Karkat Horns Novels & Stories

The woman blows the horn. The sound is like a corrupted roar from an old-world lion that has its vocal cords augmented to sound like a coming death. For death is what comes. The beast rides from the coming darkness and pulls a more rustic-looking caravan whereas the Jakalorn's vehicle is more updated. There are only two carts that are being pulled by plague-riddled rhinos. Their skin is black, and the insides are hollowed out as if a butcher carved them in twine but still their exposed hearts beat and with each rhythmic pulse of ambiance, their red veins pump with life. The first cart is an old wooden carriage that wobbles and creeks when being pulled. The other cart connected to it is a rus

And at the center, pulled by obsidian steeds that snorted fire, came a carriage of iron and gold, vast and terrible, its sides engraved with beasts unknown, its wheels crushing the stones beneath it. The gates of Cural opened not by command but by fear. The palace shook as the carriage rolled into the courtyard. Its doors swung wide, and for a breathless moment, all eyes strained toward its dark interior. Then he stepped forth. Zerach. The Horned King. He was taller than any man in the court, his shoulders broad as a fortress wall, his skin bronzed by fire and battle. From his forehead curved the black horn, sharp as a blade, glinting like obsidian beneath the torches. His eyes burned with a

Whoever this was wanted me to look at my own mate and wonder if he had written those words and that thought made me feel sick. Before Kael could say anything to the pack, a different horn sounded across the territory and it was not a war horn but the birth horn that was only ever blown when a Luna went into labor. Except I was the only Luna and I was standing right here feeling the heir kick steadily, but not ready to come yet. The horn blew again, longer and more desperate and Thorne came running with panic on his face and told us the sound was coming from our own den at the center of the compound.

As Karken sucks on the skin on her neck, one of Khimaira’s hands finds his bigger cock and the other one lands on her hole. Suddenly, Khimaira pushes Karken and I am slightly stunned. Immediately, he lays on his back on the floor and I watch as she climbs on top of him. Karken lays completely still as Khimaira covers his face traverses his body like a trail from his thighs until she lands on his face, covering him up with her pelvis. In return, Karken brings out his unbelievably long tongue and begins to pleasure his mate with such expertise, I fear that her eyes might fall out of their socket.

Ancient. And then — silence again. Until— they heard a sound. Not from within the hollow, not even near. It was far above, borne on the high winds like a whisper clothed in steel. A horn. It blew once, low and deep. The noise raised the hairs on her arms. Kael jolted upright. Lucian turned from the edge. Serakha stood. The wind, stronger now, poured into the basin and extinguished the fire with a soft hiss. Burning embers died, smoke coiling upward into the black sky.

Fern The horns at Blackmoor’s gate sound different from the war horns. They are shorter this time. Like they are uncertain. It isn’t an alarm, but it isn’t welcome either. It is somewhere in between. I look up from the reports scattered across the Luna office desk. Mara is halfway through telling me about supply shortages when the horn sounds again. Three short blasts, then silence. “That’s not a patrol return,” Mara says quietly. “No,” I agree.

The face staring back at him didn't look at all familiar. His face didn't seem particularly reptilian, looking more like a cross between a wolf and a large cat, but with steel gray scales covering everything. His nostrils were slits and his ears where smaller, but otherwise he didn't look much like any reptile he'd seen. Growing out of the back of his head were two six-inch horns that gently spiraled like an African antelope -- a kudu -- only straighter.

Both are things worth fighting for, neither of them canceling the other. A sound breaks the quiet, distant. From the direction of the northern tree line. We both hear it at the same moment. Not a howl, not a wolf sound at all, but a horn. Low and carrying. The kind used for formal pack announcements in the old tradition. Rarely used now. Only ever in two situations: a death or a challenge. Kael's entire body changes. The softness of the corridor disappears. Alpha snapping into place like armor closing. His hand releases mine, and he moves to the window in one step, pressing close to the glass. "That's coming from Deveraux's camp," he says.

A low, velvet chuckle slithered into my ears, raising goosebumps. My eyes snapped open. He was there. Not exploding from the floor in flames or smoke. No dramatic bullshit. Just… there. Lounging in the threadbare armchair across from me like he’d been chilling for hours, watching my meltdown with amusement. Tall—freakishly tall, even sitting—his legs stretched out casually. A black suit tailored from pure midnight, hugging a frame that screamed power and sin. Skin like polished obsidian, smooth and gleaming under the dim lamp light. Dark, silken hair framed a face that was too perfect, too sharp—high cheekbones, full lips curved in a smirk. Eyes glowing like embers in a dying fire, red and p

Luckily they are all rank 2. Corpses kept on accumulating on the path he was treading on and red blood kept on flowing on the river at the center of the valley. At some point, an imponent figure appeared in front of her. Its body was eighteen meters long and four meters thick, it had three horns on its head and from its fangs was dripping a violet dense liquid. 'Rank 3 Horned snake!' Behind it, a handful of rank 2 horned snakes were coiled together looking in her direction.