The White Robe Chapter 21
The house was quiet when Corbett opened the door and walked in. He was used to coming home late and having his wife already in bed asleep when he got home. He specifically called and asked for her to wait up for him this evening, though, so the eerie...
The White Robe Chapter 19
CHAPTER 19 By the time Corbett left the tenement, the sun was going down. Preparations had been made, and plans had been set in motion, and now all he had to do was pull them all off without Lewis and his goons finding out about them. He pulled his...
The White Robe Chapter 22
As much as she hated to admit it, Caitlin was starting to get used to the routine of the prison. The lights came on in the morning at the same time, and this morning, she was awake and sitting on the edge of her bunk when they did. As soon as they came...
The White Robe Chapter 24
Corbett's phone rang as he was sliding his service pistol into the holster on his belt. He didn't want to answer it, but he had to keep the charade going for as long as possible. One look at the screen showed exactly what he was expecting. The caller...
The White Robe Chapter 23
Orfeo opened the door and gave a whistle, signaling that the yard time was over and it was time to go back to their cells. Caitlin stood up and filed to the door behind Daisy, and even found a moment to give her a quick hug before the other girl...
The White Robe Chapter 25
The distinctive tang of ammonia brought Caitlin back to consciousness. As the fog lifted from her eyes and her head, she looked around and found that she was still on the floor of the hearing room, cheek against the red carpet. For a moment, she...
Identity: Chapter Fifty-One
CHAPTER FIFTY-ONE NED Garrett did not answer Ned's call, but this failed to dampen the wolf's spirits. The drive back to SF Metro headquarters was thick with rampant tail-wagging, long-muzzled grinning, and irresistible relief. Finally, the...
Coming Soon-Chronicles of the Accused (teaser)
_Coming Soon:_ _Chronicles of the Accused_ _A Vote-Driven Series_ _By Nightshade_ It all started with a knife. That knife not only took the life of poor Freya Kay, but it pierced the veil that separated the seemingly perfect lives of the...
The White Robe Chapter 20
Caitlin laid on the bunk and found herself once again staring at the concrete ceiling of the cell. There wasn't much else to look at and she didn't want to take herself to the window and see that pole in that courtyard any more. Every time she looked...
Identity: Chapter Fifty-Four
CHAPTER FIFTY-FOUR NED The fox had gone into a trance or something, muttering incoherent nonsense and whimpering quietly to himself, paws gesturing, so after a moment of that, Ned had started edging himself towards Garrett, who, the silly yote,...
Identity: Chapter Fifty-Two
CHAPTER FIFTY-TWO NED He'd barely made it out of the building when his voice vibrated_. Gee, that was fast, Arkady_, he thought, but when he extracted the phone, the ID said Garrett. Briefly he considered how he should relate the morning's events....
Identity: Chapter Sixteen
CHAPTER SIXTEEN NED "Please tell me this didn't actually happen" Lennox said. Ned wanted to look away, to look at anything other than the lieutenant's expression of disappointment, whether that be out the window, where it was foggy yet again,...