Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 118 Peep jogged through the side streets of Spitzer through the dark, heading through the residential area towards the pleasure quarter’s intersection with Fort Road. She was thoroughly covered in blood. It was just past dinnertime and the night was warm, so there were a few folks out … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 119
The Children of Stron – part 118
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 117 “Ah, Otilla! Come in!” Father Morrenthall said with a smile as she opened his office door with Mariola behind her. “And you too, miss. Please, shut the door and have a seat.” “Thanks, Father” Peep said as she and Mariola did so. “My, don’t you look a … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 118
The Children of Stron – part 117
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 116 It was mid-afternoon, so the joints in the pleasure quarter were just starting to open up. Mariola and Peep went up and down the strip, going around the back of several of the bigger places to find women to talk to. As far as their supposed purpose, … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 117
The Children of Stron – part 116
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 115 Peep’s follower was indeed waiting with her nephew just outside the kitchen door at the back of the church. She fluttered around nervously fussing over the boy when Peep and Mariola joined them. The lad was perfect: about ten, he was just a little taller than Peep, … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 116
The Children of Stron – part 115
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 114 Peep and Choke left Father Morrenthall’s office and went to the church kitchen for their lunch. This took them from the left transverse, through the church proper, to access the right transverse. The worshipers were still there, although their number had thinned out somewhat. Of course, Peep’s … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 115
The Children of Stron – part 114
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 113 The access to the church’s catacombs and dungeon was through a wide door just opposite Father Morrenthall’s office in the transverse. This led to a wide, stone spiral staircase. With Father Morrenthall leading the way with a small, bright, magical lantern, Knuckle and Choke dragged Waters kicking … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 114
The Children of Stron – part 113
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 112 Father Morrenthall sat at his desk in his church office and smiled at Waters seated in front of him. The former sheriff was slumped in a despair so profound that it seemed he might begin to weep at any second. Peep and Choke were seated to either … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 113
The Children of Stron – part 112
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 111 Not fifteen minutes after Father Morrenthall had lit Billy’s heart on fire, he and the Pekot squad rode up to the sheriff’s office on Main Street. As they tethered their horses to the hitching posts outside, they could hear Sheriff Waters inside his office yelling: “No, you … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 112
The Children of Stron – part 111
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 110 Billy, the ex-jailer, torturer, and executioner of the Spitzer jail tower, was brought up from the dungeon by Srecko, his replacement. Billy was not shackled and did not seem in too bad a condition, considering all that he had been through. At least it seemed that Father … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 111
The Children of Stron – part 110
Table of Contents - (spoilers) read part 109 Peep awoke feeling like a princess indeed. She had spent the night in a room for nobles (albeit a cell for them), with one of her enemies in the dungeon below, set to be burned to death in execution for his transgressions against her and others. The … Continue reading The Children of Stron – part 110
Muse Vassal 