Alexandria was walking through the woods when her life changed forever. She was just strolling along the trail, enjoying the scenery all by herself, when she thought she heard thunder. She looked up but didn't see a cloud in the sky. What she did see with her emerald-green eyes, however, was a huge face looking down at her. Even though it was a rather ha...
Lake Tahoe spread beneath them like the wonderland resort town that it was. The weather was clear and crisp and no one talked much, lost in their own thoughts and the beauty of the scenery. James sat in an aisle seat with Beverly on the inside, allowing her to have the view, but she wasn’t enjoying it. In fact, the whole flight, she’d been quiet, pensive. H...
This story will tell us how Jayanessa actually bore a child with the husband A few months after marriage when she was alone with her mother-in-law, Jayanessa on being questioned, confessed on not using any contraceptives. Her mother-in-law was of the old school of thought, meaning, a child should be born as soon as possible to bind the marriage firmly. S...
Chapter 2 -- First Time "Yeah, uh, whoa! There's another" I said, as the jet dropped a hundred feet in seconds, hitting another wind shear. It had been our third warning since the initial approach fix. ATC was doing a great job of sequencing pilots into the muck that was Miami weather that night. "Okay, let's just go around unless" I waited a second "and th...
[Quick Note: For those of you who don't know how to pronounce Eolande's name—I, at first, didn't—it is pronounced o (as in joe)-land (land, of course)-aey (like in gray).] 1/ In a small village, in the darkest of times, a girl named Calandra reached the age of 18 and became the most sought-after virgin in all of Arcadia. Most of the girls believed that her...
This is incredible Malcolm. We have writings of Alexandros' time in Egypt, but never anything before he arrived there." "Yes, I know. With this we can fully and accurately teach the beginnings of the Black List." Sternigan stands from the table and begins to pace around the table and Furloft. Excitement pulses through his veins. "Could he have been the fir...
The sun was slipping toward the western horizon by the time we made it to the cottage. Our route had taken us a long way out of the city, along winding country roads, up into the wild hills. From there, we had reached the single-track road which followed the shores of the lake for a further dozen miles, before it turned into an almost-impassable track. Half...
Hopelessness squeezed Hannah's stomach and tears filled her eyes. The wet laundry turned into a blur of colors, as she pulled each item from the washer and threw it into the dryer. The basement screen door creaked open and slammed shut. Approaching footfalls were heavy. They stopped close behind her. "Come back outside when you're done." Chief Willie's to...
He turned the Mercedes into the drive and came to a stop. This was the first time that he had arrived home early for months and he decided to walk the final fifty yards to the front door to complete the surprise. Since the company had started to expand he had put in a lot of late nights and more often than not when he did make it home it would be with clien...
While the airplane was queuing for a turn on O'Hare runway behind five others, the stewards and stewardesses began to take the stage for their live safety show, complete with seat belt extenders and colorful yellow masks with surgical tubing. Becky suddenly realized where she was in the crook of Stefan's arm and with both her hands on his chest pushed hersel...