The man had begged for death with his insolent actions, and there would be opportunity in abundance to deliver such as restitution. As well as the jousts, there would be other contests of strength and skill. There would be bouts involving short daggers, the staff, and the mace. If ever there was ...
Her mother had given her the opportunity to duck out of helping tonight, given that there would be members of a different club in town. The Rabid Dogs were allies, but they were still men who drank heavily and tended to think with their small brain first, as the dick at the bar had proven toni...
She was looking at Luke Beckford with love-puppy eyes. If she hadn’t been my big sister I’d probably have pointed it out to Keith and we’d have laughed. Instead I sighed, and took out my cheese-and-tomato roll. I hated seeing her like this. Love had reduced Sasha to a wibbling mess. Her mate Fay ...
Chiz was waiting outside her house when the cab pulled up. He’d been there long enough to have dismounted – he was perched on the side of the saddle – but not so long that he wasn’t still staring at what was left of the graffiti. He stood when the cab pulled halfway into her driveway; his bik...
For the very first time in his eighteen years he was at a loss as to what to do next. Edmund, if he knew – and Fred thanked the Lord he did not – would laugh enough to shake his bones. Fred leaned over the banister at the top of the stairs and saw Finiefs let in Mr Barker, the artist. He could no...
But he had to keep busy, do something, anything so as not to think. He almost smiled. Wasn’t that what Miss Finch had said? When he opened the door into the yard he saw a girl wearing a travelling cloak, her pale face solemn. “Anna! I thought you had gone!” “Tomorrow,” she said. Her eyes were red...
Jack nodded his thanks and turned to Cato. ‘If that bloody Ivanski gets any nearer to my Bella, I’ll knock his block off and send it back to Russia in a box!’ He slumped forward on the polished wooden bar of The Vipers next to Cato. ‘Bella is mine and no one seems to have told him. Go on, ask any...