Victoria entered the sickroom carefully, carrying the tray of medicines. The room smelled of impending death. Grandfather wouldn't live through the night. She set the tray on the small table next to the bed and started mixing the powders. Grandfather watched her, his eyes eager and fierce. But his voice was querulous and his words negative. "No, Victoria...
Her vision was grey, like a bleak sky. It hung there for a split second of obscurity and then faded into clarity. Ailis' focus returned to her from a dream she could not remember. Wild music drummed from above. The wooden ceiling underneath the Spiral Decent tavern revealed itself in its mundane predilection. Cracked and worn from the heavy movements above,...
Jaycee smiled as she brought the steaming cup of black coffee to her lips. She had been standing on the front porch watching Grandfather teach Angel to 'talk' to the horses. She shook her head; a few weeks ago, the whole idea would have seemed preposterous. But so much had changed for them. For her, especially. Especially since that night. Just thinking a...
Greg had gone back to his apartment after he had retrieved the stuffs Sonja had instructed him to get in a blue sports bag and had told him to wait for further instruction. When he first saw what was in the in the bag it almost freaked him out. He was no bomb expert but had seen one of these things before at the Firearms and Explosives Exhibition. There insi...
Sam was cautious at first, as he didn't want to upset the girl anymore than he had already, but with Abby's reassurance that she was fine, he was more at ease. "I had long known that I was illegitimate." She told him. "That doesn't upset me. What did upset me was realising that Mum had just walked away from here when she had a family who could have helped he...
Kim Steele was a class sensitive woman. Her disappointment with her husband James only increased during their six year marriage. Walking quickly up the wide stone path leading to the once elegant home, she knew where the real money was. John Carruthers, sixty-eight years old, her husbands grandfather. Looking at the once proud estate, she wondered why he w...
ok here it is the final chapter of the shadow that binds a huge thanks to my editor couldnt do it without you ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ I was Flying and then "thud" my water was breaking. Then there was the first ripple of contraction and then black! When I woke; I was surprised that the contractions were stronger. There was a muffled sounds...
My name is Bradley Franklin Morrison IV. I have lived a privileged life, as did my father. We are both beneficiaries of an enormous wealth created by my Grandfather Bradley Franklin Morrison II. My Grandfather achieved his wealth in the lumber industry and a very lucky discovery of uranium on land he had acquired for the timber. The uranium was discovered a...
It was the fall equinox, and the new alliance seemed to be in trouble. The army of the Deathless Emperor was pressing deep into the center of the rebel army, which seemed ready to disintegrate. Ian watched the battled from hilltop about the valley, and beckoned to his son, Ioannis, asked "Will they run?" "Father, they've retreated farther than planned, and...
Journal of Erin Hollister 9 June, mid-afternoon The train entered the Duchy of Styria, after days of travel from the Dutch coast. Over the day, I have been struck by how different Austria is from my native London. London bustles with activity; Austria, especially rural Styria, is more sedate and relaxed. Perhaps that is what I need, ever since Mother died...