Chapter Fifty-Eight CERTIOK The city was in chaos. People ran to and froe, shouting and screaming. No longer did the wide boulevards of Alkandra feel like a beast utopia, but like the walls of a cage. Windows were frantically boarded, men and women sprinted toward the castle in various stages of undress, watchmen handed out spears and swords without a car...
Tate and Molly had smiles plastered across their faces that they couldn't have wiped off if they tried. They kept staring over at each other happily as their car cruised along the semi-busy desert highway, weaving in and out of rolling boulders and hills. The Bluetooth radio pumped a primer in relaxation. They'd earned it. Everyone had. The Coronavirus v...
I pulled my beat up nine-year-old Ford Explorer into a spot by the river, that was shielded from the county road by a thick stand of trees, and as quickly as the ignition was off, my girlfriend Lauren and I were leaning across the console connected in a passionate kiss. "Ready?" I asked in a nervous voice. With a nod, we opened our doors, stepped into the...
Ed Mason sat back in Murphy's bar, going over what he knew of this new 'militia' movement. He knew, first off, that they were fighting the Cubans here in Texas, which was bad for business. He ran guns for a few Cuban supply sergaents, men who were just as corrupt as he himself was. He knew that they were most likely cattle ranchers, since the supply of beef...
"Y-You?" I called out the name cautiously, my inquiry directed towards the grey-haired girl locking her apartment door. I had just gotten home from work a little past 6, and I had just caught her coming out of her apartment; my keys suddenly hung forlorn in my lock. She was new, a neighbor who had just moved in the week before. This was my first time actual...
This is the first chapter in a planned four-part series. As always, I thank my editor Ravenna933, whose eye for detail, imagination, and insight into the female psyche made this story significantly stronger and more cohesive. ***** Of all the people and all the doorsteps in the world, the last person I expected to see drunk and heartbroken on mine one au...
This is the continuation of the stories "The New Matilde" and "The New Matilde - 11 Months Later". 1. Friday, May 15th: It's Friday, 4.15 p.m. and I'm exhausted. Exactly as exhausted as you'd be if you just spent a week on a field trip with 23 13-year-olds in the countryside in Jutland. The last two days I was alone with them, as my colleague Anders ha...
Alan stood for a long time trying to think of what he would do with Winifrey. She was unconscious for now, but still alive. When she came to her senses she would be twice as dangerous. He only promised the Master Genie that he would deal with the magi. He had never said that he would kill them. He was morally okay with taking a life to save the life of anoth...
~~A/N~~ Welcome back to 'Into His Arms'! Wow a lot of mixed feelings about Alik! I know his behavior is very... animalistic, but he is part wolf after all and they are wild animals at heart and territorial I might add ;) F.Y.I. Italic words are thoughts spoke within the mind, either to themselves or telepathically between mental links. Once again any C...
This is a story of 2 couples who experience swapping for the first time. Warning, there is significant build up. If you want action in the first scene you'll be disappointed. If you like to get to know the characters a bit first, you may enjoy yourself. This story is a work of fiction, any resemblance the characters may have to real people is a coincidence....