I threw on my jacket, pulled my hair back, slipped a red bandanna on, and grabbed my bag. The weight was off on it, so I peeked inside. I had forgotten J-Dub's gift! I grinned and sat on my bed and pulled out the little wrapped package. There was a little card. I opened it, and it read “I'm ...
She chuffed and signed, “Fine Isty. Get your cute butt in gear, we have a mixer to fix.” I blushed at her. Only she would think my butt was cute. I looked at myself in the bathroom mirror and sighed at the small woman I saw there. I had so many flaws I couldn't believe...
I stretched and worked out the kinks. I cracked my knuckles and flexed my fingers, working out the dull ache that announced the onset of arthritis that all string players got prematurely. Then I walked over to the table near the office and grabbed some eggs, English muffin, and a cup of joe. H...
We tossed around some ideas as to where to seed the track. That was one of the wonderful things about London, there is no lack of happenings on the music scene, whether legit or underground. We started going through the BackBeats darknet site online. Sort of a back-chann...
Carol squinted an eye. “You do that on purpose don't you. You know she'll never let us do anything physical if she can help it.” I defended poorly, “I do not.” She grinned and I broke. “It's nice to have someone want to take care of you sometimes.” &nbs...
I understood that since purple isn't a real common hair color, and she had made that scene at the nurse's station with the officer, so it wasn't like she can deny it was her. And leaving the scene of an altercation is a crime. Not a serious one, but still, after the woman killed two people the ...
I almost chuckled. Zilrita had never taken more than a day off since London Harmony opened its doors. She never would tell me why she never took vacations. But here she had been gone just a week, and it was almost as if London Harmony was falling apart around our ears. ...
We had done so much and eaten so much junk, I felt silly, like a tourist in my own city. But it was worth it to see how much the roos lit up with each stop. The rain was more of a blessing than a curse as there weren't many actual tourists out and we had free range of the city core. By the time w...
The women explained what had happened, with the druids making portals through the walls. How they were booby-trapped and somehow interconnected in a way which Perchta couldn't quite grasp yet. Her understanding of the weavings grew every day as she studied the warped and rotting spells that the...
When I awoke, I was so warm and comfortable, then everything came rushing back in. I ran my fingers through Daria's feathery soft undercoat, curling my toes in satisfaction. I buried my face in her belly fur and inhaled her scent deeply. I couldn't stop my smile. I looked up to an amused look...
I glanced around then blushed and articulated a reasoned response to their sudden officiousness, “Shut up, I'm a girl too.” This placated them, and they went back to work. I had to smile at my boys, they were efficient but easily sidetracked, especially when it came to th...
But then father looked around his workshop at the people assembled. “Since we cannot further that plan until Pegasus' retrofit has been completed, I have a fortuitous distraction for the Valkyrie.” He was grinning. I cocked an eyebrow at him. “Do tell father.” &nbs...
The power lashing out at me and the searing pain as I fled. I could feel Goliath's powerful strides as his hooves thundered on the ground. I could feel the wind in my hair. I was searching for something I knew should be there. I heard myself ask, “Where is she?” Then I was awake with Udele's hand...
Jekyll The rest of the week went that way. I made small improvements on the music. She showed me more tricks to accomplish parts of it. She seemed to ignore the previous night like it had never happened. On Friday, I was pretty down. It was the last day of our temp job. I wouldn't have the benefi...
Oh, there you are. Umm... could you move, please? I'm sort of naked here and need some clothes.” Still waking from the dream and foggy, I turned my head and looked through the plexiglass window. Rachel was crouched there with her head tilted, studying me. I inhaled dee...
It devolved into a fun sarcastic banter between us. I didn't know when it happened, even looking back at it now, but my hand on her arm turned into me hugging her arm as we walked. Me holding Percy's lead in one hand instead of the service handle on his harness. Belle didn't seem to mind. I grinn...
I smiled and said quickly, “Lady Celeste and I discovered an artifact yesterday that shows they used road signs in the Before Times. It...” I paused, in all the pandemonium I had forgotten about the road sign. I frowned. Celeste prompted, “What is it Laney?” I shrugged and said quietly, almost em...