Why can’t they just write these damned things in English so that normal people could read them? He could feel his eyelids getting heavier as the words blurred across the page. “I could have used this when I went to bed.” He closed the report and shoved it into his drawer. ...
He tried to push his way through but the solid wall of bodies prevented it. “Please, I need to speak to Horith.” Kalen stepped forward and pulled Jack aside. “He is busy, Chief Jack. What may I tell him on your behalf?” “We’re preparing for the atta...
They had been there for most of the day while Loren the Wyldwood left with a small band of her hunters to meet with the other elders. Jacobs was outside playing catch with some of the children and trying to teach them the fundamentals of baseball, but they couldn’t grasp the idea of hitting the b...
Images flashed through his mind that he couldn’t begin to explain as he fought to wake. He could feel hands on him, holding him down. He struggled to push the blankets off…the heat…the cold…he could feel himself dying. His eyes fluttered open and it took a moment for him t...
The messenger informed the dark vampire. “The humans require being told twice of threats, so our people have abducted their agent and forced his hand once.” The little messenger seemed quite proud to make his report and actually made eye contact, his head held high. “Once it is closer to sundo...
Matt rubbed at his temples and propped his elbows on the edge of his desk. “Are you positive?” Tufo squirmed in his seat then crossed his legs to try to keep from fidgeting. “Yup, I even took a team back out to the desert and we went through Evan’s lab. There’s no sign of ...
He paused outside of Brooke’s room and pressed his forehead to the steel door. He placed his hand against it and tried to feel her inside. Some flicker of her essence…a shadow of her once having been there. All he felt was cold steel under his palm. ...
It had been a long night and an eventless morning as the squad set a deep perimeter around the battle scene allowing the cleanup crews to do their job. The story, as far as he knew, was that a military transport train had derailed and the military was cleaning up a fuel spill and some chemicals t...