I keep getting these reviews on Amazon and comments on this site, and I don’t know if I express enough how much they mean to me. You are too, too nice to me. You guys! Thank you. It is just beyond awesome that there are people out there who are reading about my made up [...]
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~joan~ The sun hung heavy in the sky, staining the clouds crimson. I stood on top of the hill outside the A-frame with the other concubines. Under the direction of Lori, we’d all put on what were apparently our festive clothes—white halter tops and flowing white linen pants. In the growing twilight, I gazed down [...]
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~joan~ I nestled against Jason’s shoulder. It was late at night. A sheet covered us. He held me so carefully in his arms, like I was something precious. I felt safe and comfortable. There was something familiar about being close to him like this, even though I didn’t know why. Our bodies fit against each [...]
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~joan~ “You can’t just walk out on a house gathering,” Lori said, her arms folded over her chest. I’d just walked into the A-frame. It was mid-morning, and Lori had flour all over her arms. There were a few white spots on her face as well. Apparently, she’d been making bread. “Where were you anyway?” [...]
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~joan~ “So,” Tessa was saying, “you remember how when we first got here, Jason was talking about reporting suspicious people?” We were sitting in our stifling room in the late hours of the evening after dinner. I had no idea what she was talking about. “I remember Jason trying to strangle me.” Tessa got up [...]
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~kieran~ I dreamed I was in a music video for “Welcome to the Jungle,” by Guns n’ Roses. The music video starred Jason. The music kicked in right away, following a panoramic view of a battlefield covered in corpses. They lay like something in a medieval painting, heads cut off, limbs missing, and blood spilling [...]
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If someone could create the perfect hell for me, it would be constantly doing laundry, grocery shopping, and washing dishes. I despise laundry so much that I tend to put it off for extremely long periods of time, leading to what I calculate are quarterly laundry trips. I have a feeling that having a washer [...]
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~kieran~ Lily was at the door to the apartment. She had Ursula with her, a younger girl who worked for the OF. Ursula babysat for me sometimes. Lily’s face was all business. “We need your help with an issue on the other side of town,” she said. “Ursula will watch Chance.” I didn’t ask questions. [...]
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~joan~ It was instinctive. I struggled. My hands went to his hand on my throat, and I tried to pull it away. His face loomed over mine, twisted into an ugly sneer. Why was he doing this? The Jason I’d seen on the videos was kind and peaceful, never violent. “What are you waiting for?” [...]
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