Winter Rain, part 68
Filed in Winter Rain, Feb 23, 2009, 04:25He’s older than I’d expected—black hair, now mostly grey, and a weathered face. Mid-fifties, maybe. Neck down, though, he could be me, ten years older. Garvey tries to lick at my hands again, but I pull them behind me, out of his reach. There’s no way around it: what I’ve done is inexcusable, and Faolan’s going to [...]
Winter Rain, part 67
Filed in Winter Rain, Feb 16, 2009, 11:58The baying of dogs chases me from dream into waking and I snap my eyes open to fading twilight, but too late. They’re closing from all sides—nearly a dozen of them, from the sound—and only seconds away. And I’m alone—Garvey is nowhere to be seen. I haul myself to my feet, my back scraping against the [...]
Winter Rain, part 66
Filed in Winter Rain, Feb 10, 2009, 08:13I run harder, tearing the soil with each step, spraying little chunks of the dark black earth and old leaves into the air behind. I hear them smack wetly into tree trunks, onto dead leaves. Behind. That son of a bitch. That mother FUCKING SON OF A BITCH! Who the FUCK does he think he is? I bank hard [...]
Winter Rain, part 65
Filed in Winter Rain, Feb 1, 2009, 23:51“How long have we been waiting?” Keely whines, turning from the large window. Brennan scowls at her from his post by the door. “I don’t know . . . ” I reply, with a little more edge than I’d intended—I soften my tone—”three minutes longer than the last time you asked?” She drops her gaze. But I’m not really annoyed at her. [...]
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