Tryst had risen very early; though that was not uncharacteristic for her no matter how late she had stayed up the night before. The house was hushed at 5 a.m., not unexpected since most of the staff didn’t rouse till at least 8. She cherished this time of day, everything was peaceful and she had a few hours of solitude; something that was ( Read more... )

The parking lot was blistering as the gates of hell; the heat wave that had besieged the town for the past two days showed little interest in taking its humidity elsewhere. Jane let out a small gasp as she lifted her flaxen mane off the back of her neck. She knew she shouldn’t be precisely where she was, again tempting the hand of fate to smack ( Read more... )

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Jane was performing by rote; she knew the lyrics and could sing them in her sleep…maybe she did, Gabe never mentioned it, but then he had been interested in other things. She barely heard the raucous applause, cat calls and whistles as the last note floated away on the super heated, smoke laden air. La Chat Noir was stifling tonight; the ( Read more... )

Jane didn’t watch him depart; he had said “goodnight” and she knew he was as good as his word. He wasn’t the type to loiter, gloating over his prize. She turned on her heel (a very red, very high, heel) and headed straight for the bar. To her credit she passed Gabe’s former (?) table without so much as a sidelong glance. But it seemed the men in ( Read more... )

Jane:

Jane’s gaze flickered briefly to the key he so casually (and confidently) tossed on the table. Her crimson lips formed the word no. Jane hated to be taken for granted and this guy was too sure of her and himself by half. But though she was a lot of things, stupid wasn't one of them.

"Wait!!!!"
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In hell, Stix is rping with me...ON SITE!

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Harbonah:"The answers to your own riddles. You ask questions and fend off them off with more questions. It only leaves a few explanations. Either you're unsure of what to say, or you fear to speak ( Read more... )