said Cornelisz. He shifted his shoulders in his chair. The men had collected furniture from the Great Cabin and as chairman of the council, he’d requisitioned Pelsaert’s padded chair as his own. No one had argued. Nor had anyone complained when he’d taken Pelsaert’s clothes for his own use. The l...
said Loren, shaking her head emphatically. Chapter One Steam rose from Jones’ food pack, filling Curlew’s tiny common room with the aroma of beef stew. “That’s one month down.” He took the container out of the warmer and brought it the two steps to the table. Morgan ...
Plaster broken away from the stone littered the ground and crunched beneath their feet. No echoes here; the darkness beyond the beam of light cast by their lanterns seemed to absorb their footfalls. They passed a doorway, then another. Morgan flashed the light he’d given her into each before she ...
Another ten minutes and he could go and meet her. He couldn’t get her out of his head. He felt like a love-struck kid. But it wasn’t just her slim body, her creamy skin and those incredible eyes. What a find; what a remarkable find. She’d altered the security system in the mine, she could speak P...
Nobody she knew, nobody who appeared out of place. Hard to believe that not much more than half a year ago, she’d sidled in here with Sean, escaping from inter-species violence. Now the place was calm and orderly. Bag in hand, she walked casually over to the train station where a train waited at ...