I quickly dismissed that thought of mind when I remembered how he hurt me. So I jumped right in. Okay, not right in, but I stepped in the water. I began by making an online dating profile. I'd chat with the men, identify their what type of man they were, failed frontman, marrying kind, professional party boy, player, the older man the list goes on, then I'd...
CHAPTER 21 I walked into the parking lot and unlocked the door to my jeep. "Are you coming with me?" "Where are you going?" "Oh, I thought I'd go to a bar, get wasted and drive home drunk. Want to baby sit me while I throw up on you?" I narrowed my eyes and grinned evilly at Taurin. "So, you're going home." I slid into the front seat and started the eng...
CHAPTER 28 "Dove Hawthorne, you have been granted a warrant." The man rasped as he placed the paper in his bowl. It transferred over to me. "That's it?" I said in disbelief as I picked up the paper that fluttered into my own copper bowl. "All the information is on the paper. I can't add anything." I glanced down at the warrant and said crankily. "How 'bo...
By the time Rana had made it back within sight of the village the sun was peeking up over the eastern horizon. She and Amir had spent hours in the cave just lying next to each other, no communication passing between them except between their eyes. Having to separate herself from his side was a cruel pain; every bit of clothing that she placed back on herself...
Sorry this short note is so late in the submissions, any single quote marks while talking indicate mind to mind speak. CHAPTER 12 Taurin's thoughts bored into me as we entered the bar together. 'You realize you're calmly walking into a public place with me at your side.' I shrugged, 'Why not? I'm not even sure why I'm here, except that maybe I need to be...
I needed a few things at the general store which is in the center of town. I like to walk and the school and my home are on the edge of town so it wasn't a hike just a good way to stretch my legs. Saturday is always busy in town. The town's people getting out and about to visit, do some shopping with the people that live out of town come in for supplies. Be...
CHAPTER 7 I knocked on the door next to the main demon's office. Ila was a demon hunter in her eighties, who looked like she was in her thirties. She gave a glimpse of the slow age progression of our kind if we managed to survive that long. I never formally met her, but I heard stories. First and most importantly, she raged against having demons included in...
Author's note: Thank you for your patience. Apologies this has taken so long. I have been beset with work commitments and other delays. It is the longest chapter by far. Erinaceous * 1 Physics lessons 2 Complications 3 More complications 4 Even more complications 5 Summer destinations * 1 Physics lessons There was a sombre mood in the Samothea Pro...
---------------------- Author's Note: This story contains disturbing mental/physical themes that may cause discomfort. Readers be advised. This first chapter is short. Later parts will be published in longer portions. This is Part 1 of 4. Previously the story title was incorrectly shown as "Woulds Pt.01", it should be "Wounds Pt.01" ----------------------...
What could be better than Atlanta in the summer, having a cookout with your friends, chilling in the backyard, and having a ole good time? My crew is ranked high up on the roster of the who's who of the Black Urban Professionals who have migrated to the ATL from New York, DC, Chicago, all over to make our mark. You'd think with all our collective success the...