Gwenda was a tall and strikingly beautiful young woman, even dressed up in the plain leathers of a guards-woman. Even this, Lady Ayleth had to grudgingly admit. She was also quite smart and had grown up in a northern barony that was always on the pointed edge of danger, even in more relatively peaceful days. Her sharp green eyes missed little and her generou...
Koloa, Kauai 2007 Rowan stepped in. "That's a bunch of bull!" A delicate eyebrow shot up as Elizabeth turned her head to look at Rowan. She gave him an appreciative once over. Casey narrowed her eyes at Elizabeth, wondering who the hell she was and how the hell she got into the house. Elizabeth's reply was practically a purr. "Such vehemence. How do you...
Seattle 2007 Rowan sat in the living room of his brother's penthouse, drinking his fourth glass of scotch. He felt a bit numb, but he needed that. So many of his senses had been screaming that what they were doing was wrong. Rowan needed to quiet down his worries. "Did she wake up yet?" Rowan asked as Derek exited the room he locked Lilith in. "No, she's...
A/N: Oh sweet heaven! Finally the last part of Ch. 6! This part is pretty short though (hence the reason why it's up so fast), but I do feel it's important because of how it helps set things up. Once again a huge thanks to my editor, Todger65, for his hard work. As I mentioned in my Stones of Incienda update, I'll mention here. From here on out I'll start t...
Two days had passed since her encounter with the strange man at the bookstore, but it was still fresh and hot in her mind. She tried everything to get the incident out of her head. She picked up extra shifts at work, threw herself into her studies, and spent more time reading; but no matter how hard she tried to distract herself, thoughts of him lingered in...
The store owner's head whipped around as Eiric approached. Julien watched his wife hypnotically saunter to the front of the store, moving like a hungry snake. Terror flashed across the man's features, disappearing as quickly as a rat scuttling down a hole. The man was...well, to put it honestly, the man was huge. Not exceptionally tall, but he had the squa...
I'm not going to waste time with excuses as to why this chapter has been so long coming but I will say that I am incredibly sorry that it has been so long. Thankfully I have now recovered my inspiration for this story and it's fair to say that it only heats up from now on in. There are those of you that are going to hate me for this chapter but that is all...
As they ran for awhile, Rowan wondered out loud, as much to himself as to Gwenda. "Do we need to leave a more obvious trail of our passage? I've heard that they are keen trackers, but I know nothing of them from any personal experience." The girl laughed and replied, "Their tracking skills are more than adequate to follow us here in this soft river mud, nea...
The entire house was buzzing with activity. Maids were busy arranging flowers and decorating various rooms. Cooks were preparing platters of food and butlers were directing workmen in setting up tables and chairs to prepare for the evening's festivities. Everyone was busy making sure the preparations would be perfect. Everyone except the guest of honor. Ro...
Rowan was beginning to feel nervous. This was new for her, as she was so used to being in control of all her feelings. What if no one showed up? What if she fell walking down the stairs? What if her bosom popped out of the extremely low cut dress? So much to worry about and she couldn't stop herself. "Mother, please go see if the guests have arrived. I don...