choices

Turning Tides

“Where are you taking me?” Katora raised her hand to undo the red scarf covering her eyes. “No, no, no.” Kai reached out to her. “Just a little bit further. You trust me?” She laughed, notes dancing upon the air like flower petals. “Have you met you?” “Touche. But wait…Please.” His lips brushed her ear.… Continue reading Turning Tides

Until The Last

Pain. Pain, hot and sharp, pierced through Nadine’s ragged awareness. She gasped, forcing her breath inward and choking on the cry threatening to escape. She couldn’t yell out. Not here. Not now. That would alert them…alert him, to where she was. She would not let that happen. Not again. She reached out to halt her… Continue reading Until The Last

The light changed, granting its permission to cross the busy downtown intersection, as I hurried back to work after lunch. My phone dinged as a text arrived. Without thinking, I started across the street, looking down to check. I never saw the car coming. The impact registered as my body flew through the air. I… Continue reading Choices

All For a Drop

It was wrong to steal. And Jazel was not a thief. So it was with little difficulty that he shoved back the random thought that he could easily slip an extra water pod or two into his jacket pockets and not be caught to the recesses of his mind. He was an honest, upright, and… Continue reading All For a Drop

Seductive Affair

Elizabeth Doreen Esquiren, Chair of the Great Tea Initiative, stood in front a large metal door with no handle in a nameless back alley and wondered how she ever managed to find herself here. She pressed her lips together, suppressing a sigh. Her head slightly shook from side to side, still in denial. This could… Continue reading Seductive Affair