The Shepherd’s Agenda Chapter Fifteen, Summer 2037 Eve walked onto the Back Deck of the Great House where the Shepherd had called her. “The boys settling in?” he asked as she approached from behind him. “Yes. They’ve seen everything by now.” Eve sat on the ground next to the standing Shepherd. “What are their fraises?” …
The Death Chapter Fourteen, Summer 2037 Gill was in his teens, the fraise ebbing from him as he grew older. The rest of the fraisers listened to him because he was older and made good calls. He’d kept them safe, kept them from trouble from the cavs and the other fraiser gangs. Gill’s headquarters were …
Haunting Origins Chapter Thirteen Pretty Lewis woke up to a cleaner room and an active, but quiet, Eve shuffling things around. She knew the instant he was awake and knelt by his bed. “Morning,” she whispered. “Your friend is still asleep.” Eve was wearing rust-red robes now, with her slender arms uncovered and a poncho …
The Stablefield Docks Chapter Twelve, Summer 2037 Myles, Color, Marshall and Langley were sitting on the third level of an old building close to the edge of the city. Atlas, Mariah, and Jewel were having a discussion about prophecy and other boring stuff several yards behind them. The four seated Astronomers had been watching the …
Reunion Chapter Eleven, Summer 2037 Before they’d found Marshall and Jewel, Color and Myles were still biking following the trail in the woods. Myles stopped for the second time only twenty minutes later and gestured to the ground. Though they were on pavement, he pointed to small footprints of mud. “Cavs, just ahead of us. …
The Stakeout Chapter Ten, Summer 2037 The road was nearly twice the size of the road the Cavaliers were traveling on and this one was actually paved with real asphalt, though it was deeply cracked down the center. “This is the road?” Marshall said. “Looks like it.” “I wouldn’t know.” He heard Jewel mutter a …
The Greenhouse Chapter Nine, Summer 2037 Myles woke up shivering. “Sheesh.” “Awake?” Color was standing off to his left thumbing her knives for sharpness, her tarp folded next to her. The air was foggy and moist. Myles stood up. “Look at that, I didn’t see stars when I stood up just now.” Color clapped her …
An Unexpected Ally Chapter Eight, Summer 2037 Pretty woke up in an unfamiliar bed and stirred. The bunk underneath him stirred as well and Pretty remembered where he was and that Blink was sleeping just below him. The Leader lifted his head and looked across the room at Eve who was already awake and sitting …
Stablefield Chapter Seven, Summer 2037 Night had fallen as fast as a mousetrap, coating the forest in twilight. Atlas’s face was pale, but calm as he lay with a steady breath asleep at Mariah’s feet. Langley couldn’t sit still for long with his newly-discovered capabilities and was experimenting with his flight. He had crashed twice …