I shall never forget the moment Constantinople appeared before us. The sun was just rising as we drew near to the city, and even at a distance I could see the graceful spires and domes of palaces and minarets piercing the morning fog that lay on the Bosphorous like a blanket of down. The city seemed an ancient sage on the verge of awakening, mysterious and...
"Shelby," Derrick asked. "Were there many ships lost in this particular area?" "Searching, according to all information I have on all ship movements and battles I would have to say no but I feel that Conner may have more information than I, at the present moment," Shelby answered. "Thank you Shelby I'll take this information under advisement," Derrick repl...
Cassia's gurgles and moans as she was filled from both ends filled the room, her pleasured noises coming out of the magical orb resting in Feowyn's outstretched hand. The grunts and groans of Canus and Arrun accompanied them. The former elf's perfect and soft lips were curved in a smirk as he watched the court wizard stare at Cassia's nude body in the orb,...
Keara hadn't been able to weed out any information from Andros last night. She sat up in her bed and glanced in the general vicinity of the guest room. Neither her father nor her brother knew that she had brought a guest home last night, let alone a male guest. Keara pulled on a long robe and walked towards her porch. The sun had hardly risen, and she coul...
"It seems very quiet this morning," Mimas, the lead centaur and chief of Olympian guards, said as he clopped forward on the front lawn of Zeus and Hera's palace. Gripping his spear tightly in his hands, he looked out warily at the gorgeous view from the citadel and carefully studied the vista for any signs of trouble. The serene peaks of Mount Olympus were c...
Daphne looked down at the exhausted form of Demetrius sleeping soundly at her feet with a mixture of love and gratitude. She stretched out her newly freed feet and wriggled her toes, ecstatic that once again she could move them. It was pure bliss to be in human form again. Reaching her foot out to Demetrius, she nestled her toes on his lips, enjoying the sen...
The Kingdom of Hafizar, which is bordered by Kuwait to the north, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the South and is considered the smallest of the Gulf States, stands at the doorway of progress and peril. The Kingdom has a population of three million inhabitants, most of them centered in the three major cities, Al-Mokhtar, Behar and Thobar. Ninety percent of t...
I found this document amongst the effects of my grandfather Jan van Loon. As will be obvious, it was omitted (for reasons I need not explain) from his famous book about his twelve years as a guest but captive in the Imperial Palace. As with the others it is based on an interview which he made secretly and recorded in shorthand which he transcribed following...
Author's Note: I appreciate the encouragement from all of you and I will continue to write. I want it to be noted, though: I do a lot more in my life than write these. I work, I'm in school, and I have a child to raise. I also have other hobbies. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE writing these, but I don't always have the time or the patience to write a really long...
Author's Note: I can't think of a better way to end this story, so this is what I came up with. Part of me hates it. Part of me loves it. I'm not sure how I feel. ***** Rellenora didn't care what the Royal Physician said about it. Her arms locked around Ermen, pressing his soft body to hers. He was sleeping. That's all. He was sleeping, and he'd wake...