The front door was wide open, and the sound of glass breaking rang out across the neighborhood. Paul was furious. The house reeked of those pack dogs. He could tell they'd just left. And Sarah went with them. Bitch! She was his, and he wasn't going to give her up. Paul ripped the walls apart, tore down the bannister, broke every piece of furniture. Gary sto...
"Ollie can you drive over to Natasha Davies and drop of the plate she brought to the party on Wednesday?" my mum shouted from the kitchen as I came in through the utility door after doing the evening stables. The afore mentioned party had been mums annual summer solstice party. It always starts of nice and sedately but ends up becoming a bit of a drunken gar...
Lisa Jeffries was anxious as she rode on the way to a clinic. She just completed two interviews, one with the HR manager, Mr. Watkins, and one with the restaurant supervisor at the hotel, Sam. Lisa had just turned eighteen, and was going to graduate from high school in a few months. Lisa waited in the office, chatting with a nice secretary who looked only...
I gathered my thoughts and just decided to lay it out straight. "I'm sure last night was as unpleasant for you as it was for me. I was supposed to go out with my co-workers and celebrate our big contract with our newest client. Instead I came home to a complete pigsty and had to find out from Mrs. Gordon that you threw a party. Jasmine KNEW that I wanted to...
Monica lay motionless on her belly, breathing the scent of the heather. Clumps of long grass obscured her vision and she shifted slightly, straining to see through the trees. She clutched her weapon tight and shivered. "I can see it," she said, her low voice carried away by the bitter wind, which pinched at her exposed skin. Fran wriggled forward so her elb...
The screams of almost any woman would have drawn Jack; he always wanted to be the gallant type. Though with his pale, scrawny, computer-nerd frame he was often more victim than victor. The fact that the girl had a figure to make the copper statue at Madison University sweat didn’t factor into his decision. And the fact that she was one of the Fae races would...
I think I am lost. I took a wrong turn, I must have done, and now the sun is low and his rays in my eyes. Shafts of deepening light slant through the trees about me. I blink, dazzled. There was a path, but I don’t know where I left it. Stopping, I listen. Far away, the drone of traffic; an irrational fear subsides. As the sun tumbles slowly downwards in s...
I walked into the library. Nothing felt quite right without Logan in my life. Ever since I watched him descend from my window, I felt a sense of loss... I felt hopeless and weak, even though it was my fault that we weren't together. Maybe I was wrong to deny him. No, he brought this upon himself. Maybe he could change. No, he's been this way this long... not...
Ivory took a few tentative steps towards Risk, but decided to start out as she meant to go on. She stopped in the middle of her journey to his side and asked him very coolly, "Is tonight part of day one or not?" "Which answer will I have to give to get what I want from you right now," Risk rejoined. "Well I don't work for free darling," Ivory drawled sarc...
In which Michael, Clarissa and Kate get to, uh, know each other better... * * * * * I stopped in my tracks just inside the door. The hotel room was nice. Really nice. One room, but wow. Dark antique wooden furniture, expertly arranged. Thick oriental rugs on polished parqueted floors. Heavy tapestry draperies. Cut flowers in colorful porcelain jugs on the...