Ch. 58
--Penance-- I had honestly resigned myself to curl up on his coat and wait it out. A little awkward, but I was glad he didn't leave himself completely vulnerable. If it meant I could protect him, I could handle having to sit there and listen to...
Aria - Interrupted Song
For my midterm project in Creative Literature 1-A, I've decided to write upon the reason I dropped out of law school. I'd like to note that this story is of a mature theme. I believe a classic stand-up comic put it best. "This will not be your normal...
Entwined Soul
It took ten minutes for me to calm Rachel enough to talk to her. She sobbed heavily, weak in my embrace. She wrapped her arms around me, the cool, soft cloth of the simple robe she wore brushing against my shoulders, tickling in some places, but...
Etched in Iron
I awoke to the vision of leaves moving between sky, the gentle bounce of footsteps and a smiling face. "Liam..." The alto voice spoke, I couldn't tell male or female from the angle or lighting, but the vocals belonged to a young adult. ...
Long Road to the Council
Morning had come, and with it, new troubles. Heather was too wounded to travel on her own, and I volunteered to carry her. Diego didn't like it, but kept his silence when Rachel gave her approval. Holly walked with us, the others forged on...
Playful Packmates
I awoke the next morning blanketed in snow, courtesy of Diego, accompanied by the laughter of Erik. "Wake up! I swear, new pups just laying around all day. Shameful!" Erik said teasingly as I shook the snow from my fur. It was about that...
A Place Called Home
My name is Liam, and I want to tell you my story. I can't promise it will be clean, I can't promise it will be pretty. In the end, I still think it's worth telling. I remember the circumstances of my departure. I was seventeen, and...
Welcome Home
I don't know what part of me became self-aware first. It's hard to explain. Your foot goes numb in your sleep. Does your mind recognize that it is your foot, or does your foot force your mind to react without knowledge? Suffice to say, I...
Business Expenses
Beryl didn't complain, as I tended to her wounds. Didn't flinch when I took needle and thread to stitch up her lip. It would scar. We both knew it would. She didn't flinch, just held my gaze as she bled on my hands. She didn't complain when I...
Living Isn't
"Damn it all, Kilo. What do you mean you can't?" I did not want to hear those words from his mouth again, the sickly dwarf coughed into the vidphone between us and shook his head. "I mean I can't. Cannot. I am not about to risk what's left of my...
Ch. 77
* * * Belle (OT's Lucario) * * * It was late at night when I left the watch to Helena, grateful for the moment of quiet in the midst of what had been an oddly noisy...
Ch. 76
* * * Penance (OT's Arcanine) * * * It took a little convincing to get him on my back. He already felt a little bad that I carried the backpack most of the time...