The next day, Kira and Dan took their breakfast together as Kyrhan wanted to be as fresh as possible for a long and tedious day. They left to Han Zhou with Lan Yu, as scheduled. Wei Lin Had finally was decided to accompany Kira. Dan would have preferred to be alone with the two pretty women. Han Zhou was at some distance from Shanghai on a motorway. The road...
Junie had barely come to live with her new owners when ugly reality intruded on their idyllic world. Her search for a Master had caught the attention of a serial killer and she had barely escaped being his next victim. He was caught and facing trial; but now Junie had to testify. The whole idea of leaving her new home was more than she could bear to think ab...
There's another dream in the middle of this chapter. I swear there won't be another after this chapter, but I had to give Maisie her share of flashback time. ;) ---------------------------------------- Maisie slid the last of the empty produce crates into the back of the pickup truck. She huffed out a long breath as she closed her eyes and wiped her brow o...
Chapter One: Westward Ho My name is Mark. Last summer I got transferred to L.A. as part of a promotion at the accounting firm I manage. My wife Jennifer and I uprooted everything and moved west. While I obviously had work, my wife, a high school teacher, had to start over. She looked for a job for a few weeks to no avail. Then by chance she saw an ad on Cr...
John sprawled on the bed, his chest heaving as he panted to get his breath back. He gazed wide-eyed at the stars through the clear-crystal dome, admiring the beautiful sweep of bright starlight that shone down on the trio in the Observatory. The Invictus was in high orbit around New Eden in the Procyon system, located right in the heart of the Core Worlds, s...
John stared at his new Paragon Body Armour with his mouth agape, and walked quickly across the Engineering Bay to get a closer look. Dana had set up another armour equipping frame next to the two that were already built against the far wall, but this new one was larger, designed to hold armour sized for a brawny six-foot-two man. The full set of body armour...
Chapter 9 - The Club (Part 1 was chapters 1 through 7 and Part 2 was chapter 8.) The room was dimly lit, much like any nightclub would be. The music was loud enough but not so overpowering that someone would have to shout to be heard. An old Linda Ronstadt tune, "It's So Easy" was playing. There were booths around three sides of a hardwood stage. Each one...
This installment of Lineage contains much less sex than the first two (there is still some), but rest assured, it is important to the story. Breaking Point 2294, Outpost K7, Klingon Border, 1700 hours Sahar sat quietly at a table next to the window in the restaurant, gazing out the window. Hanging in space a few dozen kilometers away from her was the Athe...
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...
The view out of the Citadel's upper-storey windows was incredible, the sky over Terra lit up in beautiful shades of crimson and orange as the Sun began to set. The warm evening light cast dramatic shadows over the endless field of fortifications which ringed the base, the defensive emplacements a flurry of activity even at this late hour. Towering mechs and...