..…CHAPTER 13….. “Goddammit,” Oliver muttered, watching him ride away. “Someone you know?” Tracy murmured, and Oscar tracked the man too, before turning to look at him. Oliver sighed. “He’s that Fire witch.” Oscar started. “The same one from the raid?” “Yep.” “Fuck. He’s following you,” Oscar whispered, eyes narrowing. Oliver Read more…
…..CHAPTER 12….. Isaac woke when Veronica shifted in the bed beside him. She gave a sleepy murmur and snuggled closer. He drew away, sitting up on the side of the bed, feeling like a complete asshole. He shouldn’t have done that last night; he should’ve known better, in fact he Read more…
…..CHAPTER 11….. Phoebe’s face throbbed. When she shifted her hand to touch her face, wanting to feel the damage, her hand spiked fiery pain when she moved it. She was somewhere strange, but the smells and sounds told her she was in a hospital. Opening her eyes to see where Read more…
…..CHAPTER 10….. Gwen held on for dear life as Jesse drove like a maniac to the scene, far too close to the Director’s tail for comfort. Right away flaring magic pummeled her senses, the sheer amount of it spreading out from that house like invisible, violent, fog. The odd sense Read more…
…..CHAPTER 9….. The tires of Oscar’s car squealed as they stopped. He knew Jesse and Gwen were right behind them, along with several other Bureau vehicles with agents. He leaped from the car before Oscar had even stopped. Magic raged. And he could feel her. Phoebe’s magic was completely out Read more…
…..CHAPTER 8….. Isaac woke with a gasp. Something was wrong. The magical atmosphere was disturbed, and he had no idea where or how. Isaac jumped up and got dressed. Eleven o’clock. When the hell had he become a light-weight, to go to bed before midnight? What the fuck? Without disturbing Read more…
…..CHAPTER 7….. Instead of going home after Dad tore out of the parking lot, Phoebe decided to go to the grocery store. The longer she waited to arrive home, maybe Dad would calm down. It was just another lie, this one to herself. But then, she was best at lying Read more…
…..CHAPTER 6….. Oliver stared at the mug shots of the various Kipling family members. The indictments had stuck. The mountain of evidence they, the local police, the FBI, and the ATF had collected was enough to crush them both literally and figuratively. And all four agencies had dotted every damn Read more…
…..CHAPTER 5….. Phoebe smiled coolly at the two men as they accompanied little Cara into the classroom. Trailing behind them was a younger man, who parked himself by the door, trying and failing to squeeze himself into obscurity. She caught a flash of metal at his wrist. Self-consciously she hid Read more…
…..CHAPTER 4….. Guenevere straightened her dress shirt, checked the belt at her waist, and gave her dark hair a last check in the mirror. For the fifth time. “Come on, already!” Steven growled from outside her new apartment. Like every apartment, it was very small, a bedroom at the back Read more…