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A Soldier's Life - 461 -
Chapter 461:I summoned Raelia’s manifestation in the dreamscape to me. She had a playful smirk, “Are you here to play?”“Did you know we had a son?” I asked directly. Raelia had invested her personality in this manifestation, and it had her memories. Her smirk vanished.“The child lived?...
Chapters 310, 311, 312 moved from Seraphim
https://www.patreon.com/collection/1489108?view=expandedThese are some of the most controversial chapters of Book 5. Been through a number of edits, and they are what they are.The audiobook is complete for Book 5, and I am reviewing it. I expect the audiobook and ebook to be published inbut it will ...
A Soldier's Life - 460 - Catch Me If You Can
Chapter 460: Catch Me If You CanI walked back to the inn still fixated on the fact that I had a son out there. I found my companions packing supplies they had purchased during the day. Blaze proudly displayed his Sentinel medallion with a Seeker rank outside his tunic. I took in my companions, knowi...
World Sphere - 91 - Ripples of Trouble
Chapter 91: Ripples of TroubleI was surprised at breakfast when Freya and my parents showed up, and Pascal sat with me. I hadn’t even realized it was my 16th birthday—my coming of age. I was officially recognized as an adult in Skyholme now. I received numerous congratulations from the other stu...
World Sphere - 90 - Aether Core Overload
Chapter 90: Aether Core OverloadAfter Loriel left, I went down to the kitchens to get a meal. I cooked it myself, which helped me think. Cooking was therapeutic. I brought the food to my room: a massive basket of fries with honey ketchup. The two burgers were covered in candied bacon and caramelized...
World Sphere - 227 - My Shifty Kitty
Chapter 227: My Shifty KittyRemy reviewed the contract for the trackers and seemed satisfied. He volunteered to bring the signed contracts to Renfroe’s a little too eagerly, and I guessed he wanted to see the long-necked elf secretary again. I sent Bleiz with him, despite doubting there was any da...
World Sphere - 89 - Storm Gathering
Chapter 89: Storm GatheringI tried to focus during classes all day, but my thoughts kept turning to Bleiz. Was I freeing him from a life of servitude, or was I using him?I wasn’t sure if I was just trying to justify accepting the bond. I did have plans for Bleiz. Based on his skill set and the inv...
A Soldier Life - 459 - Captive Audience (edit 9-27-25 +150 words)
Chapter 459: Captive AudienceAlhur’s cold stare actually made me pause. It reminded me too much of Konstantin, cool confidence in the face of danger. He looked at the potion but didn’t move to take it. “Drink it. If I wanted you dead, you would be dead. That wound on your hip was deep, and you...
A Soldier's Life - 458 - Polite Conversation
Chapter 458:I had a son.I never thought I was the paternal type, but maybe watching Evie was rubbing off on me since I now believe I could handle fatherhood. Perhaps not well, but I could muddle through. Flashes of my memories of my own father stung me. I would never see him again. He had been a goo...
BOOK 9: A Soldier's Life - 457 - Prologue: The Birth of Dungeons
(this has been through a bunch of rewrites and not sure if it turned into an info lore dump. let me know. hopefully since this is book 8, it answers lore questions and crystalizes the "big bad" for the next three books as intended. there will be edits but I want to get back to writing the st...
Solder 307, 308 and 309 moved from Seraphim to Book 5 collection
https://www.patreon.com/collection/1489108just got back from an author conference in Flordia. I have a new World Sphere chapter close to finished and just started outlining the the prolougue of Book 8. Hope to have both done later tonight after taking a few hours to eat and unwind.Book 8 will be in ...
A Gladiator's Life - 7 - The Others
Chapter 7: The OthersWith a basic understanding of the language, my training might go better. I was filling in the gaps in a lot of the speech and sometimes guessing meanings through body language. As long as they were not rushing their words, I could mostly figure it out. Varka led my training grou...
World Sphere - 88 - Wolfsguard Bonding Rituals
Chapter 88: Wolfsguard Bonding RitualsAs Pomare Torrent announced that I had gifted the mithril shirt to him, he held it up to show the small crowd. His speech insinuated that this had been a plan by the Torrent family and that he had given me the means to tear the mithril shirt in battle.With a you...
World Sphere - 87 - To the Victor Goes the Spoils
Chapter 87: To the Victor Goes the SpoilsI waited as Pomare Torrent led the other Triumvirate members toward me, a grin spreading across his face as he approached. He raised his hands to get the crowd's attention. The crowd had remained, waiting for the announcement. Someone stopped Baladon from...
World Sphere - 86 - Baladon’s Defeat (POV)
Chapter 86: Baladon’s Defeat (POV)Baladon was a mage prodigy in his family. His older brother, Abaddon, was intelligent but acted impulsively. Their father and uncle, Otieno, often had to cover up many of Abaddon’s missteps as he grew bolder. But Abaddon had a leader’s charisma that Baladon la...
Chapter 85: Honor Duel
Just a reminder for those that dont check the weekly release notes, I am in Florida at a conference on how to be a writer (business side of things). I have another World Sphere edit chapter coming soon after this one tonight and I have written over half a chapter for A Gladiator's Life chapter t...
Fan Fiction Vote Reset for Only Subscribers
I was hoping the voting would bring in people from the Royalroad fan base without having them have to subscribe to the Patreon channel. Unfortunately, the voting turned into a Patreon proxie accounts. When I see a "Seth Hernandez" voting 4 times over two minutes (and none of those accounts j...
A Soldier's Life - 456 - Epilogue
Chapter 456: EpilogueIt took Kyrenic and the last of the Brausis city guards four days to escort the remaining civilians to Sestos. With not enough wagons or horses, moving the elderly and children the sixty miles had been slow. It was a relief they only lost six on the journey: one to heart failure...
Soldier 304, 305 and 306 moved from Seraphim to Book 5 collection
https://www.patreon.com/collection/1489108Working on Book 7 epilogue for Seraphim now...
Just letting you know I reworked 455
added over 800 words to chapter 455 and altered the showdown at the end.....you can skip to that if you want as the rest is mostly my typical improvements from a read edit. let me know if that sits better with the story. this chapter will probably get at least two more edits but is closer to the fin...
A Soldier's Life - 455 - I Have A Son? (edited 9-14-25 +800 words, ending changed)
Chapter 455: I Have A Son?In the morning, we were all summoned before Maveith and his council. I stood behind Evie with my hands on her shoulders, while Blaze and Benito flanked us. Lesna was nowhere to be seen, but Baelira stood behind Benito. Maveith’s seneschal, Oberth, spoke for the people as ...
Thanks for Voting - We made it!
Remember when I asked you to vote on that Facebook thing? Well, he ended up combining multiple polls from different Facebook groups, and I still managed to sneak in there.https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1CRK8RJaq6/If you want to support the stories more for free. You can rate them on Goodreads....i...
World Sphere - 84 - Triumvirate Politics
Chapter 84: Triumvirate PoliticsWe walked with Bylura, dressed in a servant’s uniform for the Miaden house. I asked the white wolf girl, “Are you attending the Triumvirate Festival?”As we walked, the wolf girl looked at me cautiously, “Yes, I will be Loriel’s attendant with Gammon.” Gamm...
World Sphere - 83 - Laying the Keel
Chapter 83: Laying the KeelWe tore through the dungeon, planning to record our largest harvest of honey and wax. After we killed the first queen bee, I found that my spell couldn’t lock onto the poison gland. Gareth’s overly aggressive attack had ruptured the sac. When the spell didn’t find a ...
World Sphere - 82 - Remy's On Board
Chapter 82: Remy’s On BoardThe week dragged on for Gareth, who was excited to get to the capital and get a new outfit for the Sowing Festival. I think he was using the communication stone to talk with Loriel every night. I thought about taking the stone and storing it in my dimensional storage, bu...
A Soldier Life - 454 - Pinch Negotiator
Chapter 454: Pinch NegotiatorI walked down the ramp slowly. “Sounds like they gave you the keys to the kingdom,” I said in greeting to my old friend.Maveith approached in two quick strides, and we clasped wrists with a slap. I thought he was going to embarrass me by hugging me in front of everyo...
Fan Fiction FINAL Round of Voting (Closes Spet 15th)
The top three vote receivers go onto the final round. Voting is open until September 17th!The stories can be found here:https://www.patreon.com/posts/137785803Good luck to the Writers!
A Soldier's Life - 453 -
Chapter 453:When I was finally able to return to the room, Evie and Blaze were gone. I took the bed and succumbed to sleep once again. I didn’t see them much the next four days, as it was all about cleaning up the Sanctuary and securing it from another attack. I spent more time in meetings than I ...
A Gladiator's Life - 6 - Magic is Real
Chapter 6: Magic is Real“What is your spell form?” he said, leaning in close. His breath smelled foul, and I couldn’t help but focus on his eyepatch to avoid gagging. The comfort of hearing the English language was stilted as he stared at me lecherously.“Spelling?” I asked, not understandi...
A Soldier's Life - 452 - I Know People (edited 9-9-25 +200 words)
Chapter 452:We sank together to the sea floor, maybe a hundred feet down, but not deep enough to lose the light of the sun. Small fish darted away from us as we touched down in the sand. Fenlorian's gaze remained above, fixed on the outline of the ship drifting away from us. I tried to drag him ...
