"A bank?" Rayleigh attempted to glance over Vincent's shoulder as they neared the ornate building. She was quite a bit shorter than he was,...
Ray didn’t want to encourage him, or his terrible, terrible pun. But she simply could not stop herself, and the grin broke out across her pale...
Rayleigh's blue eyes flashed with sudden anger. Her fuse was short to begin with, and the frustration she had been experiencing over the previous...
Either fate favored her, or the universe just really hated Vince. Regardless, in the exact moment that the boy began his unplanned dismount of the...
The farmer's relief was palpable, his leathery face relaxing the moment Vince offered to help. He grabbed for Vincent's hand, the one which had...
"Whoa, whoa, hang on!" But the words were weak, airy, and far from persuasive. Rayleigh spoke them with the same resolve as an alcoholic refusing...
Uh, what is it you do, again? Rayleigh flushed a deep crimson. Against her pale, milky skin and snow-white hair, the change of hue was almost...
This was, by far, the worst hot springs that Rayleigh had ever visited. Granted, it was the first and only hot springs she had ever visited, but...
And then he flashed her that winning smile. It was an expression that held such warmth, such light, that the sun could not even hold the...
"Oh," was all that Ray could manage. The fiery anger left her, sizzling like a red-hot poker plunged into cool water. Jealousy, suspicion, and all...
The blood in her veins ran frigid, iced over as if she had just been dropped in the freezing Lake Superior. She snapped her blue eyes shut to mask...
Brisshal Completionist "You know what I bet?" Rayleigh sat on the bench, her legs outstretched, and crossed at the ankles. She marveled at the...
The rat gave a great shudder, seemingly more stunned by the attack than inured. Its beady eyes stared blankly in no particular direction, and it...
“Hot springs, hot springs, hot springs,” The words were not muttered like a prayer, or a mantra. Rather, the woman spoke as absently and...
He was persistent, she could give him that much. But her lips remained drawn in a tight line, her strides eating up the ground in a way her 5’0...
Water lapped, a constant, reliable sound. The boats docked along the pier contributed to the symphony, wood creaking, ropes tugging, as the...
"What the -?" Rayleigh's blue eyes widened in startled surprise, and the NPC's expression mirrored her own. The beefy man gave a grunt, and Ray's...
[IMG] Ray is a hot-headed, fiery mechanic's daughter. She's crass, and her behavior does not make her too many friends. But to the friends she...
"Excuse me?" The NPC man crossed his arms against his barrel chest, a motion that sent his muscles bulging. Why was it that the mechanic types...
It was as humiliating as it was painful, being carted around like a sack of potatoes. With each step the beast took, her long body jolted like a...
