AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 19/ part 1 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 19/ part 1
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 19
Part 1
The newly placed oak table at the center of the chamber was a battlefield of its own—iron tankards sweating onto the wood, scattered copper coins catching the low light, and a worn deck of Sinner’s Bluff cards spread between them. It was a very popular game in Erandor, particularly among mercenaries, soldiers, and adventurers.
Above, old chandeliers shimmered faintly, casting long, restless shadows across the walls, where a few iron torches still flickered, their low flames licking the shadowed stone. The air smelled of smoke and ale. At the far end of the room, a massive fireplace roared, its embers popping as they fought back the evening chill. The light from the hearth danced against the tall, arched window—no longer broken and covered with the rotting boards that remained on some of the windows throughout the fortress. Now fitted with dark glass, it reflected the golden interior.
Outside, the night was a silent, impenetrable wall
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 2 [FINAL] by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 2 [FINAL]
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 18
Part 2 - FINAL
A breeze stirred the courtyard, brushing against her damp skin, cooling the heat left behind from training.
She had come from the makeshift arena at the far end of the fortress. What had once been broken stone and scattered debris was now something more structured. Not whole, not yet, but rebuilding. Like everything else here.
Like her.
Late afternoon light spilled gold across everything, catching on the edges of broken pillars and newly repaired walls.
It should have felt hopeful.
Instead, something in her chest ached.
Farren.
Her throat tightened slightly, the feeling quiet but persistent. She hadn’t seen him since—
Since blood.
Since torn skin and breath that came too shallow.
Since she thought—
Her fingers curled faintly at her sides.
He had survived. Because of Fealan.
That alone steadied something inside her. Let her breathe through the memory instead of drowning in it.
He’s alive, she told herself
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 1 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 1
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 18
Part 1
Months had passed.
Not in a blur—but in sweat, bruises, frustration, and the slow, stubborn carving of progress into bone and muscle.
Elayne felt it in the way her body moved now.
Steel no longer felt foreign in her hands.
The twin blades she favored now hung from her belt, their leather sheaths brushing against her thighs as she crossed the courtyard. Their weight was no longer a burden, no longer something she had to think about; they were an extension of her own stride. Caspian had trained her relentlessly—again, again, and again—until her wrists stopped trembling under impact, until her footing held even when he came at her full force.
She was faster now.
Cleaner.
Still not good enough to beat him, but close enough that he had started to smile during their sparring matches, the quiet kind of approval he rarely voiced.
Magic had been… different.
Harder.
Nox had no patience for hesitation, and magic demanded focus she
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 19/ part 1 by Telperion-Studio, literature
Literature
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 19/ part 1
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 19
Part 1
The newly placed oak table at the center of the chamber was a battlefield of its own—iron tankards sweating onto the wood, scattered copper coins catching the low light, and a worn deck of Sinner’s Bluff cards spread between them. It was a very popular game in Erandor, particularly among mercenaries, soldiers, and adventurers.
Above, old chandeliers shimmered faintly, casting long, restless shadows across the walls, where a few iron torches still flickered, their low flames licking the shadowed stone. The air smelled of smoke and ale. At the far end of the room, a massive fireplace roared, its embers popping as they fought back the evening chill. The light from the hearth danced against the tall, arched window—no longer broken and covered with the rotting boards that remained on some of the windows throughout the fortress. Now fitted with dark glass, it reflected the golden interior.
Outside, the night was a silent, impenetrable wall
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 1 by Telperion-Studio, literature
Literature
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 1
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 18
Part 1
Months had passed.
Not in a blur—but in sweat, bruises, frustration, and the slow, stubborn carving of progress into bone and muscle.
Elayne felt it in the way her body moved now.
Steel no longer felt foreign in her hands.
The twin blades she favored now hung from her belt, their leather sheaths brushing against her thighs as she crossed the courtyard. Their weight was no longer a burden, no longer something she had to think about; they were an extension of her own stride. Caspian had trained her relentlessly—again, again, and again—until her wrists stopped trembling under impact, until her footing held even when he came at her full force.
She was faster now.
Cleaner.
Still not good enough to beat him, but close enough that he had started to smile during their sparring matches, the quiet kind of approval he rarely voiced.
Magic had been… different.
Harder.
Nox had no patience for hesitation, and magic demanded focus she
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 2 [FINAL] by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 18/ part 2 [FINAL]
[DEVIATION]
[DEVIATION]
Chapter 18
Part 2 - FINAL
A breeze stirred the courtyard, brushing against her damp skin, cooling the heat left behind from training.
She had come from the makeshift arena at the far end of the fortress. What had once been broken stone and scattered debris was now something more structured. Not whole, not yet, but rebuilding. Like everything else here.
Like her.
Late afternoon light spilled gold across everything, catching on the edges of broken pillars and newly repaired walls.
It should have felt hopeful.
Instead, something in her chest ached.
Farren.
Her throat tightened slightly, the feeling quiet but persistent. She hadn’t seen him since—
Since blood.
Since torn skin and breath that came too shallow.
Since she thought—
Her fingers curled faintly at her sides.
He had survived. Because of Fealan.
That alone steadied something inside her. Let her breathe through the memory instead of drowning in it.
He’s alive, she told herself
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 5 [ Final ] by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 5 [ Final ]
Chapter 17
Part 5 - FINAL
He rose to one knee, then to his feet, never once breaking eye contact. It made her uneasy. Not because of the danger. Not after everything she’d just done. But because of the way he looked at her—sharp, assessing, as though he were cataloging damage both seen and unseen. Like a general surveying a battlefield and realizing the cost was higher than anticipated.
She tried to sit up.
Pain flared—hot and sudden—along her hip.
A small, involuntary sound slipped from her throat, a broken little groan she hated herself for making.
Nox stilled instantly. His eyes dropped and followed the torn line of her tunic where a goblin’s spear had grazed her. Blood darkened the cloth, rain diluting it into thin rivulets that slid down her thigh and disappeared into the mud beneath her knees.
Elayne let out a shallow, ragged groan as she tried to shift, the movement tugging at the sliced skin.
"Don't," he commanded, his voice dropping to a gravelly rasp, thick
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 4 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 4
Chapter 17
Part 4
The first goblin burst from the trees with a shrill, feral screech.
"Soft meat," he croaked in the Common tongue.
Then the forest vomited the rest. A loose, chaotic wave spilled into the clearing—too many to count at a single glance. They were a nightmare of hunched bodies wrapped in filthy leather and the clatter of rusted metal. While most were lean and wiry, others were broader, their frames heavy with distorted, bulging muscle that looked as if it had been forced into the wrong shape. Their skin was a mess of sickly green and ashen gray, stretched tight over knotted limbs. Among the pack, two albinos stood out—their flesh pale and waxy like corpse-fat, eyes gleaming a feverish, bloody red in the dark.
They moved with a scuttling, predatory twitch. They wore scraps instead of armor: rusted plates stitched together with leather thongs, and cracked pauldrons—likely stripped from dead soldiers—hung loosely from their shoulders. Bones dangled around their
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 3 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 3
Chapter 17
Part 3
The light changed slowly, almost imperceptibly at first.
Gold softened into amber, then thinned into long ribbons of copper that slid between the trees and spilled over the grass. Shadows stretched across the clearing, long fingers creeping over moss and stone. The wildflowers no longer swayed with lazy grace, they drooped, petals curling inward as evening crept closer. The stream caught the dying light and scattered it in shards, water whispering over stone like a lullaby meant for exhausted bones.
Elayne's body felt like it might fold in on itself. Her limbs trembled with the kind of fatigue that took root deep in her bones. Her head throbbed dully, not sharp enough to be pain anymore—just a heavy reminder that she had given everything she had and then some. Sweat cooled on her skin, stray strands of hair escaping her braid, sticking to her temples and neck. Every breath felt like a struggle, her lungs laboring in uneven bursts. Her magic still hummed low
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 2 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 2
Chapter 17
Part 2
They emerged from the treeline and into the clearing. Elayne pushed past the last tangle of branches, her boots sinking into soft moss that cushioned the ground. The trees bent back in a rough circle, their trunks scarred and split, bark peeling like old wounds, and branches arching high to let the sky spill open above. Grass spread across the uneven ground, bright and green against the darker earth, while drifts of fallen leaves—amber, gold, and brittle brown—crunched beneath their boots. Along the far side, a narrow stream curved, its water rushing over the stones. Mist clung to the borders, curling like smoke, and wildflowers—violets, silvery whites, pale blues— swayed in a faint breeze. It was beautiful, almost too serene, a pocket of peace carved from the chaos of the forest.
Elayne hesitated, slowing before she realized she had.
Nox walked ahead without looking back, boots sinking slightly into the soil. His shoulders were tight, his posture rigid in
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 1 by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 17/ part 1
Chapter 17
Part 1
The morning sun was high, but the forest didn’t feel bright. Fragmented rays filtered through the gnarled canopy, golden light seeping through ancient trees like bleeding honey. Beams dripped down lichen-crusted bark and velvet moss. Dust and pollen danced in the air, illuminating gnats in the thick humidity of a stifling morning.
Gossamer webs shimmered between ancient trunks, trembling in the still air, while a damp breeze carried the heavy, earthy aroma. The silence was broken only by the dry crunch of leaves underfoot, the furtive flutter of wings, and the sharp, lonely call of unseen birds.
Elayne wiped a bead of sweat from her temple, her boots grinding against the dry leaves with a reluctance that mirrored her mood. The path was uneven, roots snaking across the ground like veins, forcing her to watch her footing while Nox moved ahead with infuriating grace. He navigated the terrain as if it were an extension of his own body, moving through low-hanging
AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 16/ part 3 [ FINAL] by Telperion-Studio, literature
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AFITA - BOOK 1 - Chapter 16/ part 3 [ FINAL]
Chapter 16
Part 3 - FINAL
Elayne pushed the door open and slipped inside.
Warm light spilled over her boots first, then her legs, then the rest of her as she stepped into Nox’s office. The office felt nothing like the corridors outside. No broken stones. No crude patches. The air smelled of melted beeswax, old parchment, mingled with the faintest curl of woodsmoke from the small hearth crackling in the corner.
Her violet eyes swept over the space.
A narrow blackwood shelf held only a sparse row of leather-bound books, as if he’d chosen each one with intent rather than filling the space for show. A heavy chest sat beside it, its three locks gleaming like watchful eyes. Against the far wall, a polished wooden rack held a single blade—the sword glinting with dull menace in the firelight.
A worn rug stretched across the center—thin and faded. Above it, the massive oak desk dominated the room like a throne disguised as something practical. Wax rings stained the wood where
A Flame in the Ashes Book 1 - chapter Guide by Telperion-Studio, journal
A Flame in the Ashes Book 1 - chapter Guide
[DEVIATION]
Rating : 🔞
🔥❤️Genre: Adult, Fantasy, Romance
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⚜️Characters
⚜️Book 1 Art gallery
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(world, Bestiary...)
Characters's voices:
Made with AI, just for fun! XD
Nox
Elayne
Eldrin
Teena
Farren
Caspian
It's 18+. And English is not my main language, so there may be errors.
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