I had a running start and yet it wasn’t enough to make the jump. The rage screeching in my ears drowned everything else, including Rosa’s urgent chatter. Lily had left me. She had done the one thing I told her not to do, without any consideration, explanations or mercy. “M...
He slept comfortably in the RV and Manny swore he’d woken up and eaten a full meal earlier. He seemed to be recovering well. Wang was on watch duty, monitoring the surveillance equipment. Steiner snored on the couch. When I finally made it upstairs, Neil was fast asleep on his cushion and Ash was...
Seth curled around me, breathing softly on my ear. I felt good, a little sore around the middle, and pleasantly tender elsewhere, but whole, hale and completely satisfied. So this was what living and loving was all about. The fire crackled in the hearth, the blankets were ...