Green Forest

Monarch of Profound Toxin - Chapter 2

“What? Where? On the southern plains?”

“Here! In town! Holes are opening everywhere! You need to get out there, Olivia. People are panicking, and it’s accelerating the death toll.”

“Eik, please save Tracy!” Olivia besought him before disappearing in a blur, a trail of flames and heated air lingering for a second.

“I’ll try,” he promised the space where she’d been and rolled up his sleeves. “Harry, was it? What got her?”

“It was a Xa...

Monarch of Profound Toxin - Chapter 1

Eik reviewed his notes as he took the first sips of the tea, hoping today’s poison would be one of the mild ones.

Nope, the sour, almost citrusy undertones left no doubt that it was the viciously toxic reaper’s root. He sighed. If that’s what he’d have to deal with today, then he didn’t have long.

Trying not to rush, he set the teacup down on his homemade, wooden work table and went to his wall of drawers. The ingredient labels had been removed and most of the drawers ha...