While driving Rose home, he had kept talking in order to stop her from asking questions, and his tactic had succeeded. But when he was left alone with silence in the car, the turmoil he had managed to squelch all that day began churning inside him as he drove through the countryside to the remote...
Brother Charley shouted.The girl sat, and Leon chuckled. “Not you, Nora.”“I know,” she grinned. “I just felt the need to obey.”The big novice was standing in the courtyard between the church, school, and friary, and the two Rottweilers were standing in front of him, eyeing him suspiciously. Matt ...
Lawrence had an interesting aftermath. It should have made the girls more curious than ever about who Bear was. It had the opposite effect. Perhaps they felt that he had earned their trust, and they decided to allow him to keep his secrets.Nothing much of note happened the rest of the winter, exc...
Colonel Durham said, when Paul came into the room. “What can I do for you?”Paul shut the door behind him and sat down in the chair across from the colonel. He swallowed hard, and tried to find the words to begin. He took a folded paper out of his pocket. “I remember that you were looking for ways...