For Cora, wherever she may be. She taught me to see. * I live by myself, in a high rise apartment in Manhattan, which is very cool -- except that I'm on the road for work more often than I'm home. Now, lots of people travel for business -- that, by itself, isn't unusual. It's my work that's unusual. I do odd jobs for corporations, with the emphasis on "o...
Adina cursed again as another of her teachers got through her defenses. The way she was going she was going to be nothing but a big bruise when they were done. Swinging wildly she grunted when her sword was stuck in a beam that was beside her. Cursing, frustrated she tried to wrench it loose to no avail. A sudden clapping behind her had her whirling a hiss...
Matilda sat with her knees drawn up to her chest, she was hiding. He had asked her to marry him. She would have said yes, despite her fear of losing him, but he did not love her. He had only asked because she had been a virgin and he thought that principle demanded it of him. She frowned, he hadn't even asked though, just announced it. It was like she didn't...
"Tell me what you are thinking," you say quietly to me. We are lying in bed in the dark together, we are listening to the rain fall outside. I am curled up against the curve of your body, my head on your chest, my body at ease as I sink into the the heat of your life energy. To speak is to rouse myself from a deep hibernation, but I would never leave you un...
[Setting the scene: the events of this chapter — a series of displaced interludes — take place just after the arrival of Gandalf, Aragorn, and Gimli. Éowyn's two encounters with Aragorn (as described in the book) are referred to in their immediate aftermaths. Over the course of this chapter, Gandalf unmasks Wormtongue and heals King Théoden, the ride to Helm...
Queen Camilla stared silently at the messenger kneeling before her in the throne room, the power of his message still echoing through the chamber. She gripped the golden, diamond encrusted scepter in her hands tightly as she stood, the long purple dress she wore fluttering around her. Her thick lipa were drawn together tightly as her green eyes flashed with...
The pack was on the prowl tonight. Their howls echoed on the still night air and carried for miles on end. The cool crisp air burned their lungs as they flew with effortless ease, enjoying the caress of the night and the companionship that kept them together. There were seven in all. The Alpha pair, Rishad and Rose. Rishad was a huge white male that had ea...
Clover City is not the pristine metropolis that the fliers would indicate. Sure the city has a bustling business world and a gourmet flair, but crime and corruption run fairly rampant. You have slid into the less friendly side of life and the less picturesque part of town. Will you rise to power? Fall by the wayside? Give in to a life of lust? Clover City is...
The white surrounding her was blinding and her eyes reflexively snapped back shut. There was a buzzing in her ears and a copper taste in her mouth. Blood. She slowly opened her eyes again, letting them adjust to the starkness of the small room she was in. A look around showed her that she was strapped to a metal bed with a thin layer of foam as a mattress in...
Dear John, Could you really have no idea how incredibly sexy you are? Every cell screams "sensual" and makes my heart thunder and skin tingle. Just a touch and I start getting butterflies in my stomach and that little flutter deep inside. Your casual greeting makes my nipples hard and my mind starts to fantasize about all the things I could do to you... and...