As soon as he saw her he stopped what he was doing, leaned back in his chair and stared at her. ‘Hey,’ she said, brightly. ‘Hey.’ She kicked her shoes off and filled the kettle with water before placing it on the stove, determinedly not looking at C...
She had never really appreciated the snow before, but George’s love of all things Christmassy was obviously having an effect on her. So many Christmases had been spent moving on from one place to the next or sitting alone in the only restaurant or pub that insisted on staying open. This year she ...
But it was so dark down here I couldn’t even make out the walls. They could have been just in front of me or twenty metres away. I looked over my shoulder back up the corridor to check I wasn’t being watched, but there was no one out there and the silence from the cell suggested I was alone in he...
It was pitch black but the hand continued to shake me. ‘Harry?’ I croaked, though I knew it was him, I could smell his glorious scent. ‘Yeah, it’s me.’ I leaned over and snapped on the lamp on the bedside table, shielding my eyes from the sudden glare. ‘Here, I made you a coffee. The café isn’t o...
Fight or flight‘We need to get out of here,’ said Eli, as the noise of Caleb’s car approached us at high speed.I felt physically sick. Jasmine was going to be sacrificed as part of the end of year celebrations. Tomorrow she was going to be gutted like a fish, just as I was. She was pregnant, abou...