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...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Sixty Nine
Chapter Sixty Nine Fifteen minutes later, the limo pulled up to an abandoned gas station and parked beside one of the rusty old pumps. It was one of the really old ones that looked like a robot sticking its fingers in its ears, but I wasn't in any...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty Three
Chapter Twenty Three **(POV: Porter)** "You weren't expecting this, were you?" Porter groaned and opened his eyes to find himself lying face down on a cold stone floor. His head throbbed with pain, and pinpricks of light danced in front of him...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Seventy Two
Chapter Seventy Two I growled in irritation, fighting the urge to scratch my front leg. It was still tingling, but the past day had proven that scratching it would only result in bleeding cuts and even itchier scabs. My back leg was back to...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty Six
Chapter Twenty Six ** ** **(POV: Sarah)** "That didn't take long," Misoki remarked when she caught up with Sarah. "What didn't?" Sarah asked, trying to keep her eyes on the snooty fae as they wove their way through the city crowd. "Falling in...
Amber Silverblood: Chapter Sixty Eight
Chapter Sixty Eight The roads were beginning to fill up as early morning commuters headed to work. The Octopus cackled as he slammed the side of the limo into a minivan, sending it careening off the road. "Out of the way!" he shouted, honking the...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty Seven
Chapter Twenty Seven ** ** **(POV: Sarah)** "Sarah, are you there?" The sphinx looked up, and saw Porter standing in the center of Jellaska Kob Lertan. The fountain was sprinkling water in the air behind him, and a small army of Mythics was...
The Slayer and the Sphinx: Chapter Twenty Five
Chapter Twenty Five **(POV: Sarah)** "You've never been to a city, have you?" Misoki asked, leading the way down the driveway. "Just once," Sarah answered. Misoki looked back at her, the amazement plain on her canine face. "_You_went to the city?...