Chapter 5 Morlock left Tanya alone at the waterfall, racing back towards town to get to his home. His heart broke, shattered after she told him that she loves another, not him. His dreams crumbling right before his eyes as she stared off at the waterfall talking about him finding another to marry and make…
The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 4 Water rushes down the side of the cliff, splashing in the pool of crystal blue water below. Water droplets spray out of the pool and hit the surrounding rocks, making them slippery if anyone dared to walk across them. Tanya steps up close to the pool’s edge and stares down in the rippling…
The Deadliest of Lovers
Chapter 3 The sun slowly rises over the little village, causing those who wake up early to stir with the first sounds of chirping birds. Morlock steps out of the basement, stretching his arms over his head since he had been working late in the night, practicing his magic as he always did at night…
The Deadliest of Lover
Chapter 2 Sitting in a small cottage by the wall and trail that leads out into the meadow, a young woman rests at her small wooden table staring down at the pile of letters that she has been sent over the years. She brushes back her long flowing blonde hair behind her shoulder with a…
The Deadliest of Lovers
The short story idea was given to me by my Facebook friend Jeffery Harper when I asked for an interesting plot. Idea- Morlock is a wizard who places a curse on a fair maiden, who rebuked his love. The curse can only be broken if the maiden does 7 tasks, one deadlier than the last….