Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 38
Denton was standing. He didn't remember moving. He turned and his body was still sitting inside the circle of glowing sigils. The others were standing around, the light bright within their bodies. From the way they moved, he thought they were...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 37
"Alright," Oscar said, "yeah there's two guys waiting by the door." He was seated in the passenger seat, door open and eyes closed. He had a tablet on his lap opened to a drawing program. "Is one of them Matthew?" Denton asked. "No. One's a...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 36
Denton and Oscar moved to the door. It was ten in the morning, and he was counting on the fact that this was a middle class neighborhood so everyone would be at work. He had his gun in hand under his jacket. He wasn't taking a chance with this guy. He...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 35
They were seated around the dinning table. The dishes had been cleared, and Leroy had brought his computer up, he was silently reading the files Zee had sent so he could sift through them for the important elements. "When did this come in?"...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 34
When they got to Martin's house, Denton set about making something to eat. He'd never really taken to the cooking lessons his mom had tried to give him when he was younger, but he'd picked up enough to be able to look in a fridge and make something...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 31
Denton woke up at the knock on the door. The first thing he noticed was the Stefan wasn't in the bed. Wow, he had to have ninja skills to move without waking him, Denton thought. He glanced at the clock, ten am. "Or I was dead tired." "Phone, for...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 39
I waited a few seconds, then I sat down. The day finally hit me. "If I got this right," Tom said, "That was one of the head honchos, right?" I just nodded. "And you kicked him out. Don't you think he's going to come after you for that?" ...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 38
My family was leaving... without me. My dad had pushed me away, he'd struck me. He said he didn't want to ever see me again. How could he say such a think. How could it have happened? It hurt to watch them go. More than it had when Alice...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 37
"Dad, we don't have the time for this. I need to get all of you out of here, now." "You stay away from us." "Damn it Dad, we don't have the time! I can explain everything, but after you're out of here." "Stanley," his mother said, "Maybe...
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...