Alyssa let Helene cry against her shoulder, rubbing the aquatic girl's back as she wept. Whispering soothing words in her ear, she waited until Helene had cried herself out, then said quietly, "Let's go have a lie down." Helene nodded and let the blonde lead her out of the Officers' Lounge into the corridor beyond. The door to Faye's room slid aside after A...
"We have been sssuppresssing all newsss of the losss of our forcesss in the Regulusss sssyssstem, jussst asss you ordered, your Imperial Majesssty," Grand Prelate Melkadian said, glancing up at the vast draconic behemoth with no small amount of apprehension. "The Imperial Information Bureau hasss kept all talk of the battle from newsss feedsss, and any queri...
Alyssa glanced around the Ashanath Command Web over Ularean's shoulder, feeling overwhelmed with relief. She tried to contact John to let him know she was safe, but she was unable to reach him telepathically. *Are you alright, Alyssa? You seem very distressed,* Senior Councillor Ularean asked, awkwardly patting the radiant girl on the shoulder while trying...
Japan can feel like a strange and alien place to a Westerner, but I think it's wonderful. I am not really a city person, but these have a wow factor, especially when lit-up at night-time with their twinkling, rainbow brightness, constant noise and busy-ness. It's the history, culture and countryside of Japan that I love the most, which is why I was delight...
Life or Death, two possible outcomes no matter what we do we either survive or something goes wrong and we die that's how fragile human life is. Someone is writing, the chair snaps, he falls and breaks his neck Death. Someone's eating a lethal germ lands in the food a treatment exists but the germ evolves Death, we are sleeping, cardiac arrest death. This is...
Rachel, Helene, and Irillith stood by the open hangar door, watching as the last of the colonists left the Invictus. Rather than returning to their homes, the townsfolk of Fernridge gathered in the grassy clearing on the outskirts of the settlement, clearly reluctant to turn away. There was a solemn intensity to those people as they waved goodbye, every one...
Across was my greatest rival. His dark hair and aloof expression made me know he didn’t respect me an ounce. I was the one to make it to the final round, which nobody expected. None of that would matter. Not if Sasuke won. He didn’t even wear a complete shirt, or any of the armor we were given. I mean, wasn’t he cold? Just a couple years ago, the world was s...
The temple of corruption arrives in a fictional or real world to corrupt its inhabitants. Created by an all powerful god who wishes to corrupt all who enter. Already filled with corrupted followers and monsters who wish to do the same they arrive in a new world to corrupt them. And we don't mean "corrupt" them as in make them evil, though that does...
John reached for the button to open the Ready Room door leading to the Command Deck. *Hold on a second,* Alyssa warned him. *Jehanna's interviewing Irillith on the Bridge. You can go in, but just stay quiet.* *Thanks for the head's up,* he said, glancing at Lynette to warn her too. The brunette looked startled, clearly not yet used to hearing her Matria...
Edraele leaned into her lover's warm embrace and let out a contented sigh. "Oh, I really needed this... I felt awful after that meeting with Gaenna." Luna held the Maliri Queen close, making her feel safe and protected. "You're not that person any more, Edraele." "I know... but revisiting those horrible memories is always disturbing. It wasn't me that did...