As we walked, I pulled out the newspaper I’d found.Getting caught up on current events? Sam asked.No, Corey said. She’s doing her research for that essay we have due next week. You know Maya. Escaping...
As we headed back into the living room, I noticed the phone on the counter.Daniel followed my gaze and laughed. Um, yeah. We’re holed up, waiting to notify someone that we’re back…and there’s a phone....
As supernatural types went, that seemed weird, and I suspected there was more to it. According to the notes, some of the kids had problems. So they locked them up in a group home. The kids figured out...
As I passed Mrs. Morris, I motioned that I was going out to use the washroom. I’m sure she knew better, but she just smiled and waved me on. We aren’t a school with a truancy problem. Let’s be honest:...
Annie used to have a motorcycle, he said, and she’d taught him to ride it. He also knew how to hot-wire one. I wasn’t asking how. Like I said, his life experience wasn’t ours.
Angst. Fear. Stark, gut-twisting terror. It didn’t make for an easy sleep.
And then it will rain.
And the lesson is that I should always wear these, so no one asks me to do anything crazy like climb onto a roof. ~Jaime Vegas on why she wears three inch heels on a mission
Am I the only one around here who thinks Maya has a hidden Y chromosome? Hayley said.If she does, she’s hiding it pretty good, Corey said, giving me a lascivious once-over.
All right, then. Emergency medical situation, take two. He leaped to his feet, staggered, keeled over, then lifted his head weakly. Chloe? Is that you? He coughed. Do you have my insulin? I placed it...
After this, he'd probably be going to zoos, climbing the enclosure, saying, 'Here, watch this...' Famous last words, as yet another unfit human is removed from the gene pool.
After the woman left, I set my coffee down and opened the bag. Two muffins-double-chocolate andblueberry bran.I texted Adam a thank-you. I’d just started eating the chocolate muffin when he texted bac...
After an hour of walking, I started thinking maybe I’d cuddle up with Daniel again, just to make Corey laugh. The morning had started on a light note, but it darkened fast.
After a moment, I grinned over at him. Loser.The rope slipped, he said, tugging at it, like he was testing the belay system.You just keep telling yourself that. It’ll keep you busy while you’re buildi...
A progress memo had said things like Working on getting the Enwrights flown up. Their unique skills could be helpful in this search and A scent tracker would be a huge benefit. Would love to hire a ww...
A lot of stories about me getting into trouble start with a girl.
A jerk on my harness made me look up sharply as Daniel adjusted the rope, preparing to let me belay down. The look on his face told me who’d won. Damn, I said. Seriously?By a fingertip, Rafe said. You...
A G-Rated story? About taking some deformed baby and locking him up? And if it was true, and this poor guy had been locked up in there for decades, and someone threw in a perfectly good woman, what th...
So, when I spotted a cougar stretched out on a thick pine tree branch near the park gates, I wasn't surprised. I can't say the same for the women clinging to the branch above the cat. she was the one...
You were outside? I said.Making reindeer tracks.I lifted my brows.Did you hear the kids earlier, talking about reindeer?Kate had been concerned that the chalet roof was too steep for the reindeer to t...