A Lucky Coin Novels & Stories

"It will cost you." Lino sighed and brought put a black coin with the head of a wolf on one side and a faceless woman on the other end. The Faceless Coin, they called it. The wolves believed it was cursed, because nobody knew how it came to be, and it was all the sorcerers would request for payment of their services. He extended the coin to her and her smooth fingers grazed his when she took it from him. It wasn't something pleasant. No. He shivered terribly and jerked away from her instantly.

He said. Each of us selected one, like we were drawing lots for something darker than fate. My fingers closed around the cold weight of the lion. It was heavy, it has seen a lot. Juarez took the eagle. Maxwell the scorpion. Nero’s coin gleamed in his palm the viper. We all tossed at the same time. Nero's landed on head, the rest of us tails. Nero smirked, turning his coin between his fingers. “Well, the head wins.” He said with a grin.

Looking at the cash he was holding, he remarked with a gleaming smile, "My divination foretold that I'd be getting a windfall today, and sure enough, I did." Then, his expression turned serious. "That young lady has a noble and exceptional face, almost as if she were a goddess reincarnated as a mortal. If she'd been born in ancient times, she'd have easily become a queen," Dunley mused. "I wonder which family has been graced with a daughter of such a blessed fate? "Let me see if I can find out." He pulled three ancient copper coins and tossed them into the air. Something strange happened. The coins began spinning in the air at such speed that they let out a whistling sound. After doing so fo

that were actually focus exercises for shadow manipulation; bedtime stories about dragons that weren't stories at all but family histories; the strange coin she'd pressed into his hand before she died, telling him to keep it safe. "The coin," he whispered, his eyes widening. "I used it as a model for the DragonCoin logo. I thought it was just an antique." Xaihuang stepped forward, his bronze eyes gleaming with sudden intensity. "You have the Twilight Balance Coin?" "I... I think so," Liam said. "It's embedded in my laptop case. I've carried it with me everywhere since my grandmother died. It felt important, though I never understood why."