The following three days were a vague blur for Kira. She slept long and often, although she rarely felt any fatigue. The sheer strangeness of her circumstances seemed to wear her out. When she wasn't asleep, her primary occupation was watching the landscape. The low, rolling plains of her village gave way to large hills and trees. A chance glimpse of a cros...
When Orren woke, he had no idea what time it was. That was typical as his bed was underground in a windowless room. He did know there was hair in his face that wasn't his and a body in bed with him. He reached out gently to touch whoever it was and try to determine what body part he was touching. A shoulder perhaps? "This is how you sleep?" Neive's voice....
"Kira?" I jerked my head around and turned to my mother who had just said my name for the second time. "Are you alright, honey? You seem distracted." Of course I was distracted. That morning I had woken up late from what I considered a pretty restless sleep, only to find a small note stuck to the outside of the window corner. After seeing it and immediatel...
Chapter One Capua, Italy 73 B.C. They were finally free. No longer would they be forced to fight and fuck for the amusement of the Romans. Yet, their journey had only just begun and the worst of the hardships still lay ahead. Only 73 Gladiators managed to escape Battiatus' Ludus, as well as several female slaves and the Ludus' medico, out of the 200 men...
Greetings readers! As you may (or may not) have known, my computer crashed...temporarily putting a halt to my writing. But, as you can see, I'm ba-a-ack! Okay, okay...I can't blame it all on the computer crash. There are other reasons as well. For example, in real life, I'm a single parent with a teen-aged son...need I say more? All right folks, here it is!...
Chapter 11 The morning after leaving the forest, Corec woke to find the elf girl—Shavala—calmly sitting on a large rock in the middle of the camp, near the remains of the fire. She waved at him and smiled brightly. He pushed aside his blanket and stood. "What are you doing here?" he asked, before his mind woke up enough to realize how rude he sounded. "It...
The Witch's Trail: Week 1 No one could say who said it first. Who heard "herbalist" or "healer" or "wise one," and said the word. In the end, it didn't especially matter. The word was spoken. Soon every ear in the town had heard it, then every ear in the Rhone valley: Mont Clare was bewitched. What followed was inevitable. When there is a cry of Witch! the...
Six: Leliana Her assignment as a messenger shouldn't have been a surprise, but as she galloped through the rain between one army encampment and another, she cursed the luck that had made her one of the few fast riders the army had access to. The mages had been training – there were now a handful with the ability to shape-change into a bird – but that didn't...
Thanks to everyone who reads and rates each chapter of this story! I'm requesting comments, because this is my first attempt at a novel and my second attempt at writing fiction. Both positive and politely phrased criticisms are welcome. "...Women are no more cowards on whole than men. You fight battles, we bear babes. My lot is as bloody and painful and...
Kate accepted Robbie's invitation to spend the first week at the end of semester at his home. The plan was they'd have Christmas with their families and then he'd stay with Kate for a week on the ranch. Robbie mentioned before he left the university a day ahead of Kate that his mother was miffed when he'd revealed he'd been dating a younger woman than usual...