Lana was gone, the echo of her footsteps fading on the gravel path. I was left alone on the dock, the permission slip…
He was waiting for me. He hadn’t sat down. He stood by the vast, floor-to-ceiling window, a perfectly tailored silhouette against the blinding…
The air changed before the sound did. It was a pressure drop, a sudden, heavy blanket of static that made the hairs on…
The crowd parted, a sea of camouflage and disdain. Corporal Reed Tucker, a man whose movements were efficient rather than aggressive, took my…
The moment I hit “Send,” I slammed the laptop shut. The screen went dark, but my reflection stared back at me. A 61-year-old…
My name is Alexis Moore. I’m forty-eight, a retired Army colonel, and I’ve sat through enough ceremonies to know that the ones with…
My heart was hammering in my chest, louder than the gasps filling the grand hall. The shattered crystal lay at my feet, crimson…
I always dreamed of my wedding day. But I never dreamed it would end with me, soaked and shivering, watching my entire life…
I followed them. The command to my driver was quiet, automatic. “Follow them.” He didn’t question me. In my world, no one did.…