I want to thank my sister Slipped Halo for her encouragement and DalekRasputin for the historical research. It was dark when Utta arrived outside the camp. Most of the cohort were asleep with the exception of the ten guards who patrolled the perimeter and the two outside the luxury tent, obviously where Jonas was sleeping. With stealth and silence Utta a...
Chapter Thirty-Two Sylvia woke that Wednesday morning after hearing a loud crash from the kitchen. "You okay out there?" There was silence. After waiting a few more moments she quickly slipped out from under the covers and moved toward where the sound may have come from. She rounded the corner into the living room and looked across the dinette bar and into...
Curran was about nineteen when the war finally broke. He had seen the horror of death and destruction. He had seen the horrors of rape. He had seen much. He had holed up in a crumbled remnant of a university he could no longer remember. He knew he was safe. The soldiers had long ago abandoned this playground. He was alone. His father having passed away...
Welcome to Honey Hollow! Scenically located on the shores of (REDACTED great lake), we're a lovely port city of 75,000 inhabitants. Now, we might not have breathtaking mountains lined with chalets and ski resorts, nor do we have a charming riverwalk overlooking a mighty river, and we aren't the perfect setting for higher learning. So what do we have for you,...
Even as the Valtegan ship did everything it could to slow down in time to turn around and escape it hadn't escaped notice. The Swiss ships that were always patrolling the treaty tunnel had already sent messages to Earth even as they turned towards the alien vessel. Aboard the Sholan mother ship their advanced sensors picked up the entrance of the vessel an...
It was a rainy evening and after dinner my wife decided she wanted to buy groceries. I complained Friday night was usually the busiest night, next to Saturday. Argument lost. As she did not like driving after sundown, especially in the rain, it meant I was going too. I eyed the clock; 6:30 -- without any unforeseen hang-ups we would be home easily by 8:30,...
There were too many of them, and these were no random tribe pillagers. Unless a miracle occurred -- and by her past track record, that was unlikely- she was in big trouble. Lux flew through the trees, springing over obstacles, barely aware of the burn in her thighs and the pound of her heart -- she was used to this, it was her forte -- speed, stealth, surv...
Rowan and his party were indeed having nearly all of the trouble that they could handle. And their epic journey down-river was one that the gléaman could and did tell countless times in the years afterwards. They were making very fast time going back down the river, paddling hard with their oars along with the current to make even greater speed than The Lad...
Billy talks to Ike about ni-uzu "What the hell you mean?" Ike had been told about the Leska link Billy had with Satasha. It had been the same evening Teo had proven telepathy existed. He couldn't remember if why it had happened had been mentioned. It had been a long time ago and so much crap had happened he could easily have forgotten. Billy kept looking s...
Earth Spectre Base, Canadian Rockies August 14, 2019 04:04 PDT (07:04 EDT) Usually, I wake up to my alarm going off. Instead, I woke up to someone knocking. It took me a moment to remember where I was, but I got up and walked over to the door and opened it. "Hah! For once I'm the one waking you up," Mason said loudly. "What time is it? I forgot to set...