Literature

“You’re right,” said Roman the next morning, ruminating over what had happened with Gavin. “I didn’t like that.”I was standing in the bathroom, going over my hair with a flat…

I awoke to the smell of eggs and bacon. For a moment, I had the strangest sense of d?¦j?¤ vu. When Seth and I were first getting to know each…

I stared at him, and the world stood still for a moment. “Wait…Seth was meeting Simone there?”Roman shook his head. “I wouldn’t say that exactly. It was more like she…

I spent the whole morning waiting restlessly for Roman. Surely he had to come home at some point to sleep, right? Of course, being part greater immortal, he’d have a…

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I worked until closing that night and didn’t get home until around ten. To my surprise, I found Roman on the couch eating a bowl of cereal while the cats…

I tossed and turned the rest of the night. Being visited by a weird supernatural force will do that to you. Besides, I had never fully recovered from the time…

I was drunk.I wasn’t entirely sure when it had happened, but I suspected it had occurred around the time my friend Doug had bet me I couldn’t take down three…

While I’d been pretty confident in telling Seth that Dante had likely skipped town, I nonetheless stopped by his shop the next day. It had never been very prosperous looking…

Unfortunately, Roman wasn’t entirely joking.”What are you doing?” I exclaimed when we got back to my apartment. He’d flounced on my couch and promptly grabbed a remote. There was no…

To her credit, Grace didn’t cower. She stood firm, regaining her composure as she matched Jerome’s stare with one of her own. In fact, she regained enough of herself that…

Once I’d assured Evan I wasn’t calling him a son of a bitch, I got off the phone and turned to Roman.”The vessel’s not anywhere around here. It’s up in…

Dante wasn’t around when I got home, nor was he reachable by phone. That relieved me of any guilt I had about going out with Seth, meaning my only other…

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“What about Seth?” I asked stiffly. I waited then for the shouts, for the accusations. Any of them would have been understandable. What I didn’t expect were tears building up…

There was really only one thing I could say.”You’re here to kill me.” That would have been a great cue for him to say something like, “No, of course not”…

Dante was waiting for me when I got home. I normally liked having the company, but after being with Seth, Dante’s presence now made me feel uncomfortable and confused. He…

The next day, Dante was off to work, and I called Cody right after breakfast. “Hey,” I said. “Are you guys still being beach bunnies?””You bet,” he said brightly. “One…

When it was over, I rested my cheek against his chest while still staying mostly on my side. His heart beat heavy beneath my hands, and the smell of his…

The sweet scent of a white chocolate mocha woke me from a heavy sleep the following morning. For a few moments, as I stirred to consciousness, it was like waking…