Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 11
The screens in the vans showed views from the cameras each member of the assault team was carrying. Arnold paced the length of the truck, glancing at a screen, seeing the flash of gunfire, then another one, a very up-close fight and wrenched his eyes...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 39
I waited a few seconds, then I sat down. The day finally hit me. "If I got this right," Tom said, "That was one of the head honchos, right?" I just nodded. "And you kicked him out. Don't you think he's going to come after you for that?" ...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 32
I came to with a start and looked around. We were all tied to trees with vines, and everyone else was struggling to break out, so I hadn't been out for long. On the tree next to me Colby pulled out of the vines holding him, only to be wrapped by...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 31
"She's about two miles in," Magdalene said, walking back to us. "How do you know that?" Martin asked. "The forest told me." "You talked to the forest?" Fred asked. "Was it a spell? Can I see how you did it?" "Ahh, no." She...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 29
"You found something for me to use?" I asked the lions. Frank pulled a white bundle from his pocket and handed it to me. I unrolled it, and in it were eight scraps from what I guessed had been a bed sheet. "All from him?" I asked. "I... don't...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 37
"You've reached Denton's message center," His best friend's voice said, "I'm not able to answer you at the moment, let me know why you--" "I've already told you six times already," Zikabar snarled at the phone. "Are you not picking up your...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 45
"... therefore, I am certain you understand why I'm doing this," Damian said to the man seated across from him. "I can't let this kind of--" Something crossed his wards, no, someone. "You'll have to excuse me a moment, I need to take care of...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 15
When we entered the store, I was no longer wearing my usual jeans and jacket. Max had me go through Martin's closet for something that almost fit me. I hadn't said anything about a lot of Martin's clothing still being at his father's house, but it made...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 34
Damian sat at the bar as everyone filed out of the room. "I'll have a scotch, neat." He felt the badger's eyes on him, but didn't turn. Denton's self-appointed bodyguard's paranoia was useful, but it didn't need any added stoking. "What do you make of...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 07
The world returns to where I died-was born. It is not the first time it returns to this location; it is still here, covered by the earth. I have tried to take it, but my fingers pass through it. It is of me, and yet it refuses me. Males are mating...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 47
“Adam,” Arnold called, grabbing one man by the collar and kicking a woman away, “did you manage to call Ernest.” He head-butted the man. Another took his place. They were tough, which meant he didn’t have to be gentle with them. “No,” came the...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 03
Ruffs, Damian thought, as he looked at his reflection. It shouldn't bother him, he knew; age meant little these days, and soon it would mean even less for him. And yet... he missed the unending vitality he felt during his imprisonment. He smiled....