Juliana looked at that and then back at her livid boyfriend. She ducked her head and chose to face the elements. She ran though the downpour and climbed into the truck cab. The diesel rumbled to life. The truck departed with a grind of the gears and a splash through a newly formed puddle. Juliana...
Against the universally gray walls, the gilded chair shimmered in the torchlight. Long, padded leather arms stretched past the edge of the seat, each end carved into the head of a spitting snake. The back rose over six feet from the chair’s elevated dais, and twin snakes adorned the top like two ...