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What keeps you up at night?She couldn’t remember the last time she’d had a good and full sleep ( Read more... )

I used to miss protection, but those sorts of longings fade into almost nothing within the first decade. The only protection you can ever really have is yourself, your own awareness of what is and what has to be as a result of the decisions you make ( Read more... )

When I first came to London I felt a thrilling sense of unreality, as though this place were something entirely different from the world I had grown in as a child. There was a sensuality, an overwhelming passion that came from the streets, and I wanted it. I wanted all of it, all of it for my own. I had no desire to share it with anyone else, even ( Read more... )

Better the devil you know than the devil you don't know.When I woke up the alleyway was cold, and I felt as though my blood had frozen inside my veins. There was no blood, at that, only a burning emptiness that was more cold than hot. Movement was impossible and I took in a breath I didn't need to press onward, knowing all the while I would die ( Read more... )

She couldn't believe that had been her mother's mirror.">She couldn't believe that had been her mother's mirror. The shattered pieces seemed so unlike anything she’d ever seen before. There was nothing to distinguish the antique glass from common window fragments found on the street. But there was no mistaking the silver framework, the meticulously ( Read more... )

The only spirit I've ever known is mine. It's never been a question that I was strong, but I knew my heart belonged to a place far beyond the boundaries of the island of Jersey. When I was a girl I turned away from convention and chose to live by my own set of laws. London was the only place that honored that sort of passion ( Read more... )

Dear Oscar ( Read more... )

Muse: Lillie Langtry
Fandom: Kindred: the Embraced
Word Count: 228
Rating: PG

( 'What doesn't kill us makes us stronger.' Do you agree or disagree? Why? )

A secret? What nature of secret would you like to know? That'd be the more appropriate question to be asked of me at this point. I harbor many secrets of a delicate nature, those that are kept locked away in a place deeper than my heart and others that are less hidden, only to be revealed to a person that takes the time to look for them ( Read more... )