The Fire in My Blood

  • The Fire in My Blood: Chapter 5

    Requies had provided me with the apartment number while I had mulled over my first introduction to his place of business. After a longer than necessary chat, I headed out his door and made for the west end steps. I had left Cortex and Tempestatis back at the warehouse to wait on orders. I had…

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  • The Fire in My Blood: Chapter 4

    “Requies?” I called as I walked into the main office. Browns and creams overwhelmed my vision. The heavy smell of lemon oil and dust was a strange nostalgia that nagged at the back of my head. Papers were neatly ordered in piles on every flat surface available. A thud and something hitting the floor in…

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  • The Fire in My Blood: Chapter 2

    The Chambers always made my skin crawl.  It was a converted cathedral.  The ceilings soared above me, and the main room that used to be the chapel echoed ominously.  The stone brickwork was the washed-out ashen colour of corpses.  The stained glass had been smashed out so long ago no one remembered.  The glittering jagged…

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  • The Fire in My Blood: Ch 1

    The Fire in My Blood: Ch 1

    Ever taste copper? That cloying metal viscosity that tells you pain will soon follow? Or maybe that charcoal burn taste of ash on your food when you’ve grilled it? I despise that taste. I crave it. 

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