Umm, correct me if I'm wrong, but aren't you suppose to be dead? Currently being chased by two Cabals? You're waltzing around Vancouver, eating in restaurants? (Ash)Hell no, Corey said. I never waltz....
Tyrus pushed the mummy off him and rose, whisking sloughed bits of dried flesh from his tunic.Well, that wasn't at all humiliating, he said. Please tell me I didn't shriek. And if I did? Remember I am...
This is the dilemma, the contradiction we cannot resolve. We do not want to be them. Yet we are fascinated by them, because every detail tugs at a buried memory.
This is so cool, I said as Dad walked away. Have you met the tattoo artist? Is he hot?He’s a she, Mom said.Is she hot? Cause I’m still young, you know. My sexual identity isn’t fully formed.
They’re after all of us, Daniel said.I think so.I don’t get it.Maya?I wanted to throw my arms around his neck and apologize.He hugged me and whispered, It’s okay. We’ll figure it out.I pulled away. I…...
They are like actors playing a role, sometimes enjoying their role on stage, but usually relieved to leave it
The truck rounded the last corner. It was more like a cube van, yellow with some kind of crest on the side. I struggled for a better look. The air was getting hazy now. Invisible smoke stung my eyes.T...
The guys had made log benches for spectators, back when they were twelve and had visions of every girl in class lining those benches, swooning as they showed off in the ring. Never quite worked out th...
Tell her to be quiet, and she got louder. Tell her to stay back, and she pushed me into the line of fire. Tell her to watch for our pursuers, and she hovered at my shoulder instead. Open the door to l...
Sometimes humans hit on a moment of profundity more complete than their dim minds could comprehend, and they took that nugget of truth and dumped it in the refuse for the bards and the poets to find,...
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...
Rafe woke me in the morning.Sorry, he whispered. But I can hear Kenjii moving around, and if Daniel comes in and finds you here, it won’t matter that we’re both fully dressed. I’ll get my ass kicked.I...
Please, sir, Daniel said. We aren’t--The man darted to the driver’s side and leaped in as Daniel raced around the van. The man slammed it into gear. The van lurched forward. I grabbed Daniel and yanke...
On the second twist, the engine caught, faltered, then roared to life. Daniel nodded, slammed it into drive, hit the gas and…The tires spun.No way. No goddamn way.He threw open the door. Slide over. W...
Okay, now things got tough. In the movies, heroes always get into seemingly impenetrable buildings through a heating duct or ventilation shaft or service entrance. In real life, if someone goes throug...
Now, after three days in the forest, that human part of me was sick of trees and streams and forest paths. It wanted a sofa and a TV and a shower. God, it really wanted a shower.
Now, Maya, if you can stop gaping at Rafe for a few minutes, we really should come up with a plan.I glared at her. I spent three days thinking I’d watched him fall to his death.Leave her alone, Sam, D...
My hand hit the top ledge and I jolted out of it, and looked over to see Rafe beside me, sweat dripping down his face, eyes glowing, face glowing, his gaze locked on mine again, lips parting to say so...
Jeremy shifted to the left, blocking my view of Clay, as if we were Siamese fighting fish that wouldn’t attack if we couldn’t see each other.