Collar 9 -- Faith
The next few weeks were a study in contrasts, from frustration and relief (careful where you go with that) to hectic and calm. I announced my guardianship at both Sunday masses, receiving a positive response from the vast majority of the congregation....
Keeping Secrets
Max looked up from his mug of hot chocolate, smiling into Brady's eyes. The wolf smiled back, before breaking the contact to sip his coffee. He moaned a little as he drank the hot liquid, inhaling the very essence of the caffeine. Max sipped his own...
Season and Spice #4
Monica had to snap herself out of it. She wasn't going to let today's date be as awkward for Brandon as yesterday's had been for her! The wolf had gotten her fill of oddities at the museum so she hoped she wouldn't make an oddity of herself today. That...
Under the influence Pt. 1 (Draft/Feedback Wanted)
Olivian couldn't remember seeing the grand hall of his lineage populated like this. Not that the admittedly clumsy structure of mud, stone, and wood had ever been a grand sight, to begin with. Still, his father -and his father before him- had...
Collar 16 -- The End of Summer
A routine can be comforting, as long as one doesn't let it suck out the joy of spontaneity, surprise, and the occasional dedication of some time for just plain goofing-off. Fletcher had already helped me immensely by encouraging our checking in with...
Grayson's Triad Book 1 -- Prologue
# Dedication This is for all of us who would rather include than exclude, and who wish to love another for who he is rather than who we hope he'll become. And for Nickey Froberg Drayer, who helped me learn this. I miss you, Hyzenthlay. _Quote:_ _"I...
An Offer You Oughtn't Refuse
It was a cool mid-autumn morning when I answered the knock at my door to find a tall, huge, broad-shouldered, solidly-built, cerulean-furred lion filling the entryway, his lavish indigo mane swept back in a jaunty manner. His maroon and gold athletic...
Smoke Break
It had been rough, to say the least. One order after another, burger after burger. The smell of grease and minimum wage permeated the kitchen after the cluster fuck of that Friday evening rush. Of course three buses of kids wanted their fast food right...
The Lion Has Landed
Not many people can say that perhaps the most romantic night of their courtship started out at a dance recital. I hope you'll bear with me, because this tale will take far longer in the telling than in the performance. It's something that I feel I...
A Visit by a Dire Wolf: Day 1
**A Visit by a Dire Wolf: Day 1** **_By: Ash Cinder_** I drove me and my best friend, a squirrel-owl named Sona to the hotel. We were so excited that our friend, a dire wolf named Eric got to visit us in town this week. It was a bit of a spur of...
Michael and Amanda, Chapter 10
Jonathan is concerned about their age difference since he's only a few years older than her oldest cub. bertha explains to jonathan about her "childhood" being a mixed-race bear. she also explains to him what kind of a husband her ex was.
Trailblazer Part 5
A few weeks have passed since the arrival of the massive fleet in the Sol System, since then the forces of order have been in talks with the world governments of Earth and with the globe on high alert the crusade forces have claimed the four inner...