Awakening in the pre-dawn light, Emily shivered with the strong sensation that she was being watched. Her eyes fluttered open to the sight of two dark shapes at the foot of her bed. Instantly awake, Emily shot up to a sitting position, the bed linen falling about her waist. With a whoosh, she ignited a…
Journey to Authenticity and Growth Chapter 1: Dress Code Violation At twenty-four, I was certain I understood adulthood. My business degree hung lopsided on my apartment wall—still crooked from the night I’d winged a shoe at it after rejection email number three. My résumé was a work of optimistic fiction: buzzwords standing in for experience,…
The air inside the Crucible was thick and smelled of metal and brimstone. Stripes of glowing magma pulsed behind thin sections of the cave walls, casting the space in a shifting red light. The rock floor warmed their feet even through the thick soles of their makeshift hareskin boots. “By the Frostfather’s sweaty armpit, it’s…
Content Type:
Embarassment/Humiliation, Forced Exposure, Only One Naked
3,379 words (~19 minutes reading time)
Taleen dropped from the shuttle ramp, boots hitting the polished stone path. Steam hissed under her feet. Her lekku bounced with each step as she pulled down her hood. “Xul’s garden,” she whispered, grinning. “Cute.” The garden sprawled out, wild and impossible. Red trees with crystal leaves. Green vines spiraled up into floating pods. Flowers…
Emily woke with a start, realizing she’d dozed off while laying in the basin of blessed water. Strangely, she felt none of the ill effects of sleeping in a bathtub. There was no crick in her neck, and her fingers and toes were less pruney than she would have expected. Instead, she felt lighter and…
Content Type:
Embarassment/Humiliation, Only One Naked, Romance/Friendship
8,922 words (~50 minutes reading time)
The monks marched Emily and Dorian to the tower at the end of the cliff and down its tightly spiraling staircase. Several times, Emily’s feet slipped on the steps, and she was lifted up and upbraided by her captor, a powerfully built woman with jet-black hair and a severe expression. Emily’s failed teleportation, thwarted by…
[The long-awaited next chapter has arrived. I would suggest starting at the beginning if you haven’t read the first two chapters.] The longer she waited, the more nervous Luan became. Every little sound from the corridor made her want to run and hide. Her fingers, arms, and shoulders ached from being stretched across the desk….
The spell left the air brittle. Like a storm had passed without thunder—just the pressure, still pressing. Yutjaa stood frozen mid-swing, one foot braced, her axe held just above a downed guard’s chest. She couldn’t move. But she could talk. “Illya,” she said, voice low and deadly, “what in the gods’ throats did…
Heyou stood in the shadow of his warped sign—HEY YOU’S HONEST GOODS, the letters cracked like old teeth. His ears twitched when he saw them coming. Sharp smile already in place, like he’d been born with it. “Well, well, well,” he crooned, straightening his crooked little tie. The “suit” he wore looked like it had…
Content Type:
Embarassment/Humiliation, Only One Naked
9,060 words (~50 minutes reading time)
Emily woke slowly to the rhythmic sigh of the waves. The sun was already high on the horizon, warming the sand beneath her, though the sea breeze still carried a refreshing coolness. She stretched, feeling a satisfying ache in muscles pushed to their limit the previous day. Her body, adorned by little more than sand,…
Content Type:
Embarassment/Humiliation, Only One Naked, Romance/Friendship
12,109 words (~67 minutes reading time)
The scent of burning leaves and the feeling of cool air on her skin told Emily that she had failed once more. She stomped a foot in frustration, slamming her bare sole against the slightly warm flagstone of a courtyard in a secluded part of Paja Abbey. “I’m not making you another dress,” said Talyndra,…
Lyla stumbled to a halt, her chest rising and falling with each breath. Her heart rumbled, and her ankles panged for a break. She put her hands to her knees and panted for a moment. That was one lap of her jog down, two more to go. A sunny morning like this one was the…
The next few days passed in a mix of merry-making and magical training. Aria was delighted to see the statues of Castle Elid again, her companions for so many centuries, and spent many hours in joyful conversation with them. She told the statues of her adventures with Emily, and they told her of all that…
