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• Blessed Close Call

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 4 days ago

  I gasped for air, the smoke was so thick. My restrainer had let go of my arms, & the gag fell off of my face. After the black…

• Accursed Death

  by OrangeOreos 4 days ago

  “Run, Ezra! We don’t have time!”

  We ran through the hallways, scaring the secretaries and janitors. I pumped my legs, trying…

• Accursed Repetition

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 27 days ago

  I couldn’t believe the scene that had unfolded before my eyes. I glanced from Ezra, to Lily, to their accomplice, to the Comm…

• Last Straw

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 28 days ago

  I watched, horrified, as Ezra & Lex struggle against each other. Their eyes locked, sparks flew. And yet, I couldn’t take my …

• Accursed Moral Conflict

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 28 days ago

  I could only stare at my “father” & fume. I almost burst into a screaming barrage, but someone harshly gagged me.
  “Fine,” he …

• Accursed Values

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 28 days ago

  I cursed; I clearly didn’t have the gift of timing. My father waved his hand as a signal for his second & fourth in command t…

• Accursed Exits, Accursed Entrances

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) 29 days ago

  Everything stopped.
  Paulie froze in mid-swing; I clutched to Ezra, petrified. I’d forgotten how it felt to be at the other en…

• Accursed Deja Vu

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  Curiously, the mic receiver began blinking in Lily’s hand.
  “Strange,” Ezra said, “was it doing that before?”
  “I don’t think s…

• Back Way Out

  by g2 (la pianista irlandesa) about 1 month ago

  I grinned as I dropped, cat-like, to the floor.
  “Wouldja believe it?” I griped, “The Secretists have every last street corner…