At the office, I found an X in marker on the floor beside the trash can. I moved it and found another note. Another dotted line, this one leading outside to another X. That one ended just inside the f...
Before we left town, Antonio pulled into a strip mall and went in to get subs and salads, leaving Clay and me half naked and bleeding in the car, and Cain unconscious in the trunk. No wonder I was anx...
Between Ricky’s charm and persuasion and Gabriel’s lock picking and sleight of hand, if I took enough lessons, I could become a first-rate private eye. Or a master criminal.
Bingo pup. It's a lesson best learned early. They're all afraid of us. He strolled over to Derek. You're trying to be a good kid, aren't you? You think that'll show them they're wrong. So how'd that w...
But it should have a phone, I said. Or maps to show us where we are. Also, there must be cottages nearby if there’s a gas bar.Ha! Corey said, spinning and pointing at Hayley. Ha!He took off at a lope....
But what had really happened tonight? With the cougar, it was obviously adrenaline with a chaser of shock, and maybe a little post-traumatic stress thrown in for good measure.
But you can now consider yourself officially invited by the birthday girl. It’s an easier way to meet people than hanging out at the smoking pit. Healthier, too.That got a smile from him. Not that laz...
Comfort and reassurance and a wordless understanding that there is always darkness. In some part of us, there is absolute darkness, as much as we wish otherwise. As much as we pretend otherwise. Ander...
Considering we’d had the same guys in our class since kindergarten, Rafe’s novelty factor alone would have had the girls tripping over themselves. He was the hottest ticket in town. And he knew it.
Corey grabbed a Coke.Hey! Hayley said.If they aren’t here to man the shop…Daniel reached into Corey’s back pocket. He plucked out his wallet, took out a still-damp twenty and put it on the counter. Co...
Dad! he shouted, loud enough to make my ears ring. Dad! You need to get down here! (Derek)Chloe held open the door and whispered to me, I could say he's not always like this, but I'd be lying.
Damned hellhole, he muttered. Oh, sure, there’ll be cell service. Right. The only thing this island has is mosquitoes.Our mosquitoes weren’t bad at all--I only had a bite or two after a day in the woo...
Daniel wobbled and the grip slid out of his hand. He dropped only a few inches, but by the time he’d recovered, I was pulling myself over the top. Brooke and Nicole were cheering. The others below cal...
Derek's change came faster now and maybe a bit easier--no vomiting this time. Finally it was over, and he fell onto his side, panting, shaking, and shivering. Then he reached for my hand, holding it t...
Derek? Derek!-CholeChole! what are you doing out here? i said we will check it out later. key word WE-Derekoh, yeah I decided to come out on my own. thats why i was calling your name repeatively- Chol...
Do you know what that word meant? The one she called me?She shook her head. No idea. I don’t even know if it’s Navajo. She may have lived with them, but she’s white. The language is nearly impossible...
Do you like manga? she asked after a minute. Anime?Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies,animated or not.Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the bo...
Do you really think he untied you? .. He was just checking his kids handiwork.
Everyone's life is interesting, if it's different from your own.
Figures, Corey muttered. Survive a forest fire, helicopter crash, and killer eels, only to slip on a rock.
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