If I Risk it All
Cherry continued to sleep as I got up and showered the very next morning. He still slept like that an hour later, curling into an adorable cocoon with the velvet blanket and looking more relaxed than any post-sex afterglow. I couldn't blame him after...
Maverick Hotel Part 5
Dinner was tense and deadly quiet most of the time, with Mary and I exchanging small talk between bites of dinner. Mostly, it involved complementing her cooking. Chunks of ham, broccoli and other spices were mixed gradually in, giving each of our...
Meaningful Moments
"And he cried while the police hauled him out?" Grunting, I gave a firm nod. "Like a wife on a soap opera." Cherry shook his muzzle in disbelief. "And to think I slept with that sicko..." "At least, mfh!" I spoke, huffing as I went on to...
Black Sheep Among Wolves
The bus ride to my first suspect took about an hour and a half. Beforehand, while the ocelot distracted himself with a random TV show in the living room of the penthouse, I'd spent some time researching the two boys who, the night before, had tried...
Maverick Hotel Part 6
_Lowell's right_, I thought back to when he told me at the Maverick Hotel. _This_ is _exciting!_ The Defiant were making progress in the days leading up to the Independence Day festivities. Not only had my and Lowell's 'errands' been causing decent...
Dreamless Sleep
"Wait, so Daddy Stripe's not the one who...tried to kill me?" "Nope," I sighed. "I looked through what little he gathered on Becky and her death, and it checks out. Her mother got the surgery money sent from an unknown benefactor, and autopsy...
High School of Cliches: Homecoming
High School of Clichés: Homecoming By: Domus Vocis Hunter Thurman dreamt what some would call a wonderful dream. He stood in a deep wooded forest, naked as the day he was born and fur free in the timber air. Moonlight leaked through the tree line...
The Adventures of Peter Gray Chapter 19: How I Got Meself in Jail
Chapter 19 How I Got Meself in Jail "Excuse me copper, but how long do I hafta stay in 'ere?" I whined while grabbing the round metal bars. All around me, other convicts with deep voices growled and yipped at me comment while banging the bars of their...
The Adventures of Peter Gray Chapter 18: Kid Blink on the Brooklyn Bridge
Chapter 18 Kid Blink on the Brooklyn Bridge I was sleeping in an empty wooden barrel after a long day of playing hide-and-seek with Lance and James, and felt more pooped out than a mine worker. I was sleeping like a baby cub with me eyes...
The Adventures of Peter Gray Chapter 17: The 4th of July
Chapter 17 The 4th of July "Happy 4th of July to everyone!" a newsie I knew nearby shouted with a swishing tail. "Happy Independence Day to all humans and fursons everywhere! Oh 'ello Peter!" I nodded to Bromley and tossed a coin to...
The Adventures of Peter Gray Chapter 16: Fun in the Sun
Chapter 16 Fun in the Sun Ah, I loved summer more than anything. I loved it more than Joseph's bagels, more than seeing a bully look at me like a hunter that can't hunt its rabbit in a meadow, and more than a cub with a chocolate birthday...
The Adventures of Peter Gray Chapter 15: A Day with Gavin
Chapter 15 A Day with Gavin One minute, I slept like a cub in a mother arms, the next minute I'm sleeping on a broken crate next to a snoring 'yote. "Ugh..." I pushed me paws to the wooden bed and lifted me muzzle up in a yawn. I...