Heart pounding, Kagome glanced back down the hallway toward Shin, who was with her brother and grandpa in the den. Whether her son had detected Inuyasha’s arrival or not, it clearly wasn’t a concern to him. In wide-eyed amazement, he stood glued with his face about an inch from the glaring television, his little hands
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 29
* * * Fernando and the others followed Chico back to his home on the outskirts of town. The home was little more than a hovel, built from the rusted bones of what looked to be an old farmhouse slatted up with mismatched boards and sheeting, crippled under the weight of the years and its
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 28
Fernando had been chasing after women all his life. Long before he’d understood what compelled him, he had chased them. Stalking them, shadowing them. Studying them from afar. He’d sensed his natural affinity for the chase, and he’d enjoyed it. But as he’d entered into his teenage years, this passion for the chase had gone
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 151
The next few days were ones of muddled relief for Kagome. After telling the full truth to her mother, her soul felt lighter—almost dizzyingly light, at times. But she couldn’t stop her anxious mind from asking, What next? And, What’s happening in Edo? It was a balm to her heart, spending time with her family.
The Wolf: Part 2 (Explicit)
On the verge of hyperventilating, Allie studied his rugged face, obscured by his shaggy dark hair and an even darker fringe of shifting shadow. His eerie light eyes reflected the meager glow from the kitchen downstairs. She was alone in this cabin. All alone. No one was coming to save her. If she wanted a
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 150
Kagome bowed her head, squeezing her mother’s hand tight. Tears dripped from her face to the table. The mixture of pain and relief she felt overwhelmed her. Now someone else apart from herself knew the whole story. Even Sesshoumaru hadn’t known the full extent of her marital difficulties with Inuyasha. She’d never confessed that to
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 27
The salacious image of the bathing woman from the barrio persisted, taking on a life of its own. In a sense Fernando was forever striving to recreate this experience, to recast it in some form or fashion with every woman who strayed across his path. He sought for it with fiendish single-mindedness, all while keeping
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 149
It was a while before Kagome gathered the wherewithal to pull herself back from her mother’s embrace. Straightening and swiping at her wet sticky face, she was thankful that it was still dark out, so that her mother wouldn’t see just how much of a trainwreck she was— For the moment, anyway. Holding onto her
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 26
Fernando’s neglectful mother may have planted the seed of his attraction. But it was another from his early youth who’d shaped his proclivities. His first erotic experience had occurred to him in hindsight, when he was still living in the barrio. He had been eight years old, the same age he’d been when his mother