Shane asked. Hunter draped himself over one of the chairs in the Council chambers, watching it with deceptive disinterest. How had they known to come? He remembered Charity’s eyes had been glowing, but he hadn’t had time yet to ask her what she had seen. Had she somehow summoned the Carules warri...
The knowledge that he was making her face this all alone ate at him, and sleep was pretty much nonexistent.So when the phone rang at 3:00 a.m., he was awake, staring at the ceiling. Only two people ever called him. Anyone in the colony would just walk over unless it was a serious emergency. He je...
It was long and wide, running east to west with huge windows at each end. The wallpaper here had once been white with little red flowers, and the carpet might have been pink, once. She could see, from where she stood, four doors, all closed. The fire damage had hit this floor, as well — the black...
Or shrouded. Or tiptoeing. Or something. Anything but walking nonchalantly through the halls, flinging open door after door and searching every room. But that was what everyone else was doing, so she did it too. First, she had run up and down the stairs and then up and down every hallway, looking...
By dinnertime we’ll have you more stunning than you’ve ever been before,” Crystali said as she bustled around the room, unpacking their things.Kazia watched from behind the bathing screen, letting her head rest against the lip of the tub. “Aren’t you tired?” Kazia asked.“A little. But I love a ch...
Aella said as Scout limped back to her blankets. “I see why Iros is so fascinated by you.”Scout grabbed the edge of her blanket nest and dragged it across the floor to Aella’s cage. She laughed softly. “Iros isn’t fascinated by me. Iros is grateful for help fighting his brother. I daresay he’s mo...