All in all, Sheriff Creech was kind of looking forward to retirement. It was a lovely mid-May and ending his decades of service to Putnam, Kentucky just in time to be able to spend Christmas with Elaine and her boys - his grandchildren. He was smiling just thinking about it as he leaned back at his desk. Plenty of good memories with this town, he almost hate...
It was Shawnee's first day home after going away to finish her junior year in college and she had not yet awakened from her sleep. Despite the late morning hour, the sky remained dark and ashen, a categorization only momentarily disrupted by a brief light that shot across the sky over her home. Eventually, her alarm clock rang a blaring sound, filtered int...
Chapter 8: Beauty's Rose Lilandra lay in bed staring at the canopy overhead. It had been three days since she had seen the beast. Lynn had mostly confined her to her room but that didn't bother her. She did a lot of sleeping, eating and resting. Some of the deeper welts had finally stopped bleeding and were starting to heal. The brand also was starting to h...
The clip-clop of hooves on the ground was loud in the quiet afternoon air. Shadowstride whickered restlessly, kept to a steady pace up the hill. The path ahead curved left, so Sir Edmund murmured to his mount, guiding him around the bend. The path continued upwards. To the left was a patch of land stretching to the edge of the hill. Overgrown grass covered...
Anya stared at the handsome man that held her so tenderly, listening as he explained the complicated process of heredity in his family's home. She could feel Raine's eyes still upon her and knew he would be a cause of problems in the future, but for now, she concentrated upon Ryder. "So every king must have this sword and then hide it in the last years of h...
Beauty had a passion for desiring pain with her pleasure. Fortunately, she'd been able to turn her passion into profit. Today, she had a session with two of her favorites. They'd met at a private party two years earlier, where they'd been the evening's entertainment. There they were introduced to Beauty's skills and talents. They were hooked immediately. The...
Luria followed Balor though her step began to flag as the drug she consumed poured into her bloodstream. "Come, Luria, we must hurry," Balor said, turning back to her when she pulled on his hand. "What is it?" "I want you," she moaned, her hands moving over her body under the cloak. "Please, I need you." Balor shook his head slowly even as his own blood h...
The long auburn locks spilled down over her shoulders as she emerged out of the crystal clear pool under the full moon. The light glistened across her pale skin, accenting her curves the way no man-created light ever could. He couldn't help but watch the creature, the stunning beauty as she bathed in the hot springs, out in the middle of nowhere. It matter...
© Pandemos, 2010. All Rights Reserved. Fair warning to those who find this story familiar - I published this under another member name in 2010, but am moving it to my new member name. * Lira had longed to escape to the woods of Maine since even before the long cold, snowy winter had begun some four months ago. Being stuck in her 5x7 office and her 15X17...
When my parents were chaste 18-year-olds, and strangers to each other, they received the high honor of being summoned by the church for a one-time procreation ceremony to breed me into existence. Once they obeyed without reservation, and I was born healthy and dedicated in Gozal's name, their impurity was annulled and the church restored them to a virginal s...