Juno's Homecoming
While most people were happy to come home from a brief respite of the college rigors, there were few who found such a surprise waiting for them at home as Juno did. With another semester in the books, he was leaving his dorm with his head held high,...
The Need to Breed
They were **supposed** to be on their way home that day, but Karl was getting worried the night before, when he noticed the snowflakes gathering on the dirt and leaves of the forest floor. When the morning sun was so blinding that a half-awake Karl...
Impassioned In-Laws
Even though they were all part of one larger pack, there was still a profundity to family dinners for Trish, Kyra and Gavin. Now that their kids were older, there was something truly special about having Katy come back home for a meal, and having Ian...
The Legend of Fount Ofaris, Chapter Two
"You expect me to leave my weapon behind, when you are still so clearly... **armed**?" With his first week out of the way, Ofaris hoped that the majority of his jitters would have subsided, but he was finding new ones every single day, and sometimes,...
Some Good Ol' R 'n' R
Judging someone purely on your first impression of them, whether it was how they looked physically, or how they responded to you emotionally, was shortsighted, and often a foolish mistake. "This is **not** how things were supposed to go this...
Adding New Features
There was no such thing as a _normal_ visit to Nbowa's house. So many years after first having met the lion, Exile wasn't retaining that lesson. There was something about Nbowa that was simply magnetic, and his kindness was such that people always...
An Extra DNA Sample
Calling Nightshade a sociopath was a grave underestimation, and it didn't give nearly enough credence to the fact that she was an incredibly _dangerous_ person. She knew that her captive was starting to sober up, and one of her ears flickered as she...
A Brief Comeback Tour
People liked to joke about what a difference a day made. It was rarer, however, for someone to make the same distinction about an entire year, and if you were to ask Jesse about how her last year went, she'd be quick to tell you that more could change...
Keeping the Tables Turned
Some people needed a little encouragement in the bedroom to try new things, and willingness didn't always come naturally. It could take something as light as a teasing push, or something as thick and heavy as rope to get the point across, but some...
A Split Decision For Candice
"No...hm. I'm **still** not sure." Candice was famous around her small, quiet neighborhood for her sense of indecision. It was a safer community growing up: children were allowed to run free, even at a young age, and everyone seemed to know everyone...
Sold Out For Fun, Part One
Most people would have been wearing more than a t-shirt and a jockstrap if they were expecting company, but Albaz wasn't most people, or in his case, most lions. A comfortable outfit was more important to good conversation that most people realized,...
Extra Help From a Fresh Flower
The petals of flowers might have been the bringers of peace and beauty, but underneath a shower of thin, velvety membranes and subtle aromas, there was still a lot of dirty work to be done in growing them, picking them, and delivering them to the...