11:4 Abe’s exit broke the momentary freeze tag, uh, moment around Ben. Suddenly everyone was up and moving, or around and moving, or just moving. Ben’s gaze very slowly tracked as Gwen and Prairie jumped off the bed, one on each side, and approached him. Together they leveraged him up into a sitting position against the headboard and then Prairie did an efficientContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:4”
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Enter the Woods 11:3
11:3 The sound of voices in the hall pulled Kim out of the meditative state she’d fallen into under the waves of Patti and Sass’ voices. “Why did you ask if you weren’t going to explain?” Gwen’s voice carried from down the hall, not quite strident but damned close. A murmur followed, low enough Kim couldn’t tell who was answering. A mikro later the bedroom door was flungContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:3”
Enter the Woods 11:2
11:2 The vibration of footsteps dragged Ben somewhere close to reality. A figure, human-shaped and bright, walked out of the darkness. A hand-shaped tendril of light reached for him. In that moment Ben realized he was formless. No sense of his body. Just the dark and him floating within it. Except for a tugging in the region his chestContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:2”
Enter the Woods 11:1
11:1 Movement. Dark. Movement. Strong arms bracketing the body. Corded strength pressed to the plane of a back and the back of the bend in the noodle of legs that flopped and flowed and drooped. The low murmur of voices waves against a shore at low tide. Lap. Lap. Lap. The legs – not legs? – and arms – not arms? – maybe wet ribbons of seaweed – floppedContinue reading “Enter the Woods 11:1”
Enter The Woods – 8:24
8:24 While Gwen was ministering to Patti, Ben slid along the bookshelves and approached Prairie. He shifted his gaze from her to Kerberos. “Can you get him to follow commands?” “He really isn’t that kind of dog.” The look Kerberos gave Ben from his center head, steady with a bit of lip curl to displayContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:24”
Enter The Woods – 8:23
8:23 “We need help!” Ivan lunged forward as Prairie came tumbling out of the window. He made it across the floor in time to steady her when she stumbled slightly on the tiles. She tossed up her head, flipping her hair out of her eyes, a thanks freezing on her lips as she saw whoContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:23”
Enter The Woods – 8:22
8:22 Up or down? Dan paused on the first stair leading up to the third floor terrace and considered his options. There’d been no books on the floor leading up to the stair. Up made the most sense. Cerberus came from this direction. Plus, if he wanted to go down he’d have to backtrack passedContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:22”
Enter The Woods – 8:21
8:21 Dempsey, Gwen, Patti, and Ivan shared stories of each of their adventures, stopping to question some of the details and exclaim over others. Several times the group broke into raucous laughter as Gwen described her amazing dance prowess, complete with gyrating arms and shaking shoulders, while Dempsey just scowled, crossed his arms, and shookContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:21”
Enter The Woods – 8:20
8:20 Beatrice lowered her gaze and sighed. “My father is a scientist. Signor Giacomo Rappaccini. He is not,” she paused, looked down then back up again, “a good man, I suspect.” Siobhan gave her a steady look, encouraging her to continue, inserting just a bit of understanding into her gaze. Like, yes, some men areContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:20”
Enter The Woods – 8:19
8:19 Siobhan looked around and blew out a hard breath. This was the first time, separate from at night protected by multiple locks and several – okay many – creative alchemy traps, that she had been alone since her abduction. What before had appeared to be a beautiful, and tempting, landscape now stretched around herContinue reading “Enter The Woods – 8:19”
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