The sunrise's first golden rays fell across the castle's tallest spire like honey as the entire eastern horizon turned shades of palest cream and delicate yellow. Songbirds, those who had not yet gone south that autumn, danced through the lightening air. Xeralstalis perched on the spire and shaded her eyes against the light, her long, demonic tail swishing i...
A short, lighthearted bit of fluff for the 2019 Halloween competition. Please enjoy! + "So how in hell do these things stay on?" I demanded. I held the cups up against my chest, over my blouse. I had to admit that they were beautiful - sort of a gold-on-royal-blue brocade. He'd presented me with the outfit when he got home from work five minutes ago....
Author's Note: Welcome back to my next story. This tale came about as a simple idea and I decided to run with it as long as I could. I think the story came out well but I'll let you be the judge of that. It's not as long as my first work, A Most Graceful Life, and will be posted in three parts. Be warned there is no heat in part one, but you can expect it in...
John's POV I climbed up the ladder, feeling bad about leaving her alone. I could hear Sven talking, so I followed the sound to the dining room where he was sitting at the table. "Alpha Stan," I said as I spotted him at the table. "Betas Peter and Abigail, I did not expect to see you up here." "This is where the action is, John. I understand your mate hel...
Alpha Sven's POV I walked out of the Pack House with my mate at my side, holding hands as we looked out on the aftermath of war. Wounded wolves were making their way back, the nurses doing triage, taking the seriously injured in first. First aid kits were open everywhere, as warriors tended to their own using their first responder training. We walked amo...
_________ 6 __________ I was vaguely aware of distant engine noise and Andrea's presence as she began moving around in the darkness, shaking the mattress as she did so. Suddenly, high pitched air horns ripped through the stillness of the night as several massive diesels thundered closely by, shaking Long Grey Cloud and rocking the mattress which Andrea and...
Summer laid on her bed. She was only three days past her high school graduation but already feeling the boredom from summer creep in. It was a rainy day, and none of her friends were around to hang out. Her parents were gone, and no one else was in the house. As she laid in bed, her skirt gently slid down her legs. Suddenly the mood struck her. As one hand...
Thanks to those who commented at the end of the first chapter. It heartened me that the reaction was positive. A few of you asked for the history and perhaps a broader idea of the world I've created. So at the start of the next few chapters will be a timeline of history for the world and then a small codex of further information you might find interesting....
EPILOGUE June, two and a half years' later On Lauren Taylor's first day, her very first day working for the Environmental team at SandRock Construction, she was instructed to report to a maintenance depot on the far side of the M25. She travelled up on the A23 in her reasonably new secondhand car. SandRock were the leading company in this field, not just a...
Miranda's recent meetings with visitors at her flat had proved to be not as exciting as she might have hoped. And although they would prove lucrative and she had always performed well, she felt something lacking. She also felt she could even pinpoint the reason for this lackluster feeling. It emanated from two adventurous encounters a few months previously....