The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 21
Chapter 21 At first, I don't know how I'll catch up, not with Eddie having such an impressive lead on me. But the alleyways behind the high walls of the club and its surrounding buildings are dark and quiet. Every unknown sound that travels...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 20
Chapter 20 Confidence. That's the only thing that I can feel rushing through my veins, making my fur stand on end, coursing with pure electricity. Jackie beams similarly, though his is also mixed with the distinct feeling of pleasure that can...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 19
Chapter 19 We don't head up to the suspended office immediately. Jackie insists that we first stop off at the bar. At first I expect it's because he wants to top himself off, get a little in him like he did at the Aries. To my surprise, he...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 23
Chapter 23 Jackie and I sit on the curb just outside the alleyway leading back to the loading docks. To our right, a swarm of police, emergency personnel, and the usual cavalcade of reporters and other gawkers mills about. The Black Maria is...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 22
Chapter 22 I'm glad I let him drive. My legs actually hurt a lot more than I had anticipated. Jesus, they ache. And no amount of massaging and positive thoughts can make it go away. Jackie asks a couple of times if we should stop, but I shake my...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 27
Chapter 27 Getting him out of the car isn't the hard part. The hard part is getting him up several stories and through an apartment building filled with nothing but prey animals. And at first, it goes well, even though Jackie can't keep his paws...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 26
Chapter 26 The old Linen Club appears transformed by day. Not that much is truly changed by afternoon light; it's just the way that the sun illuminates every nook and cranny on the large brick building that makes it look more aged than I...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 25
Chapter 25 I wish I'd stop lying to myself. After driving around for twenty minutes, pretending that I had something better to do, I end up on the street in front of Jackie's apartment. I know I said I didn't care what happened to him, but that...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 24
Chapter 24 Going home is quiet. Chillingly so. I can't listen to the radio, it just makes me feel depressed. I search for Jackie for a moment, but I can't find even a trace of him. What did now ex-Detective Sergeant say he could be? "Gone like a...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 18
Chapter 18 The dispatch agent that answers my call is supremely helpful. She even patches me through to the driver who took Catwright to Savannah's apartment that night. From the way he described the fare, it wasn't abnormal. He picked up the...
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 17
Chapter 17 By the time I was sixteen, I found myself alone. Most of Stagworth, the private, prey-only school I attended, had heard of my little 'incident.' That's what my mother called it. And high schoolers don't let each other forget anything....
The City of Lost Heaven: Chapter 16
So, without further ado - and because someone wanted me to continue - here is the continuation of what is now the city of lost heaven. note: for at least a modicum of continuity's sake, i've updated chapter 15 as well. just so no one gets too confused.