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ABH - CH 36 - To Fuel A Flame
A/N: Hehehehheehe THREE CHAPTERS IN A DAY!!!!! Worship me for I am a God(dess). This puts us 13 chapters ahead <3Chapter Thirty-SixTo Fuel A FlameRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 5Freddie listened when her Skill tried to show her a new attack. It didn’t always tell her something. No. It was as if it were a mentor that came in and out of existence. A tilt here, a shift there. It was a red overlay of her own body, flickering into place before fading away after Freddie was able to catch a glimpse—even if Freddie didn’t catch a glimpse.Maybe that ...
ABH - CH 35 - Surprise
A/N: Two in one day?! Who am I?! Anyway, enjoy, this puts us TWELVE ahead. Please be sure to read CH 34 first.Chapter Thirty-FiveSurpriseRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 5He’s on his way. Freddie felt tears prick at her eyes, and she roughly brushed them away before they could fall on their own.He was still far. A week, maybe, depending on how fast he could trek through Nemo to the dungeon entrance. But no longer. Freddie felt a mixture of things, then. Hope, yes, fear also, but, oddly, she felt disappointment.She chose not to think about why she ...
ABH - CH 34 - Flours For The Deceased
A/N: We are finally over halfway to my goal of 21 chapters ahead on patreon---that means we're 11 chapters ahead here!!!! enjoyyyyyChapter Thirty-FourFlours For The DeceasedRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Sweat. When Freddie came out of her rage, that was the first thing she noticed. She was sweaty. The fire encasing her fists made her feel hot.It was an odd sensation, and it wasn’t the first time she’d felt a disconnect between the Freddie of here and now and the Freddie of then. It never really felt as if the old Freddie had died. All he...
ABH - CH 33 - Milling About
A/N: HAHAHHAHAHA How do we like the adventure so far? I'm putting up CH 24.5 on RR now, so if you go and leave a comment I'll love you 5ever!!!Chapter Thirty-ThreeMilling AboutRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4The goblin made it another three hits.Freddie watched as its body dissolved into the miasma, her eyes heated. Around her, there were bags and barrels and boxes of the Listrain wheat. So much, Freddie wondered if it was even worth it to take.What? You’d leave the spoils of war behind? Take it all, she scolded herself. At the very leas...
Today is THE DAY
Hello!!! Today is the day A Burned Heart comes back to Royal Road!!!While I didn't get quite to the 14 advanced chapters I planned for, I DID get to 10!!! Which is very exciting!!! I will continue to up the amount of chapters as often as possible. This means I'm trying reallllll hard to get to 21 within the next few weeks so I can have a backlog to Patreon. This also means that sometimes I'll have to revise the patreon chapters content --like with CH 30 of ABH. When this happens I'll put it in an Authors Note (A/N) up top of the...
ABH - CH 32 - Battle Madness
A/N: Once you've read the chapter, look at the community chat for fred.Chapter Thirty-TwoBattle MadnessRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Freddie rounded the corner without fire and brimstone. Instead, she stalked up to the first Red Goblin and lunged, crushing its windpipe and throwing it to the side before either of the creatures even realized she was there. It slammed into one of three pillars that decorated the room.The goblin writhed on the ground, but did not get up. Freddie angled herself toward the second goblin, fists guarding her face ...
OW: ASA - CH 111 - Avoidance
A/N: And we've got another OW!!! Please enjoy!!!!Chapter One Hundred ElevenAvoidanceFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 2It was a small blessing that I was near to Uriel, because every time Master Kroll looked at us, Uriel’s glare sent him elsewhere for a question. When the time came for class to end, I realized I hadn’t really learned anything of value at all.These classes are so stupid! I groaned internally as I watched Master Kroll head toward me with my primer.>They wouldn’t be if you were actually eight. And not an elementalist.<“Ah, l...
ABH - CH 31 - Hit Rate
A/N: REMINDER!!!!! I updated CH 30's ending!! Please re-read!!! It's only the last 150 words or so. This puts us at 9 ahead of RRChapter Thirty-OneHit RateRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Stretching her stiff limbs, Freddie leaned forward. There was no time to dwell. When Tiltham and her grandfather came for her, Freddie would lose access to the dungeon.That was how she decided to think of it—as taking Scylla up on a fortuitous opportunity. Freddie would still empty her mana into the hottest ball of magma she could summon on sight of said...
ABH - CH 30.5 - Interlude 4
A/N: It's short but it's an interlude so alas. It is as it should be.Interlude FourTo Call OrderRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Duke Nemo was outraged. It had taken the better part of an hour to explain to Queen Esther what he needed and why, then another several hours to call in favors to Duke Umbra and Duchess Poplar. The Duchess Dawn was useless in this endeavor, as she always was. But the Duke of Dawn owed him greatly from the Hilled Wars, so Duke Frederick was not above pulling on that string should he need to.At the end of four hours...
ABH - CH 30 - Alone and Lonely
A/N: UPDATED ENDING PLEASE REREAD LAST 200 WORDS AS OF 5/20/25 4:50 PM ESTChapter ThirtyAlone and LonelyRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Feeling the cold blade across her skin, Freddie refused to flinch. Instead, she decided [Quick Fight] was worth the mana cost. Activating the Skill, Freddie felt the blade sank into the flesh of her neck and she realized something very important.She was an idiot.Freddie has a boon perfect for darkness. Perfect for breaking through a dungeon's power. It was given by Druigr, after all. A God. A Sovereign. One of...
ABH - CH 29: To Have a Need Met
A/N: HAHAHHAHA now we're 6 chapters ahead of RR. Goal is to get 8 more up before launch, then get to 21 total by June 1st. Chapter Twenty-NineTo Have A Need MetRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4A shiver went up Freddie’s spine, a breeze brushed her nose, and the whirr of a machine clicked in her ears.Freezing, Freddie held her breath.Don’t look, don’t look, don’t—ah, crap. Freddie looked.What she saw was darkness. The edges of the room she found herself in were pitch black. What had once looked like normal stone was now shadows. So man...
ABH - CH 28: To Listen to a Mentor Long Lost
A/N: AND WE'RE BACK BABES!!!Chapter Twenty-EightTo Listen To A Mentor Long LostRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Freddie knew she should have stopped, should have crawled under the table and taken a nap, or used [Meditate]. She should have recovered. But, she wasn’t drained fully yet. She had enough mana to get through one of the Vanda Vines, of which there were only two.She’d have to make a decision.Left? Right? Which one was better? Which led to greater rewards? To harsher fights?Letting a huff force its way out of her, a wry grin was on h...
OW: ASA - CH 110 - Shadow Puppets Ease The Soul
A/N: Tomorrow the first of the new patreon chapters drops for A Burned Heart tomorrow night!! Away we gooooooooo~~~Chapter One Hundred TenShadow Puppets Ease The SoulFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 2“Neat,” I said to no one, putting in the rest of the coins.Finally, some magic at the Magic Tower.I looked around, tucking the small velvet coin purse into the bag on my hip. Sir Neil would have to ask for it back if he wanted it. Then, I scanned the shadows in the room—catching sight of a shifting darkness that I knew was Noir. Shade and Haze had...
ABH - CH 27 - A Feast
Chapter Twenty-SevenA FeastRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Freddie dismissed the golden notice and focused on where the goblins had seemingly been coming from. There was a long table pushed up against the room's far wall, decorated with a tattered tablecloth in a grimy grey color. At the center of the table was a single chair —and a plate of what looked to be food. Sort of. It held some kind of burnt sausage, porridge, and a grey piece of what could feasibly be called bread.Freddie’s hand ran over her satchel, where she had rationsfor seve...
ABH - CH 26 - The Welcoming Committee
Chapter Twenty-SixThe Welcoming CommitteeRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4Freddie ducked down and wrapped her hand around the arrow shaft, pulling forcefully. With a grotesque rip, the arrow came out of her skin. It had only sunk in a bit, but it was enough to leave a bleeding gash. Freddie could feel her passive regeneration working on it, but it didn’t stop her from empowering the Skill and rushing the healing along.She had no desire to get an infection in the dungeon or be impeded by an injury in her dominant shoulder.[Regenerate]Warmth filled...
ABH - CH 25 - Trapped
A/n: The start of the dungeon dive <3Chapter Twenty-FiveTrappedRise of Winter, Week 5, Day 4An unnatural darkness surrounded Freddie, but it was only for a moment. Because as soon as it overcame her, it dispersed into the shadows of a poorly lit room.Freddie, however, felt no better for the dim light that was coming from the portal before her. And, thus, she tried to run back through it. That was how dungeons worked. You can leave at any time —so long as you’re capable of getting back to the entrance.She pushed with the entirety of her body...
A Burned Heart Announcement
EDIT AS OF 1PM EST 5/10:25: Nora will still be posted every Wednesday, no changes there. Freddie will be regularly posted on Fridays, and she will get extra chapters until I’m at the full 21 ahead. It’s $5 additional to get two separate stories.Hello hello!I will be starting to post OW - A Burned Heart again on 5/23!! That means I've cleaned up the patreon tiers again. Now they're named Nora, Freddie, and Otherworldly Master Tier. You can look at them for what you want, but to get access to both stories you need to be at master tier...
ABH - CH 24.5 - Prologue - Discord
A/N: I knowwwww, it's short, but it's action packed <3PrologueDiscordTime UnknownIn a Domain between earth and sky, a woman stood. The furrow of her brow looked unnatural on her paper-white skin, so much like porcelain that the rolling skin was out of place. The woman’s straw-colored hair flowed around her in a frenzy, the wind whipping it around in a mess. Her white robes flew in the wind as well. Her name was Frill, and above all else, she was angry.Across from her in the void was a woman with pale blue skin and flowing white hair....
OW: ASA - CH 109 - To Find Yourself Wanting
A/N: GOOOOOOOOOOOOD Morningggggggggg!!! I have such a backlog (21 chapters!!!) I get ever closer to the elusive goal of 50. Wish me luck. A Burned Heart is re-starting soon (May 23rd) and I'll be setting up two new tiers. One for ABH alone, and one for ASA+ABH. That means I'm gonna have to change the name's of the tiers again sorry about that!!!!Chapter One Hundred NineTo Find Yourself WantingFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 2Taking the letters from the [Courier], I said a thank you and then… she was gone. Simply vanished.“That wasn...
OW: ASA - CH 108.5 - Interlude 7 - The Queen's Road
Interlude 7The Queen’s RoadFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 2“You will be leaving for the Callistan Empire at the end of Winter,” Mallorica said it offhandedly as if Theo had no say in it. As if he were merely a pawn for her to control.A God will descend before I willingly go to that barbaric empire.Theo was about to say as much, about to tell his mother what he really thought of this order. Of her ever entertaining the thought—because he was meant to go to Oberon. Be a part of the Royal Court. Become a Court Scholar, with the power and conn...
OW: ASA - CH 108 - The Light of Compassion So True
A/N: Fun announcement! I spent this weekend recording book 1's audiobook!!! In my own voice!!! While I'm not a professional voice actor, I think it'll still be fun :) Release is set for a month or so away!Chapter One Hundred EightThe Light of Compassion So TrueFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 2The joy of Vitality is easy to see. Despite only getting a few hours, there were no bags under my eyes. No tightness in my muscles. No leftover exhaustion from the night before. It made it a simple affair to wake up before the suns rose.I got ready...
OW: ASA - CH 107 - Finding Yourself In A Bind
Chapter One Hundred SevenFinding Yourself In A BindFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1After Effy left, it was just Gristle and I standing silently in the sitting room.“I broke a window,” I said abruptly, unsure of how else to bring it up.“I’ll call an artisan to have it fixed, my Lady.” He said simply.“I told Ridan this is how you would be.” I half-huffed a laugh at Gristle’s almost too innocent expression.“I’m sure I don’t know what you mean.”“You asked one question, you know, when Effy was here.” I shook my head, smiling...
OW: ASA - CH 106 - Followed By A Sweet Medicine
A/N: We grow ever closer to the end of Book 3. Are you ready for what's to come? Prepared for what our heroine shall face? Chapter One Hundred SixFollowed By A Sweet MedicineFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1“Effy!” I said as the woman reached me, wrapping me in a hug, her silver robes swaying with her movements yet still constrained by the white chains denoting her status as a priestess.Her pale blue hair tickled my nose as we embraced, and when she pushed me back, her soft green eyes were sparkling. This time, I did not feel the warmth of ...
OW: ASA - CH 105 - To Drink A Bitter Tea
Chapter One Hundred FiveTo Drink A Bitter TeaFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1Ridan stood stock still in the aftermath of Frill’s descent, unmoving even as his bangs fell away —cut by an unseen blade. I knew, then, that he was doing something. I could feel his mana in the air, taste it on my tongue, the bitter taste of a stranger’s magic. [Mana Sense] had become so ingrained into my passive perception that I hardly acknowledged it anymore, but this could be nothing else besides the Skill.For all that Ridan was doing nothing, I was the same, s...
OW: ASA - CH 104 - A Classical Education
A/N: love you all <3 happy wednesday!!Chapter One Hundred FourA Classical EducationFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1I would be lying if I said I didn’t have expectations about what Captain Ridan would look like, but it was sure as day he defied them. I had been imagining a tall, burly man, like Oberon. Not necessarily bald, but with hair cropped short. And I had definitely expected him to be wearing armor —or at least look presentable.What I got, however, was a shaggy mop of black hair on a man that looked as lanky as a still-growing teenager. ...
OW: ASA - CH 103 - Mental Gymnastics Are For The Mentally Unwell
A/N: No one make fun of me for this chapter, I did my best to make it fun and understandable for everyone lolChapter One Hundred ThreeMental Gymnastics Are For The Mentally UnwellFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1Noir toddled along behind me, running as fast as he could and throwing in a cartwheel here and there. Haze matched his speed, filled with Adventurer's enthusiasm, and Shade had somehow snuck around in front of me with Defender's protective nature.Sylvie was glancing at the knit animals every so often, but I ignored the odd look on h...
A Burned Heart: An Otherworldly Novel
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OW: ASA - CH 102.5 - Interlude 6 - To Cross a Wintery Divide
Interlude 6To Cross A Wintery DivideFall of Autumn, Week 4, Day 7Down the rough roads to Ugar, there were no horses tromping, no armors clanking. All the movement that existed was the gentle falling of snow, slowly accumulating atop the pressed dirt and piling on the leafless branches.In the village center, there were two boys running toward each other —wooden swords aimed and ready to hit. Off to the side was a girl, watching the boys but not cheering for either of them. Instead, she was quietly keeping track of how many times they fell by e...
A Burned Heart PRE-ORDER is LIVEEE!!
Pretty please consider buying ABH in pre-order!! It comes out the 17th!! And it's fully edited and formatted soooooo good!!!
OW: ASA - CH 102 - To Forget The World Turns Unwatched
A/N: OH MY GOD I HAVE A BACKLOG!!!! Of not only one or two BUT THREE CHAPTERS!!! If I can get my backlog big enough, I'll start posting some extra chapters to make up for the 10 weeks I missed in the fall :)Chapter One Hundred TwoTo Forget The World Turns UnwatchedFall of Autumn, Week 5, Day 1The rest of class was uneventful and mainly included me rushing out the door as soon as I dropped my training daggers into the weapons bay. I gave the Mithril kids a quick goodbye, and Louis reminded me about owing lunch on Third Day. I nodded quickly,...
