I hope this was worth the wait, mum things got in the way but I'm getting back on track now :D A special thanks to my editor, Jen, without her this probably would have taken longer to write and it would be filled with the most embarrassing spelling and grammar mistakes. Chapter 4: Nothing Mythical About That! Athanasia dove to the side, avoiding the j...
The knights were atop their steeds in presentation to the Queen, about to fight for her honor. Sir William, strong, with his dark blonde hair tied behind him, handsome in face and wearing the colors of red and white; Sir Geoffrey, looking smaller in stature but dark and evil as he wore the colors of black and white, his skin and hair dark as well. Their intr...
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The intoxicating scent of sweat was enhanced by the hot blood pulsing close beneath the thin, beaten surface of flesh, rising under the lashing whip. I paused to admire my work. Mariette was a wonder. Her body still thrashed against the restraints anticipating another strike. I'd have loosened the bonds, tying her hands and feet to the cross beam, had I been...
I was riding in the back of a white brougham down the avenue toward the St. Regis when it collapsed. The hotel, that is. It just dropped, like one of those demolition jobs you see on TV or during reruns of the Nine-eleven catastrophe...minus the explosions. I never liked the explanation they gave for the Twin Towers event. It didn't make sense. Not statisti...
For over an hour, Hafred led his highborn companions through woods that would be difficult to navigate even by the light of day. The pervasive darkness of the night and the fact that he had now trod further under those trees than he had ventured in many a year did not bode well for his sense of direction. Yet there were subtle signs that he was on the right...
Lorelai Gilmore was thankful for many things. Coffee, mostly, and the fact that her parents had decided against moving to Stars Hollow. But mostly coffee. She had good friends in Michel and Sookie and Jackson. She had Rory, her best friend in the whole world, and their relationship was better than ever now that Logan Huntzberger was out of the picture. A...
Second Excerpt Daylily opened her eyes to a bright new morning. She got up and walked over to her diary and read the two entries from the day before. She wanted to write more, but realised that there wasn't much to say having just woke up. Closing the diary and putting it back on the desk she started out of the room, then doubled back immediately. She had a...
I am a vampire. Does that shock you? I was born in medieval England, my father was a wealthy lord and my mother, his lady. My master came one night and found me... captivating, yes, that's the word he used. He told me right there that he wanted to make me immortal and I agreed. Decades later, having incurred his wrath, and he was an unforgiving master, an...