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In Pieces #33 (8.6) by Julie Lynn Hayes
“I’m afraid he wasn’t any help,” Deacon said so softly that Ryan wasn’t sure he heard him.
“That poor girl,” Ryan said. “I can’t even imagine… I mean…” Words failed him.
“Yeah, exactly.” Deacon gave him a wry smile.
Suddenly Ryan remembered something Ben had said, the night they’d seen Abby crying. When she’d claimed to have seen a ghost or something. “Do you know who Brandon is?” he asked.
“Brandon? That’s Abby’s boyfriend.” Deacon gave Ryan an appraising glance. “Why do you ask?”
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Here Kitty Kitty: Christmas Special by Carol Pedroso
Simon chuckled at his mate’s frustrated face.
“It is not funny. How am I supposed to explain to the kits that now I am mated to vampire Santa will be coming during the day and not at night? I may be able to get things by Nelson but Peter and Fran are too smart to fall for just any old excuse. They’ve done well adjusting to all the changes in the last few months. I want to make this Christmas as special as we can.”
“It will be special, love,” Simon assured his mate and pulled him into his arms.
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Adrift: Chapter 20 by J. Alan Veerkamp
Throwing his arms wide, Arad slumped backwards on the mattress and allowed the tablet to tumble out of his hand and to the floor.
“No more today, guys. I can’t look at another schematic.”
Six straight days studying the Ansarliand’s mechanical systems had turned his brain to mush. The first day overloaded with emergency medical procedures had been bad enough. He should have paid more attention in biology. Academics came easier before he ended up in the workhouse. Arad remembered how much he’d complained about school, and now he almost missed it.
Almost.
Most of his time was now spent in the cargo bay standing watch while he scoured the databases.
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Denied: Chapter Sixty-three by Cia Nordwell
Danie’s invasion into my brain was neither painless nor left me unaware of his foreign presence. Unlike the link with Captain, this wasn’t welcome. I couldn’t stop it, just like all those other times. Like a vid that I couldn’t stop watching, my past flashed through my mind. I knew Danie was in there, seeing it too, and that pissed me off.
But then something new happened. When my anger flared, my mind latched onto Danie’s. The connection between us went both ways, and as he saw my past, I saw his. The history Freska had mentioned before he was
Tales from the Cabin: Part 11 by J Ray Lamb
It has been quiet through the winter months. Too quiet really. I guess I should have expected that as we didn’t have the underground tunnel system yet and it has been a particularly bitter winter standards even by northern Minnesota standards.
I paused writing my diary entry and looked over at the digital thermometer by the deck door.
-41F — It was only late December and yet we were in the grips of something that the TV talking heads called a ‘Polar Vortex.’ Fuck, I’d call it the Polar Express as it just kept coming and coming.
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