fire_of_dawn

If you want to know why I've been acting so strangely, that's why. Whole segments of my memory are just "gone," and the ones I have are fragmented. I remember ...

This whole Lent season… what’s it to me? I’ve “lent” so much, I thought I was dead. I lost my voice, my last resort. I’m mute. My thoughts come forward ...

A/N: Please don't bash me for starting in the middle. This is the same story as Mia, but I want to get on with it.While Kalen brings Mia's sweater, I ...

“Well, this is it,” Keona muttered. A soft yap of agreement sounded at her heel. She smiled, which did much to lighten her travel-stained face. Tired hazel eyes reread the ...

“Just hand me that towel, will you?” “What, a Selkin afraid of water?” Merryn splashed her cousin across his sleek back.Cei held up both hands. Clambering from the lukewarm pool, ...

Anxious villagers packed the field, murmuring, ???It???s a dragon!??? All but Titus- he eyed the field???s dimensions, wondering if there???d be room to accommodate a dragon.Easily four and a half ...

“A- tail?” faltered Aral Alexander. He chewed on the thought for a moment, then asked his father, “What other tricks does this girl have?”Miles Vorkosigan smiled. “Not tricks, Alex. Lady ...

On the way upstairs, she kept mouthing the word "rooms". Curious, Alex turned to face her. "Ma'am?""Mia, please. I'm not quite used to all this formality." Large and earnest, her ...

I had held many hard men on my wooden arms. By now I'd lost track of their sins and crimes. This Man, though, was different.Even as the soldiers placed His ...

"Where's your uniform?" The hated phrase brought Spirit to wakefulness.She eyed the impertinent trooper, long and hard. When he didn't flinch, she snarled in his face. "This one paid all ...