Tightening The Noose On the march back to Greatfoot I could tell that most of the troops were happy to be on their way to a hot meal and a soft bed. Some felt as Chezeleste did, that they were leaving unfinished business behind them and regretted leaving under such circumstances. Others simply didn't care one way or the other, to them this was simply anothe...
Note to Reader Yes, this is the first story I've posted on here since 2002. My other story "Laraloubaye" was never completed, though the ideas are still very much in my imagination. Meanwhile, this new one, "Oshun" is not so much a story as it is a description of the society that the title character in my first story came from – the "Zoue" (as you'll see be...
It was nearly time. The Warrior-Queen took a calming breath and squeezed her sister-wife's hand to settle her nerves. The heavy plating she wore was comfortable, shielding her once more like it always did during her time as the captain of the Praetorian Guard, but she feared that the metal would be rendered useless under the gaze of their upcoming guest. H...
It's too early when you swipe in to the gym. The air inside is cold and stale, the lights blinding. It's Saturday morning, so normally you would be nursing a hangover that would make the fluorescent glare unbearable, but it's been weeks since you had a drink. But even after all these weeks, 5:30 am is still too early. You're bleary-eyed and nervous. You feel...
The sun caressed my skin as I sat there listening to their conversation. I had left the gym and done my three miles a few hours earlier. Zenning and being with friends was the plan for the rest of the day. If I wasn't Division I, I would have considered lighting up. "No, he's a piece of shit. Seriously, I just don't get your rainbows and puppies attitude....
* * * * * Welcome back to the story! I'd tell you to check the previous chapter if you haven't already read it, but you're smart and there are numbers. Everyone doing sex is 18 or older. Many thanks to icedragonmo3 for beta-reading and correcting my often challenging grammar. Any mistakes herein are because of my pride, inattention, or inability to leave...
For a time, there was nothing but tactility. It was funny – a lifetime of being trained, often at the end of a whip and at the bottom of a boot, to touch a deeper, more ephemeral realm, and here Thale was, awash in the physical universe. He couldn't think of the future or the past. There was only the now of Venn's hair brushing against his cheek, of the sa...
"Not this again," Abigail sighed. "What happened to being patient and waiting until the time is right?" "I have waited, and the time is right," Kennedy said flatly. "I still think we should wait," I said. "Do you know how long something like this takes?" "Yeah, I know exactly how long it takes," Kennedy said matter-of-factly. "I timed it." It seemed that...
The crew of the Invictus left the ship and strode out to meet the two uniformed men awaiting their arrival. As they left the confines of the airlock, John noticed the men were standing next to a brutal looking piece of Terran Federation engineering. It was some kind of dropship, lean and ferocious, the jutting weapon barrels telling their own tale of its let...
Try to imagine my walk home that night from Sun Hee's dorm, after having just been caged by her and then unceremoniously dismissed. It was a long walk in the dark across campus, and that gave me a lot of time to think and a lot to think about. But in truth I really only thought about the cage that was now locked around my sex. It felt like some invisible fo...