Caution this story depicts images of torture and murder
She stopped the car at the top of the hill and grabbed the bottle of vodka. She took a deep drink and then worh a towel proceed to wipe the car clean of any trace. Her short hair held tight in a hairnet under her hat left little chance of leaving amy clues. She opened the trunk and pulled an unconscious man dropping him bodily into the dirt....
Disclaimer this story contains depictions of human trafficking, rape and drug abuse
She stood, her strength waning, as blood seeped through her many wounds onto the floor. The pain was biting, searing. Slumping against the wall, She hastily rigged an IV and bound her wounds but her strength failed. Darkness enveloped her.
The light was dim. She recognized the murky haze of morphine, time blurred...
We go in search of haunted lands
To places deep unseen by man
Escape escape we are set free
By our own strength by our own hand
From the east, the shadow rose,
Side by side we vanquished foes
Together, evil we dispelled
In unity our friendship swelled
But time decays the deepest trust
Like strongest iron lost to rust
Betrayed by men we once died for
Enslaved these years some fifty score
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So you’re here to fight the hakaa huh? What in the gods’ many names spurred you to do that?
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Yeah well you’ll find no riches here. Dwarves are too stingy to carry gold unless they’re carrying it off the bodies of their victims. And if we capture any we have to return it to the families.
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Whats that? No you fool we dont attack their stronghold. Have you ever read anything?
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Whats that you cant ...
This will do.
Thraask gave the order in his gruff voice. The word went quickly and quietly, and they set up camp with little ceremony. He worked methodically but his mind was elsewhere. Each stride carried the weight of decisions made, the lives altered. He paused, allowing himself a rare moment of reflection, feeling the gravity of their newfound freedom yet the heavy cost it demanded.
Here i...