Initiation, Part 3
Cove stood from his seat and put his hands out to feel for any obstacles in front of him. When he felt nothing, he took a few shaky steps forward, stopped to feel again, then resumed his course, trying to keep in a straight line. As he walked, he...
Initiation, Part 2
Over the course of what felt like another two hours, Cove chatted amiably with the rest of the initiates, getting to know some of their interests, passions, and reasons for wanting to join Domino--for instance, Lamar, the fox, had been invited by...
Initiation, Part 1
"This...this is it?" Dubious, Cove looked out the window at the rear entrance to the warehouse. He was sitting in the back seat of the black Mercedes EQS 450+ that had picked him up from his home and ferried him to the outskirts of Grafton Bay....
Ansley's Deal
Ansley whistled to himself as he strolled down the hallway. Damp patches of sweat on his white polo shirt clung to his broad chest and musclegut, and the stains in his armpits had spread down his sides; more perspiration still clung to the fur on the...
Riches to Rags
Malloy sighed and tapped his foot as he waited in the hall. He slouched while his bored gaze roamed over the wall of portraits across from him--his extended family members, dressed in their finery or in the act of meeting with the nobility, loomed over...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 6
Bwack! Bwack! Bwack! "Hmf!" Austin grunted. Bwack! "Come on, Austin!" Kane called enthusiastically. Bwack! Bwack! Bwack! Austin was sweating and panting under the summer...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 5
Austin and Kane had spent the next two hours lingering in the spa, simply indulging in the amenities--from the steam room, they'd moved to the lounge where they reclined on comfortably contoured benches and sipped cucumber-infused water as they chatted...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 4
"Well, what did you think?" Kane asked from his seat. Austin had made his way from the private massage rooms back to the men's amenities section of the spa, and after hanging his robe on the rack outside the sauna next to Kane's, the otter had...
Nailing the Interview
As the red panda approached the entrance to the sleek skyscraper in front of him, he checked his watch to see that he had eight minutes to spare before his appointment. He paused before he reached the door, then stepped out of the thoroughfare on the...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 3
Austin jumped when the broad, hefty hand landed on his shoulder. He'd arrived early that morning and had been standing by the fountain in the lobby, mesmerized by the splattering water for the past five minutes. "Whoa!" The otter flinched and...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 2
The suspended silence between the otter and the polar bear felt like it had stretched into minutes, hours...but it broke when the burly bear began chuckling. "I...oh!" His chuckles bubbled up into full-bellied laughter. "Oh! Oh, I'm sorry...I'm not...
Vacation Souvenirs—Chapter 1
"Well, would you just look at that view?" Richard Dunbar asked as he led the way into the expansive resort suite. "Oh, I could get used to this," Elise sighed wistfully when she stepped in front of the window next to her husband. ...