Altruistic Intent - CH. 9
"Where are we going, Dad?" You let out a quiet sigh at Amanda's question, now being the third daughter of the four to ask during the car trip. 'For such powerful ears, they sure don't want to listen', you muse. A part of you hopes this...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 10
"Lily! How is looking out there?" you hear your co-worker ask in broken English. You raise your head from your hand and look back to answer the bearcat chef. "Still nothing. I told you, I'll let you know when someone comes by," you answer as you wipe...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 4
It'd been a long time since you last considered drinking your worries away, so long that you even entertained the idea of just turning around, getting back into your car and heading home instead of actually going through with it. You've managed this...
Thanatophobia
You awake in a panic-fueled rush as the alarm clock blares loudly by your nightstand. Rubbing your eyes, you feel a heavy weight settle in your stomach as you take in the time: 9 AM. The girls are going to be late for school. You quickly throw off the...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 8
The car is filled with nonstop chatter and noise, though it isn't much different from earlier this morning. You initially panicked as not just one, but several of your daughters came to poke and shake you awake out of sheer excitement for today. You...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 5
You feel your eyes open, though all you can see is pitch black darkness. You try to shift your arms and legs, though your movements feel restrained. You try to scream out as the cold realization of where you are strikes you, but even your shrieks were...
Dying Hope (1202 words)
Orange. This was the first thing you saw through your eyelids as you were roused from slumber. Slowly cracking your eyes open, you see the glow of the morning sun peeking in past the curtains to your and your husband's bedroom, gently casting off the...
Altruistic Intent - CH. 6
To say you feel sick would be downplaying how you feel. Like a wrench cracking your skull, it all comes in an instant: All of the heat leaving your body cold and stiff, a disorienting snap of pain that begins to root and fester in your head, and a...