A Servant's Heart, Chapter 6
Part 2 - Traveler Chapter 6 Meriah heard the door hissing shut behind her and she looked in wonder at the room beyond. She'd seen parts of the Master's house that had electronics and other human inventions, but for the most part, Marcus had shunned a...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 5
Chapter 5 "Here's your certification," the Master said, sitting across from her at the table. They sat together in the busy lounge of the Callahan Spaceport, the thing that connected the Master's world to all the others that the humans had found and...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 4
Chapter 4 The afternoon sun was full against the side of Meriah's cottage when she woke, little beams of light making their way through the thick curtains, even with them drawn tight over the windows. She'd been awake for a while, though, and when the...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 3
Chapter 3 The sun was setting over the horizon when Meriah finished sealing the top on the bucket of meat she had just finished seasoning and salting. She stood up, wiped her brow and then carried the bucket with her to the small, inconspicuous...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 2
Chapter 2 The sun was further down the horizon by the time Meriah woke again. There were no other dreams to haunt her sleep and when she woke, she felt as refreshed as ever. Her bed was in the far corner of the cabin right under one of the many...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 1
**Part 1 - Servant** Chapter 1 Meriah sat in one of the taller trees on the property. The night wind blew the scents and the sounds from all over the grounds to her perch in the crotch of two large branches. She wasn't large by any stretch of the...
The White Robe: Epilogue
Caitlin sat on the couch in the warm beam of sunlight that filtered through the living room window. The bandages were finally off, and the stitches had come out. She was healing nicely, at least on the physical side. The nightmares still came, and she...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 21
Chapter 21 "Keeper?" Night Star's voice came from the door to the hold. Strong Soul didn't need to hear his voice to know that he was coming, either. She could feel his presence down the hall. No matter how hard she tried, she couldn't get rid of the...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 20
Chapter 20 "They were waiting for us," Stargazer said when Strong Soul burst through the hatch onto the bridge. She took only a moment to look through the windows to the swirling colors in the blackness that was hyper outside the window. It was a...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 19
The pain was back when Strong Soul opened her eyes. The lights had yet to be turned on in their small room off the boiler room, but even in the darkness, she felt like something was boring through her eyes and into the back of her skull. She couldn't...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 18
Chapter 18 The air became closer and the musky scent of fur much stronger as Six led Strong Soul and Stargazer deeper into the structure. The only light in the area was from small torch-like lights set into the walls and ceiling, lending everything an...
A Servant's Heart, Chapter 17
Chapter 17 Medics were waiting at the hatch as the ramp lowered, looking up into the ship when the door opened. Stargazer wheeled Night Star out on one of the counter-grav dollies they usually used for moving cargo. On the way down, Strong Soul had...