Ch. V: The Plot Thickens "Ah, I see our visitor has awakened." Hugo heard a husky voice chime in from somewhere near by. The world seemed a swirling misty haze. Hugo shook his head to relieve some of the cobwebs he felt to be laying on his brain. "Let me introduce myself and my colleagues to you Mr. Kirby. I am Ms. Amelia Smarts. The two gentlemen to your...
The remainder of the evening passed rather uneventfully, as far as Ashleigh was concerned. They ate dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, then Ashleigh took her shower and changed into an outfit similar to Sharon's. Returning to the living room, Sharon welcomed her with a wolf whistle. Ashleigh settled herself into the chair opposite Sharon and they began to talk....
I never thought that an antique book store would be a good place to meet women, but I took the job anyway. I would have preferred to be tutoring poor helpless freshman girls. However, beggars can't be choosers and my tuition bills have been catching up with my unemployed self. The best part about this job is that I don't need to know anything about the mater...
The year is 1820 and a relative peace resides in Europe. It is a time where the Nobility of a handful of Continental families rule over the millions of common people across borders and barriers of language. Living in decadent opulence, their lives consist of balls, operas and hunting parties, an endless series of social gatherings across the great cities of...
Foiled He showed up when I couldn't sleep, Like he always used to, like he never stopped. Grace...? You awake?" I peeped through an eyelid. All six foot, six and half inches of Tyler blocked the meager light of the lamp on the desk as he loomed over my bed. I Glanced at the clock. Three A.M. "You know I am, Tyler. What are you doing here? And At three A....
"Jasper! Get over here!!" "Yes, Master Nightshade." The tanned skin of the slave trembled as he ran towards the house. The green loincloth that signified his position in the Nightshade estate billowed in the wind as he ran. Finally used to the scant material, Jasper briefly recalled the first time his master summoned him and it came undone. Had that not ha...
Hannah heard the voices as though through a mist. She wasn't sure where she was or what had happened at first, but as she listened to them talk, she slowly remembered. "Maybe you're right. Maybe I'm insane, but what does it matter? I am truly immortal now. And you... you'll die anyway." "Crazy bitch." "I was honest with you, Cian. You could have had a fe...
Everything felt dizzy, like if he had been spun around and around. Even without opening his eyes, his head was swimming. Slowly, Alaron Highforge forced them open. He had expected pain from the light, but found himself in a dark room. One too blurred by his vision to be comfortable to watch. He swiftly shut his eyes again, hoping the dizziness would subside...
"Clara!" Matt's voice roared over the rising gale of wind. "Get off that horse and get in here!" The dark-haired girl turned in the direction of Matt's voice, and saw the hulking, massy black cloud of storm-front eclipsing the innocent blue of the sky, devouring it mercilessly. Shit... it was gonna boil up a squall after all, and here she'd been out riding,...
Melissa never really remembered the last time she felt like this, a lust filled teenager, she had always been the quite one, the one to sit in a corner and just hope that she could press fast forward and be home in bed, with a book some wine and her hand. She had always been content with that life, no parties or clubs, no strange men or alcohol just her own...