dislocated as though the glenoid of their scapulas had popped out of its socket. Still, none of them made out a single whine or yelp. The only way one could tell their shoulders were gone for good was through the looks of agony they made.Realization
Swalesbury's criminal underbelly buzzed with news of the calamities befalling the Pascals and the Yeagers. Despite his position in Corynthean administration, Jared had applied for a long sabbatical from Congress over the death of his son. His grief made him a hermit who refused to leave the house f
A long while of silence later, he finally remarked, "Looks like I finally have someone worthy of my capabilities."He broke out a long, loud chortle reaching both the sky and the snow-capped mountains of Aas. He didn't accept Logan's challenge only because he wanted to show the world the lethal cons
"Oh? Did I downplay anything?" The old man said, smiling. "I've long heard about the Pascals of Swalebury, but now that I'm looking at them up close and personal, I find you people's knowledge begs much to be desired. Just a family keen on stirring up a storm in a teapot.""What did you say!?" One o
Hubert found the old man's navel-gazing unfathomable, so he answered the old man with a silent, cold stare.The old one bent down and clasped his fingers around the edge of the bell's bottom.He lifted it off the grassy lawn and over his head without breaking a sweat or seemingly exerting himself.T
"Logan killed the best of my people, and that makes him an enemy of mine. Anyone who stands with him stands against me. The only end waiting for them is the same fate that bell of yours suffered!" thundered Deus. Hubert held his gaze with a glare of his own, but after their exchange, he knew Deus'
It came as a whoosh. These white, shimmering fiber-like threads melted into her skin. Etiennette felt her body chilled suddenly—any ounce of her old warmth was gone. In its place was bitter winter. The chill seeped even to her bones.Pain flitted in her eyes.It was winter outside, but the Pascal re
Death by freezing. That was too cruel of a way to die.Hubert wished that he was the one suffering the punishment as he watched Etiennette writhe in pain.She was only a young woman in her 20s. He could not bear to see her suffer this fate."How are you, Etie?" Hubert asked with a shaky voice as he