There wasn’t much there—just Macy’s school texts, various biology and anatomy and nursing tomes. Fascinating stuff, I’m sure. Especially the one on thanatochemistry, whatever the hell that was.
The window’s filthy. I can’t see anything.How about we try the door? Sam said.She was walking toward it when Hayley grabbed her arm and pointed to a window sign warning that the place was armed with s...
The upshot of her tirade was that I was the devil's spawn and should be locked up in a tower before I unleashed hordes of the living dead to slaughter them all in their sleep. Well, maybe that's an ex...
The teenage girl goes to the fortune-teller, whose gypsy grandmother says she’s cursed.Maybe that was it. Like one of those reality TV shows. You got pranked.In Nanaimo? Must be a low-budget Canadian...
The sliding back door to the house squealed. Daniel stepped onto the deck. Rafe and I were still in the woods, but we could see him, through the trees, and he could see us. He stopped dead. Kenjii rac...
The secretary moved in to block Simon as I followed Thierry into the office. As the door closed, I heard her whisper, I think it's very sweet, you sticking up for your brother like that.I'm not trying...
The mummy twitched. This time, both Ronan and Tyrus leaped on it, blades slashing. Ronan severed an arm. Tyrus cleaved the corpse clean in half, the legs falling free. Yet the thing was already in fli...
The first people who come for us will likely be the kidnappers. It’d be safer to get to a phone and call our parents.Everyone looked around. The mainland was a dark blob on the eastern horizon. To the...
The dreams started a few months ago, he said. Dreams of fields. Fields of grapes and olives, which is weird enough. I’m not even sure if I knew how olives grow, but in the dream, I knew that’s what th...
The cottage was a hunting lodge--a cabin lacking a single flourish that turned it from a functional building into a vacation residence. It was off-season, but these places often did double-duty as a g...
That's what being crazy was, wasn't it? You thought you were fine. Everyone else knew better.
Suddenly he was right there, his mouth on mine, my arms around his neck. Then he stopped. He caught my arms and backed up, studying my face. Has anyone had access to your drinks recently? he said. Any...
Still sitting, he reached out and pulled me toward him. We stayed there, looking at each other, his hand still wrapped in my shirt hem, my heart hammering so hard I was sure he could hear it.when I in...
Sorry, I said, hurrying over to him. Are you--?As I bent, he tried to snag my leg and yank me down, but I danced back out of reach.Did you really think I’d fall for that? I said.Hoping.
So it’s up to Maya. She’s already won. I’m just the bonus round.He grinned then, but it was a different kind of grin, a mock arrogance that made me laugh and shake my head.I looked into his eyes and s...
So in sedating him, they were getting rid of our chaperone, I said. They wanted one of us.I thought of the list Daniel had found, with the word on it, and I thought of the man in the woods, who’d cal...
So do all animals react that way to you? I know you said rats steer clear.Most do. They see a human, but they smell someting else. It confuses them. Canines are the worst, though. He paused. No, cats...
So did I hear right? he said. Race to the top? Winner gets a kiss?Maya’s done seven climbs in a row, Daniel said. You can race me.But I don’t want to kiss The others laughed. Rafe didn’t even look at...
So I was right, wasn't I? It's still you, even in wolf form.'He grunted.No sudden uncontrollable urges to go kill something?'He rolled his eyes.Hey, you're the one who was worried.' I paused. 'And I d...
So I spilled my guts already. Your turn. If you won’t tell me what happened just now, at least tell me what happened at the tattoo place.I did. I was tempted to joke that his dad was right--apparently...