Trysten awoke in a cold sweat, shivering as he sat up quickly in his bed. He looked around and realized it was still dark outside. What woke him? Looking around the room in a bleary stupor, he realized that he was not in his bedroom at the castle. He rubbed his eyes and sighed as the memories of the day began to seep back into his conscious mind. Had it onl...
My friend's sister, Ivy, had been trying to talk to me for months now, but would suddenly giggle and run away, leaving me feeling like I had my fly open or half a pie stuck to my face or something equally embarrassing. If she wasn't talking to me, she was staring at me, brown eyes boring into the back of my skull, only to look away when I turned around. If...
Lamar sat on his cot, the headache he had been suffering for weeks finally starting to ebb. His brother was not far away, sitting much the way that Lamar was, only instead of squinting in the light, Brody groaned with his pain every few minutes, swaying in a non-existent breeze. The medical tent they had called home was now almost deserted. Most... no, all...
The next day Lorchan and I didn't have a chance to talk until after work because he wasn't in the lab during the first half of the day. When it was time for dinner I began packing my stuff up for the day as Lorchan walked over to where I was standing. He grinned at me and placed his hand on my lower back while I put everything in order. I could feel my arous...
Mikael left the training room with a contented sigh. His muscles faintly ached from his exertions over the past hour - he'd tried to tackle seven opponents at once using the magical suits of armour as foes - and he knew he had earned a break. The dull throbbing in his limbs called out for a soothing soak in hot water, and the layer of sweat on his skin yearn...
Life Chapter 2: Happy Birthday! After Dixie left for Cali, I pretty much moped around the house when I wasn't at work. I had no desire to go anywhere, even when my older brother offered to pay me for driving him around. After she told me she'd met some guy, I decided I needed to get laid. Luckily my cousin Linzy was having a party for her 18th birthday and...
The day after Marcos's farewell to Bitsy... ******* Thrust, parry, riposte! Thrust! Parry! Riposte! Stuart wiped away the sweat as he put himself through another punishing workout. He had not slept last night and had instead practiced honing his other blade's skills. At swordplay, the king was a master—all Tsepesh males were. The bawdy joke was that they...
Matt was in his second semester in Seminary School. He also worked part-time for his church as the Assistant Youth/Singles Pastor. About once a month, he would go visit people in the community who had visited his church. Usually he stayed about 30 minutes welcoming them to the church and answering any questions that they might have. Since he was a single guy...
Author's Note: Hey everyone! First off, I want to thank you with all my heart for opening this chapter and reading it. I hope that you enjoy reading this chapter as much as I enjoyed writing it. I'm a true superhero/heroine fan to the core. Antiheroes and vigilantes are my favorite because even though they don't really have to live by a code they do. This is...
He had seen her sad before but, in the year they had been together he had never seen this. His heart broke as tears rolled silently down her cheeks. She looked so delicate. Her hair hung in ringlets around her face, going from red to black as they made their way down her back and over her supple chest. Her big, dark brown eyes were full of tears and bloodsho...