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“I’m not a dog, Mary. I don’t kill on command.” Todd didn’t sound… bitter, exactly, when he said that. He didn’t even sound sour as he looked down at Mary with a slight crease between his brows. His ice-blue eyes seemed enraptured by her face – but enraptured the way a bystander would be when...

There’s a shadow at the top of the hole, and a hoarse, gruff voice and a long arm reaching down to where, if he stands up completely, Eric can reach it. It’s a deep hole for one man to get out of, but the extended hand would be able to pull him completely free. So why doesn’t he take it...

He laughed, his best deep-chested, good-natured laugh that tended to put people at ease, even from his own throat. Jasper’s voice added an extra layer of joviality to it that would’ve taken him off-guard if he hadn’t gotten so used to using it already. “Sorry, but I’ve got something of a ‘first...

“Hey, Sulphur!” Todd was smiling and looking at the younger man the second he caught his scent and felt his hand there, before he even really registered what he’d asked. Everything about him exuded friendly, not-a-threat, as if he hadn’t even really known whose voice it was before he really...

Todd carefully repressed the smile as she nearly crashed into the sign. Her scent was cloying and unpleasant, but he was fairly used to it at this point. If it had gotten more intense with time, he wasn’t sure he’d even notice. It was still Mary, sure as burning black pepper was Obsidian or...

There was a heavy scent around Sam as she clung to him. Todd didn’t notice it at first, even with her so close. Even with the taste of her right between his lips, even as he tried to follow her without the desperate hunger that usually commanded him, he didn’t quite realize what the scent...

“Mancala.” He muttered softly as he echoed the word, watching her clawed hand move the stones back and forth. He couldn’t say he fully understood the premise, but he did understand the pattern and movement enough that he could mimic it for his turn. His overblown pupils picked up every little...

Eric should’ve listened to the guys at the lodge. It’s too cold to find anything tonight, Kasey said. You’re gonna get lost in the fog, Jay added. But Eric is almost certain he’s still close to the trail. He just saw the last blaze, and really, he just wanted to check his fox snares. He’s...

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He landed, boots slamming onto the trunk as he leaned hard over the sedan’s roof to steady his balance while they picked up speed. The throb of his wounds was an afterthought again as he tightened his grip to keep from slipping off. The tread on his boots was probably saving him from some more...

Todd smiled back when Adelyn met his eyes, without any teeth. He held her hand firmly – reassuringly, tightening back when she tightened her grip. I’m here. Nobody will hurt us. Then he broke her gaze, looking up at the same board as Sam, then looking to each side. “Maybe the petting zoo and...

It takes LJ a moment to scan through his memories of last night. Had he said he knew her Mom? His eyes zone out as he tries to remember, going back over their short conversations. It helped that she didn’t say much. Most of it stuck, but most of all – Dead many years. The ache starts to come...

Lyle’s mind stirs from the darkness as a sweet aroma fills the space behind his eyes. Something warm, he thinks. Maple sausage? No, there isn’t any of the spice. Dad likes experimenting, though. It could even be some kind of roast, the start of dinner. It’s enough to have him drooling in his...

The girl laughed. LJ let himself smile a little when she did, because it meant she didn’t think he’d done anything. Some of the tension in his shoulders released, for real now. The police didn’t really know anything, then! That was great news. It meant he didn’t have to move on yet, even if he...

“A person…?” He started to ask the question, then trailed off a little with a soft scoff as he pulled out the other kidney. He shook his head as he sat back to look at it. “Oh, that. No, I think you’re a little mixed-up. I just look like a person. I don’t think I really count anymore, since I’m...