"What would a monster do with a core?" I asked, and Casey blinked several times, her eyes flicking between the Kobalt, and my own concerned gaze. "I- I don't know," she answered, apparently as flabbergasted by the development as I was. I turned to Gisela. "Do monsters ever do that?" I asked, and the girl quickly shook her head. "It is not within my under...
Gabriella Ella stared out of the window as Simon drove them to school. The tree lined route he took whenever they had to make up for lost time looked grey and gloomy from this morning's drizzle. Everything felt grey and gloomy. He'd broken up with her as soon as her mother had left for work. She apologized for the so-called rude comments she'd made to her m...
CHAPTER I: Stages Holliston, NC July 22nd, 1912, 10:15pm. With little more than the hazy moon to light his way, Charlie parted ways with Enos and Tom, his friends from the cannery and followed his own street home. The chilly night air was unusually still; Charlie couldn't hear any crickets chirping, only the dull, regular beating of his own boots upon the...
Gabriella The porcelain sink chilled Ella's scorching skin as she leaned against it and splashed water onto her face. She was burning from the inside out. A sharp pain gathered behind her eyes and rushed to the back of her head causing her to sway for a moment. Her hands balled into fists before she shook them out and repeated. Anything to halt the tremble...
Author's Note: This builds upon the events of the previous chapters. I would recommend reading them first, before diving into this chapter. ***** Thursday, January 22 I slammed my hand onto the alarm clock this morning to silence it and pulled the covers over my head. It wasn't simply the fact I needed more sleep, although God knows I could have used it....
INTRODUCTION Connie Shutter, the mistress of a small-time New York diamond merchant, was visiting her parents in Toronto when she was bent forward in pain. She suspected the arrival of her baby was imminent. White-faced, Connie said she was returning to New York. "But you still have three days left with us," Beryl her mom complained but Connie said, "Mom...
This is a work of fiction. All characters and incidents portrayed and names within are fictitious and any similarity to the name, character or history of any person is entirely coincidental. All places mentioned are only used to provide a framework, not to imply anything in this story actually occurred in those places. Although everyone is a fiction of our i...
Editor's note: this story contains scenes of non-consensual or reluctant sex. ***** "You did not!" Leah stared at me wide eyed. "I totally did... it was seriously so fucking amazing," I sighed. Somehow yesterday Alec and I hadn't been caught... well in class anyways. When he took me to his apartment after class his roommate caught us fucking in the hallw...
Chapter 2. Wet. The phone rang at the Anderson house on the seventh around nine fifteen at the Anderson house. "Hey, quiet you guys. Nolan, bed, now!" Brody picked up the portable. "Hello?" "Hey, baby." It was Shannon, "So did you pick up that girl, Claudia, yet?" "What? No, I'm supposed to do that tomorrow. That's what you said, the eighth at seven, reme...
Bang! I heard the noise of a car door slamming and jolted awake. Gale moved his arm but was still fast asleep beside me. I grabbed the blankets from my bed and wrapped them around me before running to my window to see who was here. I peeked out from behind the curtains and saw our maid Rose carrying my dry cleaning. "Gale get up!" I ran next to him and star...