by M.S. Parker | Apr 15, 2017 | News
Chapter One Astra “Have fun.” I clung to the woman in my arms, blinking back tears. My best friend laughed and pulled back until I could see her dark blue eyes shine. “I’m not kidding, Astra Traore. If you start to cry, it will make me cry.” “I’ll cry, you’ll cry…” I...
by M.S. Parker | Oct 19, 2016 | News
Chapter One Okay, so maybe driving from Washington, DC to New York City during the first week of January wasn’t the smartest thing I’d ever done, but since I had a history of always doing the right thing, the responsible thing, I figured I was allowed an...
by M.S. Parker | Oct 3, 2016 | News
Chapter 1 Dax I’d never wanted to say anything less than I wanted to say those six words, but I knew my choices were limited. I made a promise to the woman I loved that I would no longer lie or hide things from her, so I had to tell her what I just learned, or...
by M.S. Parker | Sep 23, 2016 | News
Chapter 1 Dax Getting shot hurt like a motherfucker. On some level, I’d always known that it would. It wasn’t like I ever thought it would tickle, but there was a huge difference between knowing it and experiencing it. Huge. Difference. I’d grown up...
by M.S. Parker | Sep 20, 2016 | News
Chapter 1 Olivia Seeing Cherise and Russel Harris together didn’t exactly do wonderful things for my mood or my sanity, but I didn’t have time to deal with their bullshit tonight. James needed me. He was getting tired too easily these days. An ache tried to...
by M.S. Parker | Sep 8, 2016 | News
Chapter 1 Olivia Standing on the balcony, I stared out into the night. It was late summer, and the sweltering, muggy heat was giving way to the promise of the coming fall. At least it was at one in the morning. I couldn’t sleep. I’d had a lot of trouble with...
by M.S. Parker | Sep 8, 2016 | News
Chapter 1 Reaper Standing on the ridge, I stared out into the night. “Reaper.” I held up a fist, and he lapsed into silence while I continued to recon the desert stretching all around us. Behind me, the rest of my squad, all members of Seal Team 3, were...
by M.S. Parker | Sep 6, 2016 | News
Chapter One Bryne I never considered myself to be one of those people who had a temper or made rash decisions. Even if something looked impulsive – say, losing my virginity to a guy I barely knew – chances were, I’d thought about it beforehand. And I...
by M.S. Parker | Aug 18, 2016 | News
Chapter One Dax I’d gotten pretty good at lying, especially these last few years. My mom would’ve said I was a little too good if she’d known just how often I did it, but half the time, I did it to protect her. I tried not to lie too much to her...
by M.S. Parker | Aug 8, 2016 | News
Chapter One Okay, so maybe driving from Washington, DC to New York City during the first week of January wasn’t the smartest thing I’d ever done, but since I had a history of always doing the right thing, the responsible thing, I figured I was allowed an...
