Owen stood down the street with the girl he held captive next to a fruit stand teeming with ripe oranges and apples. The shop’s yellow-and-green striped canopy marked it out from the rest on the street. With all the innocents wandering through the crowded marketplace, I couldn’t get a clear shot ...
The pale air crystallized in the wispy clouds descending onto the planks, creating a rolling mist. Even though the moment our meeting ended all I wanted to do was take Geoff to my bunk and have my way with him, someone had to steer our ship, and he made the best candidate. The moment dawn broke t...
They had planned to meet at her place the day of the soiree so she could inspect what he wore and to finish their plan of attack. Should've been simple to shut him from her mind, after all, the man was a cocky menace. He propositioned women willy nilly, stole jobs from other bounty hunters, and t...
Sudden thrashing wouldn’t help me and might only draw predators in faster. I kept my movements as steady as possible even though my heart pounded a thousand beats per minute. If it were a striped bass or anything regular, it would’ve left my side by now. Based on the size, it was larg...