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Chapter 17 POST WEDDING
Gertie becomes Dowager Lady Standhope
Relaxing and reflecting on the event in the hours afterwards, Gertie thought the wedding between her grandson Jake and Gill his bride went off perfectly. With very few exceptions, everybody who was expected turned up at what was penned in...

Sweet Child 3
I stood and stared until she got nervous. "Maybe this was a mistake. I'll go now."
I walked up to her. "No, you won't. Come inside and I'll get you something to drink. Then we'll talk."
I turned around, wondering if she would follow me. I felt her footsteps on the deck as I unlocked th...

The Last Incubus: Chapter 29

Chapter 29: Riding on the roller coaster of emotions.
"There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven: a time to weep and a time to laugh." ~ Ecclesiastes 3 vv. 1 & 4.
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It was around midnight when I got back to Tina's house. The lights...

Chapter 1

Nicholas Carter was a child of the projects. Cheap apartments where the elevators and stairwells smelled of urine and weed and the litter of discarded needles that made going barefoot foolish. Neighborhoods where gunshots and police sirens sounded more regularly than alarm clocks.
His lif...

Chapter 13

Malachite Palace, Lysannum
The rest of the day of Jade's coronation was filled with traditional coronation day activities, such as Jade's First Court, where she heard matters of law that had been escalated to the highest court in the land, over which the monarch alone presided. Some were...

Author's Note: And here we are with Chapter 2. John and Kat jet off to New York City. It's been a while since we've been there. My goal with these opening chapters is to frame how the group will be moving forward.
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Maybe it was silly to fly the 737 all the way to New York City just for the two ...

"What's your favorite restaurant to take a date to? Hint: Mine is Mulcaster's," Johanna revealed, grinning.
"Oh. My. Gawd. I can't believe they're playing these questions," Katie Pettit laughed.
At nearly one o'clock the next afternoon, the anthropology professor stood in the Farris' living room as ...

Cindy was shocked when when she woke next to Jimmy in a big soft bed. At first she thought she was dreaming. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in her bed in the trailer. Yet here she was laying in a great big bed next to the only man that had never abused her. She didn't dare move. Sh...

Crickets chirping, frogs croaking. The sounds of a warm Southern spring night filled the humid air. James McGovern sat in his truck, a Marlboro stuck between his lips. Pain and anger was all he knew anymore, and it was undeniable and crushing. Hanging from his rearview mirror was a silver chain and ...

Chloe's tongue lapped at my lips a couple of times and then pressed into mine just as I started to return in kind. We spent the next few minutes lapping at each other like thirsty canines. Whatever pretense existed was shattered as our crotches ground against each other.
My hands slid up her chest a...

CHAPTER 1

Charlotte and her husband JJ were at their friends' Danny and Linda's house for a Christmas party. Everyone was drinking and having a good time. There were about 30 people there all told. Some upstairs in the den, some in the living room, some in the kitchen. Others were downstairs in the...

Part Four: Thinking the Unthinkable
I. Inheritance
Learn not to discriminate; If any man or woman wants to fuck you, then spread your thighs

Sir William Carrington, Advice to Girls, Maxim 4

i. The Carrington Clique
Maggie Willis was entertaining. The posher of her two living rooms, which she calle...

Lisa and Pete had been talking online for a few weeks. First exchanging casual conversation which gradually turned more flirty and then down right filthy. They had never meet each other or even shared pictures but that didn't stop them from organising to meet on the train to finally play out one of ...

"The wrong grave! What do you mean?" Jake questioned, his voice far too loud inside the Tarr family crypt.
Phinn shushed him as they heard raised voices outside. Risking a look, he saw a flashlight shining around Jason's grave. However, it snapped off after a few more seconds. Based on the bickering...

Mr. Nilou chuckled at her outburst and Makayla blushed. The man was amused by her behavior, thankfully, but that didn't stop the girl from feeling embarrassed.
She stayed perfectly in place as the man resumed their kiss, this time it was less sloppy and more gentle. The intimacy was still there if n...

Eva snuggled in next to Lucas. The two had left the club and gone back to the hotel. The walk gave Eva chance to talk more about his business and the various things the company did for training and support. Eva couldn't imagine how it had grown into such a large organization in less than 15 years. L...

The next morning Samantha was jarred awake by Cindy bouncing up and down on the bed calling for her to wake up. "Come on mommy, wake up. We need to go make breakfast before Jimmy wakes up!" She almost corrected Cindy to call him James, but remembered he was Cindy's Jimmy. While she was not an educat...

The Arcade Machine
Chapter 1: The Offer

By Master John130

Sarah stared at the monitor in the back room of her failing arcade. Another day, another dismal revenue report. The machines out front clattered on, their retro charm doing little to lure in the crowds. Most teenagers wanted flashier thrill...

Alistar's Dream
Part 2 of Sweet Child of Mine
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I smiled to myself as I watched the guy strut around. He was big, loud, and obviously had an exaggerated opinion ...

The last few weeks I have been terribly busy, I have been trying to actively work on this series when I can squeeze in the time to do so. I am currently working on the finale to this third book. This is a short chapter so it has been combined with the next one hence the delay. Enjoy.
I am the key
Th...

*See chapter 00. Intro and chapter descriptions*
We were in darkness, a cold shivering and damp dark and I knew I was not alone. The ground was hard, solid rock and slick with water. Screeches and hissing growing louder surrounding us, we could hear the sharp long nails clattering on the rock. I beg...

I watched Chloe's black bra spring free, giving me an unobstructed view of her entire back. My eyes lingered on the dappled light and deep browns as the muscles along her black played in time with the flickering firelight, creating a captivating display that I couldn't have torn my gaze from if my l...

Sweet Child Of Mine
There was a knock at the door.
I grinned. How many good and bad novels start with that sentence or have it figure prominently in the story? Well, it wasn't a 'dark and stormy night.' I didn't get a lot of visitors because I lived down a private dirt road, although there was one s...

Cindy was shocked when when she woke next to Jimmy in a big soft bed. At first she thought she was dreaming. The last thing she remembered was falling asleep in her bed in the trailer. Yet here she was laying in a great big bed next to the only man that had never abused her. She didn't dare move. Sh...

*See chapter 00. Intro and chapter descriptions*
As the orc guards brought the elfin envoys to the council I looked about me; Cyllian was flexing his fingers upon the pommel of his blade, Gilead and Melee both had stepped forward, Deniera sitting next to me remained unmoved, but her eyes were glowin...

Jake stopped his old sedan in a small parking lot across the street from the stone and wrought iron front fence of Druid Hill Cemetery. The oldest maintained cemetery in Edgewater dates back to the late 18th century. Sitting in his car, Jake blew out a deep breath. The superstitious teen wasn't thri...

*See chapter 00. Intro and chapter descriptions*
We rode the wolves out of the gate into the open plain beneath the hot sun in all her glory, Tiamat and I just behind Gorlung and Zyre but not for long. We quickly caught up and the wolves paced side by side. My thighs burned and ached slightly but no...

Crickets chirping, frogs croaking. The sounds of a warm Southern spring night filled the humid air. James McGovern sat in his truck, a Marlboro stuck between his lips. Pain and anger was all he knew anymore, and it was undeniable and crushing. Hanging from his rearview mirror was a silver chain and ...

Rachel from the Edge pt. 015
by G. Lawrence
Rachel's journey comes to an end
We have reached the concluding episode of Rachel's journey with the Benson family. They have all come a long way, and still have a way to go.
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Chapter Eighteen
GIFTS
Rachel used the upstairs bathroom, impressed b...

Yevn could not be redirected. And eventually, she concluded we did not believe her. "Drats. I understand now. It's not that you haven't been understanding my words or the concepts, because I could always try to explain again, but... you don't believe me, do you?"
Kat knelt next to Yevn and took her ...