I'm bored," growled Oliver as I got into the car. He was angry. Good. "Tough. Go home and have a sleep if you don't want to be here. I honestly don't care." He glared at me. I called ahead and was told Rikka was busy but to hang on. A few minutes later he came on the line. "Spark, well done for s...
To my surprise, he remained calm and collected, taking charge with an ease and authority I never knew he had in him. He was not just believable as a person in charge, he truly was the one in control. Dancer made a call, arranging for a temp from one of Rikka's agencies to come cover. He somehow m...
We torture, maim, imprison, dupe, lie, cheat, steal, double-cross, triple-cross, no end of despicable things. Heck, I suck the magic out of miscreants for a living and I've taken my fair share of lives, but one thing nobody does, ever, is possess another Hidden. Vampires glamor, necromancers can ...
It felt so peculiar because I mostly forgot the strangeness of the situation. It's odd how quickly we as human beings can adjust, and he may have got stares and there was certainly fear in some people's eyes, but because of the Rift it was, when you got right down to it, no longer anything out of...
How Long!? Present Day "Five months!? I thought it was about three," said Amanda, sitting on the bed next to Dale, feeling better than she could ever remember in terms of cleanliness. She was wrapped up in a heavy white dressing gown, a towel tight around her head and every inch of ...
Vampires! I called Grandma, told her to be careful, and to keep the doors locked. She laughed, explaining that her and several witches had put some serious spells to work—nothing was getting inside to harm the children. I broke the news about Plum, and about the witches dead on my living ...
This time they chose Rome. It was empty. No slow-crawling traffic inching through the congested streets, no beeping of horns and fume-filled air, just a pleasant warm day, them, and silence. It was the spookiest thing Dale thought he had ever experienced. They knew the place well, having visited ...
It turns out Dale and Amanda really did end the world however, if Hector was to be believed. As far as Dale was concerned he was as much to blame as they were though. He was, when all was said and done, just as responsible. As the story unfolded Dale didn't know whether to believe it all or not a...