Tag: suspense

Still leading her by the hand the man guided her up twenty marble steps to a huge oak door with handles in the shapes of lion heads. He opened the door and they stepped into the largest entrance foyer Astor …

Week 95 – The stuff dreams are made of Read More »

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She was grabbed roughly around the bicep and dragged out of the trunk of the car. Astor Valentine swung her free hand at the man who held her, but he reacted quickly, blocking the blow and slapping her hard across …

Week 94 – One day at a time…One step at a time. That’s how we will take things Read More »

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Rachel hadn’t said anything yet.   Drake couldn’t figure out if that was a good thing or a bad thing.   He still held her in his arms, and the fact that she hadn’t pulled away eased some of his …

Week 93 – Love conquers all, I remember my mom saying that, but Read More »

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“Rach?” She didn’t want Drake looking at her like that. She didn’t want to think about him hurting too, he was the cause of all of this. Dinner? How could she say yes when he’d hurt her so badly? How …

Week 92 – Dead of night, footsteps echoing in the narrows of the upstairs hallway, creeping lightly, ever closer Read More »

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A month had passed since Drake had walked out of her hospital room. She hadn’t seen him since. Just as she’d asked he hadn’t contacted her in anyway, he had just disappeared. Again. In the last month her body had …

Week 91 – This was hard Read More »

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