Short Story : Chapter 1

Hinton, an amiable tobacco planter in Virginia, inspected the mill infrequently and trusted him to make an honest trade. There was no way to forecast when loggers would arrive, depending on the weather and the wind and water currents so Matthew remained available year-round. He was tall, burley with bushy, red hair, and freckles that almost connected into a solidly tan face. People never forgot him because his freckles were such an assortment of colors, red, brown, tan, beige, pink, auburn, rust, black, and orange. He entertained visitors with stories of animals and men fighting themselves and each other along with spine-tingling stories about ghosts and Indians that intimidated the settlers. If they were true, it did not matter.

Lifty huffed, snuffing his cough back into his throat as he chucked Petunia into his bedroom.

“...call this meeting to order?” A deep, masculine voice spoke. Triven wasn’t quite sure who it belonged to. He hadn’t heard it before.

Kylo had returned to his sanctum, his personal quarters. A great many thoughts and emotions were swirling around in the Commander's mind. Far more than he could voice in a single conversation. He was excited beyond words to have finally found a way to destroy the Rebellion, excited to see just how strong Zyra were and could be. But all of that excitement were overshadowed by other emotions, new emotions. Desire. Lust. Attraction. New emotions that had surfaced only hours previous, when he felt the warmth of another being finding it's way to his very core. Just being near his new apprentice sent shivers down his spine. It fueled him, fueled his power. He could feel himself more powerful now than yesterday just because of a few short but

“The next moment they were in the shed, walking past the long line of stalls, when suddenly Nelly heard her father cry out: We've got him, sheriff! Block the door!”

“Who else would have done such a thing?” I decided to go and ask Alison if she had seen anything. But it didn't take me long. The moment I was about to start searching for her, she bumped right into me from the crowd. She looked very upset. “Hey, Alison, I wond—” I was just about to ask her if she saw anybody, but she stopped me in the middle of the sentence. “Wait, I’ll talk first,” Alison said, looking more and more worried. “Ok, go on then.” I replied, interested to hear the important news that Alison wanted to tell me. Alison looked at the floor, and hesitated for a second. “I didn't want to get anybody in trouble, but I had to tell you, because you were so upset about your ripped fan…” Alison paused again. “I saw Michael sneaking into the change room right after our teacher put your costume there. A few minutes later, I saw him slip out quietly, so I went to check if everything was okay with your costume. But when I went inside, I was horrified to find your beautiful peacock fan ripped

From the moment George rolled up in the car next to him, John knew that this night wasn’t going to end well for him.

The room felt warm and forgiving, so she couldn’t be too mad at me. “You ladies can sit wherever you’d like to, we may be here for a while.” she said. I sit down on the right side of the table closest to the door. Tamia sits on the left side of the table at the end. Both of us sit there, staring into space. . “Why have you been spreading these rumors about me? It’s only been two hours!” I let out impatiently, breaking the silence filled room. “To be completely honest, I’ve been feeling this way about you.” she says “I just haven’t said anything because I didn’t feel like it was worth it.” She

They turned the castle corner to a giant lawn two kilometers long. Flowers of every color lined where the yard and forest met, a decorated border everyone seemed to fear. A wooden fence marked the beginning of the lawn’s plateau, and flattened stones created a biotic footpath into a green valley of nothingness.

He opens his eyes to an unfamiliar view—there is a blue-toned light hitting against the shadowed ebony metal siding. He hits his head from the van driving over a bump, "Ow..." he gently rubs the affected area.

the female recognized the infamously unruly bad boy within moments of him approaching their small group, her head immediately ducking as the male looked over them with her face flushing slightly. she perked up slightly as he spoke, eyes trailing upwards to scan over him with barely hidden curiosity. as though she wanted to say something, her tinted sangria colored lips parted, however she decided against it and instead remained silent as he shouted the next time. "mi casa es su casa. i hope you enjoy your stay at the greatest fucking party of the summer!" cally winced, noticeably flinching at the cuss and shout, her lips pressing together harshly. it wasn't until he addressed her directly did she meet his gaze directly,

Maggie had grabbed a quick lunch from the cafeteria before hauling ass back to her room. At the moment, she wasn’t interested in spending time making idle conversation with her teammates. She had already been awake longer than she normally would’ve been for one day and her irritation was growing from the forced social interaction. She craved some quiet, alone time to allow herself a break and to prepare herself for whatever Shannon had planned for them next.

The group had to settle down from the night, but from what Nihei said they were pretty close to the village. Ryder and Emma had finished cleaning up the food as Jack tended to the fire. Izzy and raichu laid out on their sleeping bag fast asleep with zorua curled up to the side of them. Venusaur and Nihei were also fast asleep beside each other.

As the clusters of ministers argued the proposal amongst themselves, Cretech watched their faces, hoping for telltale signs that might allow him an insight into their intentions. He felt suddenly moved by an unusual flood of emotion and stopped to examine it. Courage? No, it was confidence. He was sure the vote would be victorious, and with that knowledge, he wandered across the floor to join his blue-sashed compatriots, their votes were never in dispute, although they did not hold a majority alone.

While Finn was speaking the king had noticed long vines that grew from the top of the walls to almost touch the ground.