They had left her cuffed to the chair for the whole day. She hurt all over, but at least she still had her life, whatever that was good for. They expected her to come to work tomorrow to resume her old duties. With any luck by the time she was missed tomorrow she would already be well on the way ...
There was also something else that was positive. I glanced down at the slightly huffing woman by my side. I had a woman fit to be a Queen, entirely unlike my first wife. Now, if only, I was fit to be a King. I slowed the pace as we approached the ship and its welcoming committee. My eyes scanned ...
It barely illuminated the night. All was still except for the evening chirp of insects. Despite my best efforts I was depressed. I leaned back against a deadfall tree and morosely considered the situation. I had hoped to come away from the north with twenty thousand hardened warriors at my back w...
My eyes caught my bed in the open room apartment, but I denied myself the comfort of going to it so I could fall apart and mourn my friend. I had never fully appreciated how integral Rafftery had become to me in my life and now that he was gone there was such a gaping hole left behind. I pushed a...
Where are we? How did we get here?” I chuckled out loud and her eyes came to mine in exasperation. “Do you remember in the Book of Acts, when Philip is transported from one place to another in the same day by the Spirit of God?” “Yes, but he was an apostle! I’m just ordinary.” “You are a daughter...
Nothing, but she wasn’t deceived by the lack of auditory feedback. One didn’t always have to hear a threat, in order to sense it. She pulled a few books together and grabbed an item off the crate beside her and got to her feet and hobbled outside with the use of her makeshift crutch. Raffi was at...