Chapter 53: The Death of a Friend The long flight to Sydney was physically comfortable and emotionally exhausting; we just looked at each other and worried. We hurried through controls and a driver was expecting us. He took us directly to the hospital where Jenny was waiting for us. She embraced Maureen and then kissed me for a long time. She was miserable...
Chapter Eighteen: Templar Twister "Sierra, I can see that you're a very useful person to have around, with your impressive knowledge of what is about to happen – however it is that you come by it." Wynne shot me a look that was part suspicious disbelief and part frustration. "However, I suspect that you'd be less than helpful if you ended up dead before we...
That night I waited, impatiently, alternately sitting on my bed and pacing my tiny room. Eventually, after darkness had settled through the apartment, the shrill bell rang. I rushed to the intercom and buzzed Theo in. He came up, his nose wrinkled slightly. "How on earth could you live here?" He asked. "Oh, just shut up and help me move," I said, but he gr...
I confess I searched the company's website to find out when the next Regional Directors' meeting would occur. An old news release provided the answer. They were always in the second week of the month, on Wednesday and Thursday. The directors and staff arrived on Wednesday morning flights, met in the afternoon, stayed Wednesday night, met again Thursday, and...
The following weekend, I was in my home office reading and making notes about my encounter with Kathy. It was a quiet Saturday afternoon. A college football game was on in the background and Allison was in the other room reading the latest best seller. I was still processing all the notes from my lab work including the blood work from both Allison and Kathy....
Love is reckless; not reason. Reason seeks a profit. Love comes on strong, consuming herself, unabashed. Yet, in the midst of suffering, Love proceeds like a millstone, hard surfaced and straightforward. Having died of self-interest, she risks everything and asks for nothing. Love gambles away every gift God bestowed. Withou...
This is the tenth installment of the sexual journey of an 18-year-old music student, Clare. In the first installment, she was hired by the husband and wife team of escort agency owners who discover during some sexual high jinx that she is still a virgin. In the second, she set out in a limo on her first appointment with her new escort name, "Celeste," with a...
Author's Note: If you read the first and second part together, you may notice that I start Ch. 01 in a more modern era, but manage to land Ch. 02 smack in the early 1800's. I plan to work this out later, but until then just roll with it, and sorry about the massive inconsistency. Everything else is coo. ***** I ran through every drawing and then slowly clo...
3. Crossing paths. Justin was beyond angry. Not only had he failed in convincing Shane to step down as Alpha, he also managed to get himself exiled from the pack. To add salt to that wound, his shoulder was still in pain from when Shane threw him into the wall. The injury was already healing for the most part, but the soreness remained. He hadn't bothered...
Laura led us into the living room and saying that as we had spent the last couple of hours filling her tummy with a marvellous meal and great wine. Now she needed to be filled in some other places with our hard cocks and amorous intentions. She instructed us to sit down on the sofa and knelt in front of us. Without waiting or any other comment she began to...