He looked ill, his face a funeral white, eyes stricken with anguish. "Unless someone... opened... the door." The words were torn from him.The implied accusation slashed against her happiness with whip-like cruelty, destroying her dreams. "How can you think such a thing? He threw me in the lake."“...
They wrote down names and items and prices, making notations of items she might want for the store.As usual, they were constantly approached by the street vendors, which was the only thing Perri didn't like about shopping in the Zone. Hugo relieved her of the burden of telling them "no" over and ...
Ira’s words took the wind out of Mary. She looked over at Mount Rainier. It protruded into a clear sky, its distinctive volcano shape too well known for anyone to mistake. She had been living in a fool's world, thinking she could lead Judd's gang around without one of them noticing. The weather h...
When we were first married, Trahern had spent most of his time getting well. Then he'd had to chase those thieves, killing two and seeing the third jailed before he'd returned.I still didn't know him, nor he, me. With neither of us being great talkers, even our shared time on the wagon seat didn'...