Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 36
We didn't run there. That place had a giant parking lot, at least a fourth of a mile deep. We might have attracted attention, if anyone was looking out way, but the houses all faced away from the building. The plywood covering the doors turned out...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 35
It was one of those old big box store, they used to be called, back before people decided they preferred doing the majority of their shopping from home. I sort of remember going to one, I was nine I think. Dad tool me and Tim. Magdee was suppose to...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 34
"Son? What's going on?" my dad asked. I couldn't find my voice. "They burst in the house, forced us in a van and took us... I don't know where we are. Tim and Jen are trying to keep the little ones from being scared, but it isn't working. Me...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 33
I watched it disappear among the trees. The silence in the clearing was perfect. I didn't even breath. Then Magdalene gasped and I turned. She was trying to stand. I reached to help her, but she batted my hand away. "Are you fucking insane! You...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 32
I came to with a start and looked around. We were all tied to trees with vines, and everyone else was struggling to break out, so I hadn't been out for long. On the tree next to me Colby pulled out of the vines holding him, only to be wrapped by...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 31
"She's about two miles in," Magdalene said, walking back to us. "How do you know that?" Martin asked. "The forest told me." "You talked to the forest?" Fred asked. "Was it a spell? Can I see how you did it?" "Ahh, no." She...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 30
"Since we aren't doing anything else," Marcus said. "Do you mind if we continue the conversation about the Factions?" "Sure," I replied. "Ask away." We'd been on the road for ten minutes, heading toward Chatfield. Martin had checked the directions...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 29
"You found something for me to use?" I asked the lions. Frank pulled a white bundle from his pocket and handed it to me. I unrolled it, and in it were eight scraps from what I guessed had been a bed sheet. "All from him?" I asked. "I... don't...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 28
Zee slammed the car door shoot and stormed up the road. "Hun, please calm down," Marcus called after him. "No. I am done waiting for him to come to his senses." Marcus grabbed his arm, forcing him to stop. "Zee, think about what...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 27
"You've been silent," Magdalene said. I glanced at her in the passenger seat. She looked relaxed. "I just don't like that we both ended up at the same place when we're working different cases." She nodded. "The name got you there." "And...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 26
Zikabar ran his ID by the sensor as he entered the building. The part of him that drove him to excel at everything he did was nagging him that he should have remained at the scene to supervise. Telling himself that Johanson had everything in hand...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 25
I saw the lights a block away, and my gut told me they were at Milton's house. I slowed and had to come to a stop a good hundred yard because of all the cars parked in the street. There was two ambulances, four police cars, and easily twice that in...