Bruises
_Crack!_ Scott heard the bone in his snout break before the pain registered in his brain. He fell to the ground as blood started to flow out of his nose. The shadow of the tiger that delivered the bone-crunching blow loomed over him and laughed as...
Tutoring
"Hey, Brian!" The jaguar walking toward Brian yelled. "What's up?" Brian sighed as Zed stopped next to him. "Going to fucking tutoring. I swear, I feel so dumb doing this." Zed laughed as he slapped Brian on the back. "Ha! You've made it a couple...
Secrets
Scott sat at his desk after his last class left. He started going through and organizing the homework they turned in when he noticed a young wolf still sitting in his seat. "Something the matter, Mister Evans?" Scott asked him, wondering why he hadn't...
Reunions
Jake sat at a table in the university food court, eating his lunch alone. It was his first week in college, and so far he enjoyed it. He had convinced his dads to pitch in for an apartment off campus, so he hadn't really met many new people, but that's...
Dead of Winter
Cold. It was all Elias could feel. His smallclothes did nothing to protect him from the cold. He wished his cougar's tail offered more warmth. The burlap sack over his head blinded him, leaving him disoriented. He knew he was meant to die. He felt...
Mistakes
Grant finished his sandwich at the small sub shop in the airport and checked his watch. Perfect timing; Derron's plane was due any minute. He wadded up the paper wrapping from his sub, grabbed his luggage, and walked out, throwing his trash in the can...
Scars
Brian looked over at the fidgeting badger sitting next to him on the plane. He couldn't help but think back to the night when that badger asked him to marry him the week prior. He didn't look half as nervous then as he did now, which made Brian...
Inadequate 1
Why am I even here? I thought as I sipped on my scotch, holding it in my muzzle for a couple seconds before swallowing. So far no one had approached me to chat or even ask the time (not that they would, there's a clock on the wall behind me), and I...
The Cost of Life pt. 1 - Loyalty
Jake rolled over in the bed to find that his wife's side was empty. She always did wake up earlier than him. He never understood how she could be active that early in the morning. He never did enjoy the mornings, and was especially rueful to wake up...
One Strange Night
Victor sat hard into his chair in his office. He had just finished his last class of the week, and just needed to wait out the remainder of his office hours before he could finally head home. He had never thought being a professor could be this...
A Spring's Hope
Dorian Bren couldn't stomach the thought of eating, but Sammel called on the kitchens for dinner anyway. These past months, he had hoped that Elias had escaped. That was until King Tomas announced that his body had been found and hung it on the castle...
The Cost of Life pt. 2 - Sacrifice
Jake finished buttoning his dress uniform and walked swiftly out of his room to see Chris pacing in the living room. The panther looked almost stressed out, today being Sasha's graduation from basic. It was funny to Jake, somewhat. She was Jake's...