The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 25)

“Time alone reveals the just man; but you might discern a bad man in a single day.” – Sophocles Clayton wasn’t exactly prepared for Noella, but then again, who would be? It’s just extra worse because he was eighteen, an orphan, had just learned about his daemon abilities, and now suddenly he was engaged to […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 24)

“Every parting is a form of death, as every reunion is a type of heaven.” – Tryon Edwards “Ah, like an adopted sister?” Talon asks. “No, we’re related by blood,” Alice replies. “Half siblings?” he asks this time.  “Nope, we’re 100% brother and sister, same parents,” Asmodeus assures him. “Also, this goes without saying, this […]

Christopher Knighton

February 15, 2021

The Hood: Legacy & Immortality Chapter 2

The Captive The Golden Age of piracy, the seven seas, true freedom. I’ve known what true freedom tastes like for longer than all of my crew have been alive, but I was always alone in that experience. I have spent many eras not caring what the world had to say about me. Others, with their […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The Hood Legacy & Immortality Chapter 4

The New Contract “Hermanos, we really are rolling in dough now,” Jose says as he grins. Cassidy reminds him, “Something tells me you don’t really know how much everything is. This will last us a couple months. Maybe only one.” “A month that we don’t have to get shot at,” Jose reasons. He can always […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The Hood: Legacy & Immortality Chapter 1

The Bounty It’s 1883, the Wild West of America. A never to be forgotten time, full of people and places who will assuredly be forgotten. The Wild West is a time of cowboys, lawmen, outlaws, and victims. I said cowboys and outlaws separately. Take notice. Cowboys are the kind of people children are told about […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 23)

“Great men are almost always bad men.” – John Dalberg-Acton, 1st Baron Acton Lelouch has been in her medical center finishing up on her daily activity of refilling the drug stockpiles, done through a combination of light magic and herbs collected from the Circles of Sin.  Today was supposed to be a quiet, boring day. […]

Christopher Knighton

February 12, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 22)

“Four things greater than all things are, Women and Horses and Power and War.” – Rudyard Kipling “I, could kill you, right now….” Mod growls at Cavill. He’s beginning to notice that daemons do a lot of growling, and not in a sexual way. “What?” Cavill questions. “I was only doing what I was told-” […]

Christopher Knighton

February 11, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 21)

“Chase away the demons, and they will take the angels with them.” – Joni Mitchell SEVERAL YEARS AGO        “How did you two fall in l-ove?” Amy puts a lot of emphasis on her vowels as if mocking them. Uriel chokes on air before she asks, “Amy, that’s a little rude don’t you think?” She […]

Christopher Knighton

February 9, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trial by Fire (Chapter 20)

“If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” – George Orwell TODAY “They’re waking up, beloved,” Noella warns Asmodeus as he finishes healing Petra. Now fully healed, minus her ripped pants, Mod comments asks, “Why are they waking up at the same time?” […]

Christopher Knighton

February 9, 2021

The House of Asmodeus: A Trail by Fire (Chapter 19)

“It is one of  the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them.”- Ralph Waldo Emerson Lolara was a regarded as a strange child, and honestly, she seemed to like it. Her mother knew this about her daughter as she grew up, so picking a small town in the middle […]

Christopher Knighton

February 8, 2021

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