The Anderson estate is an architectural marvel. A limestone structure of the highest quality with its ornate, dual wrought iron stairwells, enough marble and granite to make any mausoleum proud. Of course, the only corpse taking up residency in this place is Jones, and I’ve got one serious fuckin...
Laney writhes beneath me ready and willing to help me take the plunge of a lifetime, and all the while I feel bad for having her beautiful body sprawled out over my desk. It’s got be cold—hell, it’s covered with a sheet of glass so I know it is, and her back must be killing her, but Laney has nev...
We keep the conversation light, never once mentioning Chloe or the ramifications that might come from the harsh rebuke Gage delivered only a few hours ago. I can’t imagine what a verbal blow must feel like coming from the one person on the planet you profess to love. With Chloe it’s more of an ob...
Logan roars at Gage as he picks me up off the makeshift football field. Demetri’s backyard expands around us as a sea of darkness rolls overhead. A veil of grey clouds submerges the sunshine, scolding it for recklessly shining down over Paragon.“Take her to my home at once,” Marshall says in pass...
The heat and humidity have reached a pinnacle, reducing the house to a brick oven, so I throw on my swim trunks and grab my journal before heading out to the pool.Charlie, our yellow lab, heads over as I take off my shirt and lie down on my stomach near the deep end. I dip my foot in the glacial ...
We leave for the Anderson estate at twelve forty-five in the morning, and as far as I can tell, this all could have been done after the sun came up, not during a midnight downpour. Fletch sits up front with Jen. Rumor has it Blaine will be meeting us in the a.m. I’m guessing he wanted to play a g...
Death comes in like a thief and binds your wrists. It fetters your feet, blinds and whips you before whisking off with your soul to the paradise of God. Death is ruthless in its endeavor as it rips you away from the planet—unremorseful as it gives all of your loved ones the finger. I cheated deat...
The raven—his bird comes quickly to his shoulder in all its dark glory. It purrs and fidgets a moment before settling down, still as stone. “Chloe gave her to you.” I reach up and stroke its soft black feathers with the back of my hand. It’s as tall as a table lamp, and this startles me. “It’s a ...
“Party’s still going strong.” “We should get back there.” I spike up on the couch and stab my eyes around in the dark, in an effort to wake up. Logan put on a DVD, and then we started kissing and I must have fallen asleep. I look over at Logan totally embarrassed and guilty. “I really do love kis...
I ruminate over this well-established fact as I drive what feels like a million bleak miles in my hatchback on the way to shack up with Derek and his unfortunate girlfriend. An oily darkness leads the way past acres of nothing but brush and evergreens. If living off the grid was my brother’s goal...