Now was her chance. She tiptoed toward the door. The servant couldn’t see her in the darkness and by the time she did, it’d be too late. She readjusted her hold on the candelabrum, lifted it higher… Almost there… “Kate?” Kate? That wasn’t a servant. Isobel. “I’m so sorry, Kate. Please forgive me....
Megan’s roommate, Matt—and his bag of chips—landed next to her on the sofa while she checked her texts for the third time. In twenty minutes. Typical Matt; diss her boyfriend then watch basketball. Typical Doug; no message. She crossed her arms. She’d had such hopes. Doug had said he’d be here. T...
The free spirit-ness of being with her was contagious. She was like a ray of sunshine in a dingy world—oh, hell. There he went again. Sean had to chuckle at himself. Livvy created a perpetual state of happy and no one, not even he, was immune, so he ought to just stop figh...
The singing voice greeted Reese as he entered the house. Wincing, he looked up as a cloud of diaphanous female floated down the stairs and flung herself at him, slender arms slipping around his waist. He expelled an amused breath at the theatrical entrance. “Hello, Mom.” Carolyn Charmant looked u...
Vana cringed as the stairs vanished beneath Peter’s feet. Again. Luckily, this time, he was holding on to the railing. Which also started to disintegrate. Holy smokes! Would her magic ever turn out the way she wanted it to? At least she could manage Invisibility, and did so, standing at the top...
“Is it her?” “I dunno. It could be.” “She looks sorta like him.” “How would you know? You weren’t even hatched back then.” “I studied the pictures of him. I’m smart and I pay attention.” “Uh huh. When’s your mate’s hatch date again?” Livingston glared at the three herring gulls next to him on t...
God. Whipped cream. Freud would have a field day with that. Plus she had to come up with some way to change the venue for the evening’s meal. If she cancelled, it could open up a can of worms that would be better off staying closed. After that little episode with Mike, Todd would probably want to...