When he removed his robes, you could see the hundreds of scars and bruises that shamelessly decorated his body. Huge black bruises, long scars that came from sword lacerations and whips and new wounds that bled fresh red blood. The Dragonboy's father had no idea his son suffered. That's because the boy never told.From The Binding, a story from the upcoming tenth update of Dragons and Cicadas
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MARK WILKINS He was a strong and noble lord with piercing eyes of grey. He sat upon his noble throne shinin... LAUREL A. ROCKEFELLER He is a man-beast, carnivore incarnate, motivated by carnal avarice and wearing only the mask of civ... EMMANUELLE DE MAUPASSANT I am the slave of the Master of Prophets And my fealty to him has no beginning. I am... يوسف النبهاني in that small [time] most greatly lived this star of England: Fortune made his sword, By which ... WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE Through Rohan over fen and field where the long grass grows The West Wind goes walking, and abo... J.R.R. TOLKIEN According to the conventions of the genre, Augustus Waters kept his sense of humor till the end, did... JOHN GREEN Naked a man comes from his mothers womb, and as he comes, so he departs. He takes nothin... KING SOLOMON She was his dawn of bliss He was her dusk of wounds, Each day they came up to See a... TANYA GAMBHIR Once upon a time there was a young prince who believed in all things but three. 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DANIEL BALDWIN Homicide is the best material I've had the chance to do. DANIEL BALDWIN I believe as a born-again Christian that once you've had a chance to drink from the well, it bec... DANIEL BALDWIN I always did think that when I turned 40, I'd start coming into my own. ADAM BALDWIN I'm no Leonardo DiCaprio. ADAM BALDWIN The guys I grew up with, my cinematic heroes, have always been men of few words, but of action. Clin... ADAM BALDWIN I'm not much of a jokester. ADAM BALDWIN You get a sense of how the show works and then let your personality take over. ADAM BALDWIN My heroes are the camera crew and the electricians. They work such long hours. ADAM BALDWIN I tested for a couple of pilots, but they said I was too tall. ADAM BALDWIN I think work begets work. ADAM BALDWIN What I try to do is to appreciate every job I have while I'm working on it. ADAM BALDWIN The only people who have control over their careers are the ones you see on the covers of magazines.... ADAM BALDWIN I was involved with drama departments since the 5th grade. I played at it. It was an escape. ADAM BALDWIN A lot of the television industry is so cookie-cutter. In general, there are so many shows that are e... ADAM BALDWIN I'm always looking, as an actor, for activities. I think it's far more interesting to watch ... ADAM BALDWIN I'm like a fungus; you can't get rid of me. ADAM BALDWIN It was never the fame or fortune that drove me to act. It was something I love and enjoy doing it. A... ADAM BALDWIN I just consider myself a piece of the puzzle and I'm lucky enough to be asked or invited to the ... ADAM BALDWIN Stillness as a technique is still really captivating to me. ADAM BALDWIN The campaign finance scandal in America is the global warming of American political life - with cash... ALEC BALDWIN I love making shorts out of jeans, or customizing denim. Basically, I like to rip and distress thing... HAILEY BALDWIN I don't do facials - I don't really enjoy people picking at my skin. I'd rather a dermat... HAILEY BALDWIN I don't like to run. You will not see me running on a treadmill ever. Ever! I like boxing, thoug... HAILEY BALDWIN Sometimes I Google myself just to see what people are saying. But we all do that. If someone tells y... HAILEY BALDWIN You can blame my mom for some of my worst fashion moments. She used to dress me and my sister in a l... HAILEY BALDWIN All my tattoos except my first were not planned. I would just go into the shop late at night with fr... HAILEY BALDWIN I think trying to maintain a classic pretty style is the way I like to go, like Margot Robbie's ... HAILEY BALDWIN