Intrepid - 3754 C.E. If she were ever asked, Nadezhda Kerensky would describe herself as an essentially monogamous woman. She didn't have the desire or ambition to take on more than one lover. Surely that was all she ever needed. Nadezhda was a romantic soul. She continued to believe that one day there would be an occasion where she'd meet the one woman who...
The Dress I had often been asked to accompany her on "decision" trips to the store. These outings were of use to her in validating an item of clothing or accessory that her inner shame told her she wasn't worthy of enjoying. She could never be good enough or pretty enough in her eyes but to me she was gorgeous, clothed or not. I had loved this woman for mo...
Some days start better than others do and today hadn't started at all well I was intending to get to work early because we had some new stock arriving but just as I was about to get into my car I noticed that the front tyre was completely flat. I'm no good with these things so I 'phoned Clive at the Mazda garage and asked if he could help. He kindly offere...
My name is Rachel Stevens. My job is a little unusual, but I like that; I’m a chauffeuse. I quite enjoy my work and I get to wear this real spiffy little uniform in light grey with a cute little peaked cap – all made to measure. I look damn good and I get paid for it and paid well, too. I’m employed by this big retail company to drive around one of the dire...
The Hessian dismounted and walked slowly towards the young woman standing defiantly with her hands wrapped around a long saber. As he got within an arm's length of her, he snatched out, prepared to grab her arm, but came up with nothing but air. Damn, but she was a fast one. He reached to her again and heard the slash of metal through flesh. She'd cut him, t...
"Ouch!" Little Bell licked the torn skin on her knuckle and frowned when she tasted the blood. The tin soldier's ambush had been a success. She glared at her baby brother. "You play fair," she told him in a stern voice, "or by yourself." The boy only giggled at her, undoubtedly relishing his victory. Bell's hands balled into fists. If her father hadn't ma...
The dusty rain clouded up the window, and Fern couldn't see to the outside street at all. Her mistress had ordered her to watch for a particular carriage, coming in on this cloud and dreadful day. Some "grand duke" was supposed to be gracing his presence to Lady Tiana today. Since her twentieth birthday, the lady courted the finest bachelors of England. She...
I pulled into the driveway at about half past ten on Friday night. Before I got my key out the door opened. Angela stood there with a beaming smile on her face. I couldn't figure it out, normally she is as mad as hell if I get caught for a working dinner without warning, especially on a Friday night. She welcomed me with a kiss, pressed a glass of Southern C...
Late in the afternoon on the sixth day, we found a place for our base camp. We had been climbing into the mountains for two days. We had ridden into cold driving rain since we had left Edina and Lani. The men had been happy to stay in garrison cities for the next two nights, but once we had headed into the mountains, we had left civilisation behind, and had...
TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2007. It was late by the time we'd finished the Polish lorry and the driver, in halting English, asked if he could park up overnight. Well I certainly didn't want to leave him on the premises and eventually managed to convey to the guy that he needed to drive out onto the Industrial Estate where overnight parking is common place. It was a...