The silence was blessed.

The twins were asleep and Eostre was sitting at the kitchen table with an old copy of the The New York Times on the table. A cup of tea was slowly going cold at her at her elbow. It had been a long couple of days, and she wore dark circles under her eyes. She wasn't used to sleeping alone ( Read more... )

A little over a week into the whole ordeal, Ryan was starting to believe it wasn't actually a dream, and he hadn't just hit his head in Portland. There was so much about this place that just couldn't be happening, not really, but he was running out of other options. A dream would've been preferable, but they worked differently. They got all blurry ( Read more... )

This will be the second party that Lisey's thrown on the island, and tonight she's definitely feeling much more at ease than she had the first time. She knows more people, for one thing, has more friends, has more experience in the kitchen. And she has Scott. In a way, his arrival has made her love the island, even with its mean sense of humor and ( Read more... )

Czernobog didn't enjoy venturing outside of the caves that often ( Read more... )

One thing was for certain, where ever he was, he certainly wasn't going back any time soon. Which, in the grand scheme of things, was both a blessing and a curse. A blessing because he no longer had to worry about Dorothea or any of her pet Queens hunting him down after he destroyed the Ring. That was the blessing ( Read more... )

The kitchen counter was crowded with ingredients, and the largest pot they had was on the stove. He had the recipe in his hand, painstakingly re-written from memory, as Shadow stood in front of the stove and pondered just what to do first ( Read more... )

There were situations that Sam thrived in. Deadlines looming, a major speech still needing to be finished. A crisis erupting at some awful hour, having to pull himself out of bed and into work. Having to write remarks on the fly, all while considering the implications on the President's policy and any potential legal ramifications that could ( Read more... )

The sky was the colour of midnight.
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