Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty Two
Chapter Fifty Two My pulse spiked as I stared at the card in my hand. I had lost D.K.'s money. I'd actually managed to get it, and then I just let some punk dressed as a neon sign take it from me. D.K. was going to kill me for this! No, I told myself....
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Six
Chapter Six **(POV: Sarah)** The sun began to rise, and with its light the woods became much less frightening. The trees were a healthy brown color, with rich green leaves, and Sarah could hear birds singing in them. More than once, a squirrel had...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty One
Chapter Fifty One I was still holding the wad of money in my hand when I left the restaurant, which, looking back, I can see was a bad idea. I was walking out of a store, onto a busy street, holding $1200 right where everyone could see it. I guess I...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Five
Chapter Five **(POV: Porter)** The boy groaned as feeling slowly returned to his body. His head was throbbing. Why? Had something hit him? He couldn't remember, and pain spiked inside his skull every time he tried. The boy tried to open his eyes...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Fifty
Chapter Fifty I was sitting on the floor with my back against the bed, reading one of the books Ed had left for me, when I heard D.K.'s knock on my door. After pounding on it a few times, the doorknob jiggled. "Sonofa..." the alpha growled, and...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter One
Chapter One **(POV: Reya)** Reya ran, her footsteps echoing loudly in the narrow alleyway. The only light came from the streetlamps by the road, which made it hard to see. The smell of rotting, sunbaked garbage was heavy in the air, threatening to...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twenty Four
Chapter Twenty Four **(Glenda)** Glenda had long since given up on walking, and Rayalga had long since given up on trying to make her. At first, the old woman had thought the gryphon would simply leave her behind to die, but he apparently had...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Three **(Sarah)** _No, no, please, no!_ Sarah begged as she raced through the tower, panic coursing through her veins. _Please don't take him away from me!_ She could feel Porter's blood matting her fur to her body as she ran,...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twenty Two
Chapter Twenty Two ** ** **(Tick)** "Porter!" Tick cried, sitting upright in terror. All seemed calm, but the frantic beating of his heart told him differently. Gray clouds obscured the morning sun, bringing a cold wind with it, but no rain...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twenty One
Chapter Twenty One ** ** **(Porter)** Porter awoke with the meager light of dawn, and the first thing he realized was that Sarah was already awake. "Sarah!" he exclaimed, scrambling to his feet and running to embrace her. "You're all...
The Protector and the Peacemaker: Chapter Twenty
Chapter Twenty **(Porter)** "Whoa," Porter said when he stepped up to the archive's door. The rings and runes had been reconfigured in a way that meant absolutely nothing to him, but apparently they had opened the door. That wasn't what he was...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Seventy One
Chapter Seventy One I yelped when Fisher's truck hit another bump, jostling my cage and throwing me into the bars. He was driving like a maniac and I, naturally, was riding in the bed. It had taken him almost an hour to get me loaded up, having to...