between the heaves of storm Archive

~kieran~ My hands clenched in fists. I was completely confused. I had no idea what Eve was talking about. I only knew that I really didn’t like watching her kiss another guy. I threw open the passenger side door of the car and got out,...

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~joan~ We didn’t have time to give anyone from Jasontown the herb that Edgar had found. We had blessed it and were putting handfuls of it into bags when we heard the first gunshots. And the first screams. Jason dropped his bag and took off...

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~joan~ We buried Garth and Tessa’s bodies, and I really broke down and cried. I found myself wishing for someone to comfort me, someone whose arms could encircle me and give me his strength. I found myself wishing for Jason, which was a little bit...

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~joan~ Jason rocked back and sat down on the ground. He surveyed Jasontown, looking from the bodies of Garth and Tessa to the A-frame, to his house, to the heads on the sticks that lined the path. Then he settled on me. He nodded. “I...

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~kieran~ When Chance woke up from his nap, Eve offered to feed him a bottle. She had him down in the kitchen. I was in the living room, looking through Eve’s grandparents’ old books for something to read. We hadn’t heard word from any of...

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~joan~ Edgar gripped his cup of tea with a shaking hand. We were in the kitchen of the A-frame. Lori had been able to track down some tea when Edgar had asked for some. Lori and I sat at the kitchen table. Edgar sat across...

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~kieran~ Chance was crying. I sat up in bed and rubbed my eyes. I needed to get up and figure out why Chance was crying. He’d been doing a good job sleeping through the night lately, but he didn’t always. Hearing him crying at night...

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~joan~ Jason pounded down the stairs. Startled, I ran to him. “What’s wrong?” His eyes were wide. “I heard the door close. I thought you left.” “I’m still here,” I said. Jason went around me to the door. He opened it and looked outside. Shutting...

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~kieran~ I was dreaming. I was sitting on a hill in a cemetery, the sun sinking in the sky. Next to me there was a skeletal tree. One brown leaf clung to its bare branches. The wind tore at the leaf, but it didn’t let...

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~kieran~ We pulled up a driveway lined with pine trees. The gun-selling guy was babbling to me about how this house was where the leader lived and about how it used to belong to some rich guy who grew peaches or something. I was hardly...

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