Kate Edwards and Bran McGregor have been mated almost two years and things are going great. So Kate is shocked at her body’s reaction to Caleb Donovan, one of the newest members of their Pack and father to twin boys Landon and Lucas. When she realizes that he is her second mate she must figure out a way for them to come together as a family.
When the hyenas return, this time to kidnap their sons, Kate, Caleb, and Bran find themselves questioning the loyalty of the Pack around them and relying on those outside the Pack to keep their sons safe.
Unable to discover how the hyenas are able to enter Arkadia, tragedy strikes and Pack, Pride, and Sloth come together to defend their town against the hyenas, but will it be enough for everyone to make it out alive? Views: 597
The opening episode of The Human Division, John Scalzi's new thirteen-episode novel in the world of his bestselling Old Man's War.
Colonial Union Ambassador Ode Abumwe and her team are used to life on the lower end of the diplomatic ladder. But when a high-profile diplomat goes missing, Abumwe and her team are last minute replacements on a mission critical to the Colonial Unions future. As the team works to pull off their task, CDF Lieutenant Harry Wilson discovers theres more to the story of the missing diplomats than anyone expected...a secret that could spell war for humanity. Views: 597
When her favourite cousin Shelley is whisked away to Australia, Harley is not in the mood for a new girl. What's more, her mum's job interviews have started coming at weirder and weirder times of ... night, and she's worried there might be a man on the scene.Can she plan an ace birthday party for a desperate-to-be-trendy seven year old sis, while keeping close tabs on her mum and brothers?It's September 2006. Everyone loves the Pussycat Dolls, and this one Green Day song is played over and over on the radio all month as if that's big or clever.Harley and friends are back at school (minus Shelley), and there's a new girl in town. Usually, this wouldn't pique her interest, but this particular girl might be important. With her mum increasingly absent, Harley's determined to get to the bottom of things. After all, the last time she buried the facts about her changing homelife, it just meant that she didn't get her say.Can she plan an ace birthday party for a desperate-to-be-trendy seven year old sis, while keeping close tabs on her mum and brothers?Follow Harley's frustrating attempt at Year 9, in this accidental time capsule... Views: 597
New Damascus was a place of desert and mountain. It was a town suffering from sickness, where trouble always stopped by to holiday. It was the preacher who finally took matters into his own hands, praying for salvation. Salvation didn't come. Something else did.New Damascus was a place of desert and mountain. It was a town suffering from a sickness, where trouble always stopped by to holiday, and strange, perverted things happened and were endured with silence. Livestock gave birth to stillborn or deformed young. Blood appeared in the well. Children disappeared. Men were overcome by episodes of dark, manic rages not even found at the bottom of a flask.It was the preacher man in the town who finally took matters into his own hands after a New Damascus woman gave birth to a strange, dead child that looked more like a coyote pup than a person. Some say it was the Preacher’s. Some say the problem was that it wasn’t. What is certain is that he went into the desert without any food, only one water-skin and a small pistol for rattlesnakes, and stayed in the wild for seven days and seven nights.No one knows exactly what kind of praying he did in the sand and rocks, but what answered his call certainly wasn’t God. Most are convinced he was praying for help. But what came were the black riders. They didn’t bring a kind hand. They were there to euthanize New Damascus.Sometimes they look like scarred gunslingers with wide-brimmed hats on their heads. Sometimes they look like ghosts of old Apache chiefs, though everyone knows they exist by no man’s creed. Most say they’re tall, with hooded black robes that cover their faces. Riding Death.New Damascus was destroyed. The Preacher never found. Most likely, the black riders killed him as well in their cleansing of the town. He may have put a bullet through his head when he saw his home burning before him. Only a few whisper that when the deed was done, the black riders hunted him down, bringing with them a fifth horse for him to sit a top of and that he rides with them today.Those who whisper that, say that it isn’t dangerous to believe in the black riders. It is dangerous when they notice you.” Views: 597
Lies may hurt, but the truth can be murder...↵↵A happily married man with three small children decides one day he no longer wants to live. He gives himself leukemia, and nine months later is dead.↵↵This is the conundrum Lisa Sitteroff is determined to solve regarding her long-dead father — the tale her mother Ruth repeated throughout Lisa's childhood. But Lisa, now 30 and watching her older brother Raff suffer from the ravages of bipolar illness, believes if she can solve this puzzle, she might somehow save him. For Raff's pain is intrinsically tied up with feelings of parental abandonment. What starts as a noble goal for Lisa, though, soon grows into a vicious family war that wreaks destruction on her marriage and upends her life. Shocking clues arise as she reads a letter her father wrote before he died, prompting her to go on a journey beset with conflicting tales and startling disclosures. Those who had known her father give hints of radiation exposure, a dangerous... Views: 596
[Updated] The continuing story of Brody and Kate, and the new life they're creating for themselves. Along the way comes more visitors, some of them received with open arms while others are uninvited and unwelcome. Elders of Lore, having their own laws, have deemed that rules have been broken in the peaceful town that Brody now calls home. Their emissary, however, has his own version of law.[Updated version - dialogue revisions made, spacing and syntax modified] The continuing story of Brody and Kate, and the new life they're creating for themselves. Along the way comes more visitors, some of them received with open arms, while others are uninvited and unwelcome. The land of Lore, having their own plots and laws, have deemed that rules have been broken in the peaceful village that Brody now calls home. Their emissary, however, has his own version of law. Views: 596
After recovering memories of the man he was before, Seth has a new found hatred for the Queen. It's his drive that propels Starr and the others forward, especially as she has gone soft with the new knowledge of the woman she was before.After recovering memories of the man he was before, Seth has a new found hatred for the Queen. It's his drive that propels Starr and the others forward, especially as she has gone soft with the new knowledge of the woman she was before.In this installment, follow Starr as she comes face to face with the biggest threat to the world: a former version of her self.This is number 17 in the Vampin Book Series. Views: 596
Life is a grand adventure if you but take the time to step out and explore it.All the mirrors in the palace where the Princess lived had been instructed to never let her catch a glimpse of her own reflection. The Princess never went outside the Palace, and thus had no idea that she was ugly. In fact, she thought that she was quite beautiful. She had been told so by the Big Mirror in the dining room. The Big Mirror had a pretty red cherry wood frame, in which it could rotate. Every time the Princess approached, the Big Mirror would do a swift about-face, creaking a bit on its hinges, for it was rather old. Views: 596
A new, original Fairy Tale by up-and-coming author Sarah Alyssa McCown! The daughter of Goodness and Strength has always wanted just a little bit more than the village of Hesitation. When she is the only one standing between Malady and the people of the village, will Honor give into Fear?For too long the habitants of Istanbul have been proud of their city having one leg in Europe and another in Asia. Now trouble brews in the cosmopolitan city. John Maser's last assignment takes him to Istanbul where the rules of physics are unraveling around the habitants of Istanbul.The UN Taskforce is locked in a desperate battle as the strange creatures rush through the portals opening up all over the city. He soon finds that he has to do things outside of his job description in order to survive. Views: 596
When best friends Valerie and Samantha discover a magic mirror in Val’s barn, they eagerly go through it. The duo of double-trouble quickly discovers they are caught up in the middle of their favorite fairy tales. Having the knowledge of the stories as their only weapon, Val and Sam help three princesses, make a surprising friend, and discover they have a fairy godmother of their very own.When best friends Valerie and Samantha discover a magic mirror in Val’s 100-year-old barn in southern Minnesota, they eagerly go through it. Immediately they run into the young Snow White, who has just escaped the huntsman. The girls vow to help her find her father, knowing the dangers that await. On their journey, the fun-loving double-trouble duo quickly discovers they are caught up in the middle of their favorite fairy tales. Having the knowledge of the stories as their only weapon, Val and Sam help two other princesses, make a surprising friend and discover they have a fairy godmother of their very own. Views: 595
THE FANATICS is based in future America where it's illegal to be a Christian. It chronicles the struggles of a wounded police officer, forced into hiding to reach his family with the Gospel in the face of certain death. Meanwhile, as his sister tries to find him to keep him safe in spite of the dangers she faces for helping a "Fanatic", she learns the treacherous truth about her past.Bill Stein and his wife Mary had just recently moved back to Germany on Bill's parent's farm due to their passing. Little did Bill and his wife know that the lake on his parent's farm contained a small army of Nazi soldier's that met their fate during World War II on his parent's farm, and that their final resting place was at the bottom of the lake Bill's father never told his son about the dead Nazi soldiers in his lake because he didn't want him to have nightmares, but days after moving into his parent's farm Bill noticed a green foam on the surface of the lake, and decided to call the water department to see if it was something out of the ordinary. The water department said it was probably because of an overabundance of algae and not to be concerned. As the days wore on, and the green foam was covering most of the lake Bill decided to call one of his good friends that was a scientist to have him come out, and get to the bottom of this green substance because the water department wasn't too concerned about Bill's problem.The next day Bill's friend Steve Kliner the scientist brought his testing equipment to test the lake water. Bill said "Steve how long do you think it will take to find out what the cause of this green substance is?"Steve answered, "I should know something this evening when I run all the tests?""Sounds Great," replied Bill.Bill had no idea the chemicals that Steve was about to pour into the lake would unleash something evil that had been lying dormant for fifty years at the bottom of the lake. Steve would end up as a tasty meal for an army of Zombies hungry for flesh.Bill and Mary said goodbye to their friend and went on to work.Steve waived by to his friends, and proceeded to open his bag, and pull out his testing equipment. Views: 595
"The Journals" will be a mini free series of short writings that dives in the confused and sometimes dark mind of a young struggling writer.The Journals: Part I: Letters to Nobody-The young struggling writer express his feelings for a lady friend as well as his distance from othersIt has been twenty long years since the Dark Shogun’s victory at the Great War. After the war, everyone expected peace. Everyone wanted peace. But in the twenty years since the war there has been only fear and uncertainty and oppression. The Shogun, with the approval of Emperor Yozei, has outlawed the Samurai class and the public display of swords. He has outlawed the use of Ninja and the practice of Ninjutsu. He has outlawed the Kensei order, the legendary Sword Saints of Japan. After the Kensei surrendered, he began systematically dismantling the great Samurai clans. The Shogun's army would be the only military force. The Ninja clans retreated to their secret mountain villages. The great Samurai clans chose to fight. They were crushed. The Shogun's army is too massive. Too ruthless. The Dark Shogun now rules the country with absolute power. Some say he is invincible. Some say he is a God. Only a handful of Samurai clans remain. Only a handful of Kensei warriors remain. But not for long… Views: 595
