Stories tagged with "gem"
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The Thief (VII)

What the hells going on, thought the thief. It was supposed to be an easy routine job. Get in, grab the gem, get out. Yet her…
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Sweet Dreams: 2

The dreamscape twisted and I was now in a festive banquet hall after a wedding. My mother beamed from across the crowded room…
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Playing Dress-Up

“I…see,” Kat said flatly. She glanced at me. “I don’t suppose I could get that kind of an order?”
“Er,” I said uncomfortably…
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Melanie, the Indentured Friend

Melanie appeared in front of me. She was about my age, with brown hair where I had black, currently tied back in a braid. “He…
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Of Ownership and Friendship

“So I guess I’m stuck with you,” Katherine said.
“I could order you to be happy about it, if you wanted,” I offered. “The en…
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Cat in a Whole New World

Her lower lip quivered. “Then…what are you going to do with me?”
I considered for a moment. “Make you carry my books between…
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Of Battles Won and Lost

A war of epic proportions erupted within my mind, blurring my senses. Lust made a bold, burning charge for the center. Guilt …
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Hello, Kitty

Well, time to meet her. I held the gem in my hand, turned toward the center of my room, and invoked it. A moment later, she s…
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A Gem for a Schoolgirl

I held the catseye up to the light as I sat at my desk. I couldn’t believe what Daddy had gotten me—the other girls at school…
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Girl Under Glass

My grandfather had told me the story a dozen times—about the catseye gem he wore on a chain around his neck, with a magnifyin…
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