He was swallowing water and started to panic. His arms flailed as his mind raced. He was the Chosen One but he wouldn’t make it to help the Daughters of Eve. What if they failed without him? He betrayed the Daughters. He betrayed Geronimo. More importantly, he betrayed Jes...
I told Piku, staring off in the other direction so I didn’t have to see him roll his eyes or cringe. He had a way of pulling me back to reality when my mind started off on a road that made no sense, but right now, I didn’t want to be pulled back. I truly thought that I mig...
The Elburz Mountains were easily seen from this distance as a light breeze helped to disperse the unearthly smell that emanated from the beautiful, yet repulsive Sulna Obvesky. Alexey had the passenger-side door open to let in fresh air. Sulna’s stench had permeated the entire vehicle. The driver...
From the base of a massive, rock-encrusted mountain, General Del’ada Donatte crawls up onto a sunbaked boulder. He seeks a higher vantage point to discern anything green in the expansive desert that is supposed to contain an oasis, according to his flawed maps. The stone s...