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Maggie woke slowly.And painfully. I must be sick, she thought. It was the only explanation…

Maggie was dreaming. She knew she was dreaming, and that was strange enough, but what…

Sir Philip Sidney was born in November, 1554 to Sir Henry Sidney and Mary Dudley…

It was raining, of course. Not a terrible storm, justa steady spitting patter that Maggie…

Beside her, Jake growled again, but Maggie only heard it distantly. No one else even…

Maggie Neely woke up to the sound of her mother screaming.She’d gone to bed as…

Jez heard herself scream, but only faintly.There was a roaring in her ears as if…

Morgead’s entire body jerked once and then went absolutely still. As if he’d been turned…

I am not,” Claire said.”Yeah, you are,” Jez said, still gently, as if humoring a…

Jez recognized them immediately-not the individuals, but the type. They were ‘wolves, and they werethugs….

Did you have trouble getting away?” Hugh saidIt was the next morning, a very different…

The kiss was warm and sweet. Not frightening. Jez felt herself relax in Morgead’s arms…

Jez kept one hand on the kid as they walked up the stairs under the…

Hey, Morgead!” the voice was shouting even as the door went slamming and crashing open,…

Jez held herself perfectly still, keeping her face expressionless. Her mind was clicking through strategies.Two…

Punishment has remained a subject of debate for political leaders, philosophers and lawyers for a…

No. This can’t be happening.Jez had never felt anything like this before, but she knew…

In Aristotle’s poetics, tragedy refers to imitation of a serious act that has certain magnitude…

I can’t lose this fight.Suddenly that was the only thought in Jez’s mind. She couldn’t…

British Petroleum is one of the largest oil and gas companies in the world. This…