Bringing Rainer forward once more, the boy sat silently crying as his fate was told to him by his Madam Alpha, her voice rising for all to hear. "Rainer, you are charged with stealing from the pack, destroying pack property, leaving the Den to go to the human city without permission, and covering for Lark and his cohorts in the rape and imposed dominance of...
Once upon a time there was a quiet young woman who liked to ride horses, named Leora. Leora lived in a mountain-perched village in which all the men had gone to war, so the whole town was filled with bustling, busy, bossy women. Leora often felt like hiding away from all those women and their confident directives, so she went to the forest beyond the village...
Thatcher watched as Saoirse wrapped fur after fur around Tempest's lean frame, the elderly female chattering nonstop despite the early hour. Tempest just managed to nod and smile, laughing and adding her few words of input when it was necessary. He knew she had not slept last night, as she hadn't the night before. Already in the two days of her self-induced...
Demon Child: Chapter 12 Ramaldi Gold )===(>>>>>>>>>>>>>> At first light the warriors led their horses up the steep winding path and made their way further west following the highlands looking out over the sea. It was slow going through the twisted forest and they did not find another way down the tall cliffs. Each day Aylanna rode at the back of the colum...
We gather in the courtyard, and outside of a few of the grooms and attendants, I recognize most of the congregation. There's a blond man with skin as white as mine that I assume is an unmasked Thaddius talking to Ambra. I head towards Galiva, but she's with someone I know I've never met. He's hard to miss with his ashen grey skin. He stands just a hair shor...
Tight Knit Neighbors 10, September 5018, 7:00 PM Lincoln, Nebraska Fire Drive, Castillo Residence Arriving home just minutes before her husband did, Shayna prepared some food hastily. Her children who had already arrived earlier, each had keys for the house door and were safe even without either parent being home, when they got back from their respectiv...
"Tony, are you ready for our weekly meeting?" Alice asked business-like as I was talking to the mechanic about his progress on fixing the copy-machine. Alice and I were colleagues working for an advertising agency, and we did have a weekly meeting to discuss various things, although the actual discussing of things tended to be a lot shorter than the duratio...
Chapter Seventy-Nine: *Can You Feel Me Now? We'd barely made it through the door when Alistair kicked it shut behind us. He set me carefully on the bed, then took the platter of food from my hands and put it on a table. Climbing up bedside me, he curled himself around me and pulled me into his embrace. I relaxed, enjoying the comfort and closeness, enjoyin...
"How are they deciding where to go?" Marcos inquired. He was sitting at his usual place near the top of the hill taking furtive looks around from time to time. At his feet, were two small deep fire holes only a little bigger than his fist. They connected underground and allowed him to hide the flame and add animal droppings for smokeless fuel. Several small...
Jenna sighed as she pulled into her driveway. It had not been a good day. Lethargy had hung over her like a swollen grey cloud, dampening her mood and hindering her efforts at work. Time had seemed to drag along, and the weather itself did nothing to help her spirits. The sun had taken refuge behind a mass of ominous clouds, and it seemed that a storm was on...