Safe Harbor

“That will never be good enough.” Cao Cao sneered as he landed yet another punch. He wiped his hand across his mouth to wipe away the blood from his lips. “Get up.”
Zhu Rong brushed away her hair from her eyes and looked up at the warlord, then to his curious subordinate Pang Tong. “What good [...]

“Times like these make me wish I didn’t employ women.”
Himiko snorted and sauntered out of the room. If that was going to be his attitude than there were better things to do like hurl fireballs at the mountain or send a tornado through the local village. Bastard.
Xun Yu didn’t reply. She watched Himiko leave and [...]

Zhang Liao felt the blood drip down his neck as the Sky Scorcher slowly cut into him. Pinned to the ground under Lu Bu’s foot he was helpless. He felt the rain puddle in his eyewells and the mud beneath him seep into his clothes. Everything was amplified now, at the moment of his death.
“You [...]

“That is beautiful!” Xiao Qiao wiped the tears from her eyes as the musician finished his moving piece.
“I will teach you.” The man replied and handed the reeded instrument to the young beauty. “It is emotion that is the key. You must play with the flute as if it is a lover.”
Xiao smiled. [...]

Rated R-Language, Gore
“My ambition…it cannot end here.” Cao Cao’s shoulder’s slumped as he placed his head against the solid wall of the base. The fortress, used during battle to defend the enemy territory, was now a makeshift prison. The captured officers of the Wei army were now penned up like cattle ready for slaughter. It [...]

“My lord…” Zhang Liao voiced a weak protest as Lu Bu galloped off into battle.
Chen Gong chuckled. “You know you’ll never get him to use strategy. His strategy is to charge into battle and destroy. That is how he wins.”
“We are so heavily outnumbered. These bases will not guard themselves.” Liao snorted and turned [...]