Maybe it was the fact that I'd lived in Southern California for so long that even in the middle of the L.A., the air outside was still 'fresh' air. Maybe it was that the wolf inside me just preferred to be outdoors where it could at least hope and dream of being free to run and hunt. Maybe it was because it was one of the few damn places in this ( Read more... )

Continued from HEREIt took me a few seconds to get oriented as I regained consciousness, but I soon had my bearings. Standing up I suddenly realized I needed to get used to my own body again. Strange how suddenly gaining enhanced strength, agility and senses will make you feel like you’re going through puberty for the second time ( Read more... )

"I don't think she felt a thing. I think she was already gone, but you know, sometimes? It's better that way."She almost makes it sound like Andi was lucky. No feeling of peace or pain, no understanding of what was happening to her, no warning. It seems as though this was somehow better for her than all of the horrible things that could have been. ( Read more... )

I parked the Benz two blocks away from the hotel, settin' the alarm. Truth was, though, that it might actually be the best thing for me if the thing got boosted or chopped up. Lookin' at the keys in my hand-- this weird hunk of plastic that was only kinda key-shaped and plugged into the steering column-- I remembered how I used to be so jealous ( Read more... )

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"So there are plans to get them somewhere past the lobby. It seems like the start of a good plan at least... and the hotel has always done well enough by me."

I nodded. "They're in the process of getting settled, at least as I've been informed." Looking around, that was certainly what I hoped was going on, otherwise the ( Read more... )

"Willow?"The moment that Kennedy walked into the room, both of my hands wend to my sides, pressing into the matress and clutching at the blankets. Anything to keep me anchored where I was. Anything to keep me from crossing the room. Anything to keep me from holding her close and living in all the unsaid things. So that they could be unspoken not a ( Read more... )

((Cont from HERE and HEREI was lickin' the blood off my lips as I stood up slowly, watchin' Dru try t'put her clothes back together. Heh... yeah, Angelus couldn't deny it now. He was always interruptin', ruinin' what we had... only this time? He couldn't touch us ( Read more... )

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"Hi."I watched her face carefully, but it was hard to read her. Maybe I was out of practice, maybe she was just really good at hiding it - heck, maybe it was both or maybe I had never been able to really understand all the inner workings of Tara - who knew ( Read more... )

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That's all, folks! Anything Goes Week is over! We now return you to your regularly scheduled storyline.

“Twenty three bottles of beer on the wall, twenty three bottles of beer ( Read more... )