RUSTIN PETRAE   AUTHOR | GRAPHIC DESIGNER

Chapter Eight - Theo sat in his class, staring absentmindedly at the doodles he kept drawing over and over on a sheet of paper as his teacher, Mrs. Heights, droned on about the history of Avalon. He only half paid attention, his mind on other things. Things like the enormously awkward fact that he was now heir apparent to the First King’s throne, a man he had idolized practically since birth. A man he had admired above pretty much anyone else. It had been three and a half wee

Chapter Seven - “Why would Micah do this?” Edrick asked, both hands gripping the wooden arms of his throne hard enough to make them creak in protest. “Not only does he have a secret child, but apparently that child has been in the care of a former Prime Guardian and his Second, both of whom were supposedly killed over a decade ago. None of this makes any sense.” “I don’t know but the question remains, who is the boy’s mother?” Winston asked. “It can’t be Xerya,” Harlan said.

Chapter Six - Parthos ran all over the palace, sweating through his three-piece piece suit. He could feel it the worst along his lower back and drenching both of his armpits. He swiped a hand across his forehead, appalled when he saw how much it dampened his sleeve. He pushed aside his disgust at all the sweat and focused instead on making it back to the Grand Chamber. The halls were mostly empty and a lot of the staff had been told to go home for the day. No one was sure why

Happy Valentine's Day! In honor of the holiday, I thought it would be fun to share my short story, Corrupted Love. It's a bit of a departure from the standard Cupid trope. Enjoy! Corrupted Love - Featured in the anthology, Love in the Dark by WPC Press and in my short story collection, SINS . Jessie Amare’s alarm started blaring at her. Her hand fumbled across her cluttered nightstand, knocking several empty liquor bottles down in the process, before she found her phone an

Chapter Five “What the hell do you mean by that?” Alice jerked her head toward Edrick, her eyes lit up with pure rage. The tears kept streaming down her face as she stared down her uncle. Bright colors of red blossomed on her cheeks. Even the veins of her arms started to light up with magic again and Hydrick grew even more fitful and restless above her father’s four-poster bed. Edrick, for his part, looked taken aback by his niece’s sudden anger. He stumbled backward and held

Chapter Four - The sounds of heavy foot traffic echoed through the halls of the Elysium Palace, home to the High Royals of Avalon and their staff. On any given day, the sound of footsteps wouldn’t be out of the ordinary, but this was not an ordinary day and the rushing footsteps had a frantic, panicky air about them. To a casual observer, they would probably guess something might be extremely wrong. And they would be correct. Something was wrong. Palace aides from the highest

Chapter Three - Silence so deep, fell over the stadium again. The hushed whispers died down, as did the occasional shouted question. Everyone just sat there and stared with expressions of absolute disbelief on their faces. Theo couldn’t believe it either. Why would the First King’s familiar come to him and mark him as his heir? His blood suddenly turned to ice. His eyes widened and his mouth dropped open a little. If Jeks was here, marking an heir, then that meant… It can’t b

Enjoy another free chapter to my newest novel, Avalon: The Fallen King! Please help spread the word by sharing, liking, and commenting. It would be enormously helpful to me. Thank you. ***** Chapter Two - Twelve minutes into the match and Theo still had his first sprite but it was on its last leg. Therresa lost her basilisk, as well as her next one, an elephant. She was currently on a rhinoceros. It rampaged across the arena, glistening with a bright, chrome sheen. His finger

Welcome all to my newest world, the Kingdom of Avalon. Set 1,000 years in the future, it features 12 great lands with the floating kingdom of Avalon being one of the most powerful. It is run by the High Royals, a powerful family of mages named the Pantheons. When one of them, the High King no less, is found murdered, it sets off a series of events that could either save everyone, or doom the planet. Hope you all enjoy. I will be releasing some of the chapters here on my blog

I am working hard on getting Blood Ties: The Third finished and I know a lot of people have been asking me when it will be coming out....

This is the first blog freebie that I'll be giving out. It's a short story titled the Lonely Death (a short from my anthology from my...