The Open Party
# Chapter 8: The Open Party "Mate, what?" English hadn't moved from his chair, but his hands came up to rub his temples. "I thought I was the one bankrolling this little dance. Aren't I the one making the decisions here?" I gently cuffed his...
A Morning to Remember
# Chapter 13: A Morning to Remember Racing through the trees until fire burned in his lunges and he could feel each beat of his heart in his wounded shoulder like the twist of a knife, Johnathan fell to the forest floor exhausted and bled out. ...
Washed Up on Shore
# Chapter 10: Washed Up on Shore English's home was set well back from the road, with several strands of trees between it and anyone who might try to pierce the veil of privacy. The house at the centre...
Why I Stopped Being Mayor
# Chapter 3: Why I Stopped Being Mayor Waking the next morning, the sun was shining down through the clouds, illuminating us with patches of light and shadow that shifted endlessly. Reaching out with my tongue, I licked the inside of Rebecca's...
Little Magician Girl
# Chapter 2 I hadn't the slightest where I was going. All I knew was that it wasn't home. There was no way I was going straight home after an encounter like that. There were a lot of places I could run to, but I wasn't going to lead that thing...
Election Night
# Chapter 14: Election Night Max hadn't been kidding when he'd said shaking hands and kissing babies. Our first stop was Queen Elizabeth Park. A fitting destination considering that English was in the lead. It looked like they had everything...
Midnight in Central Park
# Chapter 5 We made our way from James' place as quickly as we could. Glancing behind me I could see Raph stepping through the door, watch us hustle down the street. It was well past midnight now and starting to rain. Yep, exactly what I...
A Cross, A Circle, and An Arrow
# Chapter 6: A Cross, A Circle, and An Arrow No one bothered to wake us the next morning. For that I was grateful. Waking up on the hard floor wasn't the greatest for my back, but I'd been through worse. What made this home was Rebecca in my...
The Elder God
# Chapter 6 I leaned back against the tree, rubbing the bridge of my nose and nursing one hell of a migraine. "Please tell me it wasn't you I was running from." He grinned. Unlike his roughed up appearance, his teeth were a perfect white....
Calling In the Big Guns
# Chapter 4 I bruised both shins and one foot before finding the door. The one time in the last hundred years I needed an 'EXIT' sign and there were none to be found. "Alice!" We were out in the hallway now, the light back to normal. I could...
A Young, Foolish, Wolf
# Chapter 2: A Young, Foolish, Wolf We'd gotten to the hospital just over four hours ago. I wasn't used to this. Every other time something like this had happened it had almost always been me under...
Father's Blessing
# Chapter 11: Father's Blessing There was an obvious change when we got to the edge of the city. The hunters faded into the woods around us like smoke in the night sky until only Amstys and Renald remained. I could still feel the eyes of the other...