Though they should have been allies, the two tribes were bitter enemies. The rift developed in a time long gone by and none of the Bears even recalled the reason for it. In the Castien tribe lived a young girl named Kalia. She lived with her mother, younger sister, and twi...
It was as if that lumpy mattress in her cheap motel had turned into a cloud: a big, satin, feathery cloud. A cloud that came with the smell of freshly brewed coffee to wake her up… Jane shot up out of bed and sucked in a deep breath. She was definitely going to scream. She didn’t remember ...
I don’t remember dreaming, but it was hours later when I next I looked at the clock. And this was after I’d been woken up by the awful noises coming from outside. I heard screaming and animalistic growling and some other sounds I couldn’t place. I sprang from the bed and...
Lavinia heard the gunshot louder and louder every time it recurred. This time the sound was enough to eject her out of sleep with a rush. Sputtering incoherent phrases about pain and need, Lavinia felt two large hands wrap gently around her from either side. “Shh... It’s o...
Everything she had been avoiding had hit her square in the heart. From her knapsack she had retrieved everything she needed, and double-checked - just to be sure. Knife, canteen, compass, matches, poly-cord. She put them back in the knapsack and looked at herself in the big ceiling to floor mirro...
She had to blink several times to ascertain where she was. The dank smell of granite inundated her, and past her feet she could make out a lighter circular hole, and it took her almost a minute to realize it was the entrance to a cave. Outside, fresh green scent of cedar lilted in like a perfume,...