I must have been dreaming, that was the only explanation. I saw her die. I broke as my mate was taken violently from me. This can't be real. I felt the tingles on my cheek, I smelled her scent as I lay there on the bottom of the boat. I opened my eyes, her jean-clad thighs under my left cheek, her boots against the seat opposite us as she sat on the...
Jessie's POV "How bad is this going to be," I asked Charles as he joined us in the back of our Excursion. The three vehicles we had brought down were filled with warriors, and those with carry permits were carrying. They would only go as far as the building security checkpoint; Charles and Sven would be the only ones going in with me. "You're going to stir...
Author's Note: Several commenters expressed dissatisfaction with the ze/zir/zim pronouns in Chapter 4, so I've produced this alternate version using they/their/them instead. Is it better/worse/same? ~~~~~ Over the next weeks, as 2015 gave way to 2016, the rate of Nova detections kept rising. Several other nations reported isolating the Nova retrovirus and...
Chapter 8 - Revenge and Rebuild ***** My body ached. I'm sure I'd smacked my head on something as my vision was still blurry. But I felt a presence next to me. "When Brynjolf brought you before me, I could feel a sudden shift in the wind. And at that moment, I knew it would end with one of us at the end of a blade." "Tell you what, Mercer. Just give me th...
Chapter 11 -- The Master ***** It took two nights for us to finally crest the hill that would lead us to Riften. It was afternoon by the time we'd stabled our horses, and the first thing I wanted to do was see Haelga, as I knew she'd be worried sick about me. Karliah said she'd head down to the cistern, spread the news, and we'd all gather the next day for...
NOTE: This story is a sequel to Jungle Adventure. Enjoy. Chapter 4 – The Wedding Invitations Have Been Sent Out "Victoria!" Greg yelled and stormed off the patio and down the road as he saw his fiancée stumble along the road, accompanied by the two local rescuers. They had given her a shirt and a pair of shoes so she wouldn't have to walk naked. As the r...
It was raining again the droplets smacking against the glass of his home office window with sharp rapping sounds like a hundred tiny fists demanding to be let inside. David Gilroy stood holding his coffee cup and staring out at the gray, hazy day. He lifted the cup to his lips blowing lightly on the steaming liquid to cool it. The dark day perfectly fit his...
Disclaimer: I do not own Thor, The Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Captain America 2 or anything to do with Marvel. I do not make any money from the writing of this story. ***** Sharon Carter had been trained by the best of the best SHIELD had to offer. That meant first and foremost her Aunt Peggy, one of the founders of SHIELD and her personal idol. Go...
"I've wanted this for a long time." A deep reptilian voice sounded. The voice belonged to an eight foot tall seven hundred pound dragon turtle creature named Bowser, the King Koopa. He was feared throughout the entire Mushroom Kingdom and several of the surrounding lands. Right now his bright red mane was swept back over his head revealing all of his dark gr...
She had forgotten just how opulent the Kellner world was. At school when she'd been sent away, the people she met wondered why she didn't revel in money the way they did, like bloated pigs at a never-ending troth. She hated the rich, and hated them because of every cruel lesson learned at the hands of Ferdinand and Michael Kellner, and the final, most painfu...