PLEASE USE THE "PLAY GAME" BUTTON, IT WILL WORK BETTER I PROMISE The flaming sun always made everything so hot here. The sparing pit, the barracks, even the bathroom was hot for Gods sake. "Such was the life of a VIXEN candidate" Amelia thought to herself as she hops up from her bunk. The Ludus had become quite empty, as most of the other...
Chapter Twelve – The Fruits of Hubris Towards the end of May, Jadranka accompanied her classmates on an expedition into the wild territories to study and identify rock deposits and land formations along the northern mountains. Some of the places she already had seen when she was a Follower. The freedom of the open country beckoned her, reminding her of the...
I called Jen as I drove from the airport to my office downtown, the 105 to the 110 to Fourth and Broadway, jammed as usual. "Darling," she said. "Did you get the goods?" "I did." "Do tell." I reminded her that a condition of my agreeing to take the case was that I would first share my observations and any evidence obtained in the course of my investig...
We're sitting in the living room, making plans for our upcoming trip to Japan. While I am on the laptop researching train schedules, you have been scanning the travel magazines for exciting sites to go and see. Turning the page on a lovely picture of one, you ask the question "Why is it that geisha are always women? You would think there would be a male equi...
Taillights glowed red, lighting Jim's face as he watched Mia's legs swing into the passenger seat of Kevin's silver sports car. The taillights glowed white, then red again as Kevin threw the car into gear before disappearing out the gate. Jim felt a hand on his shoulder. "Stay awhile," urged Ted, startling Jim out of his late-night reverie. A full moon hun...
Dayen wasn't sure why he had been chosen as the high shaman for the clan on the day of the winter solstice. He was the youngest shaman in the clan, but old Wored had been too tired to perform the rite and had pointed silently to Dayen as his replacement. It was even more worrying that the signs hadn't been good. And now this. He dressed carefully on the mor...
I didn't really sleep much that night. Mostly, I tossed and turned, my naked, sweaty, smelly body clinging to the sheet under me, the covers in a heap on the floor. As the night progressed, embarrassment for my state of mind and behavior grew to the point that I could feel waves of red hot color fill my face. I felt ridiculous and perverse. I began to crave...
Forward: This is another story concerning a pet peeve of mine - married women who claim that the flirting with other men that they do is harmless and the hubby gets unreasonably jealous. In this one the wife's flirting is not continuous, but sporadic and has a bit of a different purpose. Still, it is problematic for the husband. I did throw in some sex,...
Notes: This is a tale. As with many first chapters, the content is high on character development, less so on explicit scenes, though nevertheless hopes to sow the seeds of some tantalizing sexual tension. By all means, I hope you enjoy this introduction to Ariana’s world, just don’t say I didn’t warn you! ***** Ariana screamed. Rafe jumped several steps b...
Archimedes brushed his bearded chin as he stared down at the crown shining under the light of an oil lamp. Strands of dark curly hair with streaks of white fell across his sweaty knitted brows. Finally he drew an inward sigh, stared into space and scratched his head. His face was confounded. The golden crown belonged to Hieron, king of Syracuse, a Greek co...