Katherine McIntyre

They surrounded him here, but beyond, flames licked the cabins, the incendiary glow striking a similar spark inside him from the injustice they__ faced tonight.

Wasn__ allowed to have pets. I killed my pet cockroach when it crawled into my ear.

A sullied green ___ stood out on a graying backdrop that made for a road marker up there. We called it the wasteland.

Luckily, common sense had never been a strong suit of mine and my feet moved faster than my brain.

While the club-kid lifestyle might__e once appealed to him, after he discovered even drugs wouldn__ dull his sharpened reality, he went into each round cold.

The last thing I remembered was joining the crew in a rendition of __ake to the Sky,_ but the rest of the time blurred after I drank absinthe with the Captain.

Every flutter in her chest when he sat beside her, every flush to her cheeks after a compliment, and every longer-than-average embrace would end tonight.

Blonde hair drawn into a no-nonsense bun, her new manicure the deep red of fresh blood, she__ even donned a blouse and slacks for the occasion, something Neve had forgotten Veronica owned.

Time to make herself scarce because, hell, she didn__ want to pass that thunderhead on her way out.

My hands trembled, so I took a deep drag to calm my frayed nerves. I just wanted to forget that terrible sight, but questions multiplied in my mind as the smoke furled.

A chill swept through the air, the sort of graveyard kiss promising bad news to follow.

His heat warmed her, even as her insides turned to ice.

So this is how the merchant ship won__ follow us,_ I mumbled, __hey aren__ insane enough to join the party.

The tides rolled up to crash against the shore while we sat feet from one another with the remnants of all we__ left unsaid driving us apart.

From the way his face lit with curiosity to the slight tilt of his jaw, even the lingering scent of brine and breeze gave him away.

Are you telling me Kara Orris is afraid of rain?_ Hunter__ grin twisted into a smirk as his eyes lit up, relishing his new discovery with absolute delight. __hy, that__ adorable!

Now, now._ I placed a hand on his back. __ealousy colors you black, Geoff. If you wanted to be a pretty princess too, I would have bought you a crown. I__l be back soon.

The water glittered under the moon__ careful watch, and, in the distance, steeples cut stark black silhouettes into the landscape of the distant city.