Rings of Honor

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The shift of eyes caught themselves halfway over a shoulder. Vail was no novice, no uninitiated angel with no dirt on her halo. It’d take more to fool her than a few words and a glance. What she hadn’t expected was the speed of that Great White attack. Vail hissed and silently cursed him a fraction ...

Dax smirked when Vail made her choice and rolled out. He couldn’t blame her. A final heave twisted Charlie fully into the freezer and there, flanked by ice cream, frozen fruit mixes, chicken fingers and beef patties he’d finally meet his end. Ignominious and with only an uncaring Marine for company....

Vail’s eyes snapped to the sound of the man’s voice at the door. She noted the relaxed posture and the easy way he leaned against the doorframe. She blinked when his words…the meaning behind the man’s slang…didn’t immediately register though she was fast enough to come to a rough understanding. “Yea...

Vail’s eyes bulged, and her lungs burned for air as Charlie’s corpulence leaned against her and his swollen fingers squeezed around her throat. She clawed ribbons of skin off his forearm with her nails but all that seemed to do was enrage him further. She felt an eerie calm settle over as if a certa...

((The following was written in collaboration with Vail Chambers . Thank you for continuing to write such great stories with me!)) “Chocolate sundae with extra chocolate and a caramel drizzle. Two spoons. Supersonic Special” Vail Chambers forced a one dimpled smile on her work wearied face as she smo...

Somewhere in the sprawling warehouse district, Rhydin City 1315 hrs “Found her!” Thumper called out; her cherubic face illuminated by the multi monitor display she practically lived in front of as she turned over a shoulder to make the announcement. Index and middle fingers rapidly circled over a h...

Somewhere in the sprawling warehouse district, Rhydin City Approximately 2230 hrs local Low hanging clouds the color of tombstones slowly rolled in off the water and helped usher in a drop in the temperature. Their slow, undulating velvet twisted and unfurled about the district to settle like a woo...

Private Residence of Rafaël Draško, CEO Valkyrie Biotechnologies 0845 hrs local Dax climbed into the front passenger seat of the blacked-out SUV and offered the driver a friendly enough smile as he adjusted the fit of his wrap-around sunglasses. The driver, a small man in his mid-50s, saw himself g...

Somewhere in the sprawling warehouse district, Rhydin City Approximately 0537 hrs local Rowan knew better than to wed himself to any singular idea or plan. The world, his world, was far too fluid and too full of setbacks and adversity for static thinking. A stagnant mind that didn’t evolve found it...

Somewhere in the sprawling warehouse district, Rhydin City Approximately 1947 hrs local “The problem is the heat, Ro.” Thumper challenged before taking a long, slurping pull on the straw of her extra-large slush puppie. Flavor? Grape. Of course. “That kind of job’s going to attract a lot more atten...

Fool’s Luck Bay, Rhydin 2347 hrs Local The sound of the diesel engine rumbled and vibrated up through the deck of the humble fishing trawler as it rolled and rose up and down on the gentle waves. The modest three or four knots slowly pushed the tub through dark water and the coastline which crept i...

Diani Beach, 30 km south of Mombasa, Kenya Approximately 2330 hrs local Rowan awoke some seven hours after that helicopter ride out of the jungle to the discordant and antagonistic ring of his cell phone. Never one to fall into a deep sleep, Rowan awoke on the first ring and had answered it by the ...

TW: Violence and Sexual Themes. Not for young readers. Somewhere in the jungles of North Kivu Province, Democratic Republic of the Congo Approximately 1630 hrs local The stentorian buzzing of rapidly beating wings audibly announced the arrival of the scavenger. The flight was loud, a cautionary war...