In the beginning there was light

Hope and acceptance filling the hole.

An eternity of love and peace was promised

All I had to give away was my soul.

Eagerly, the trade was made

Never considering another road.

My life, my friends, my love had found me

Follow the path, and I’ll get what I’m owed.

Forewarned of trials to test my Faith,

God did not leave me out.

At times I begged for a morsel of m...

I was a lost jewel in dirt,

You found me, filtered through a screen.

My glint captured your eye,

Jaded and green.

Your words enraptured me

Like a warm blanket in the night,

Covering me in your warmth

My rusted heart turning bright.

Our souls danced a dance

Of moonlight and magic.

I longed to rescue you

From a life that seemed tragic.

I was careless and haunted

By endless thoughts of ‘what if?...

Ten minutes. We agreed he’d only stay in the star gate for ten minutes. Just long enough for him to get a quick look around to try and establish the time and place the stargate lead to and then straight back.

Do not be seen, do not be heard. Get in, get out. Those were the rules.

I was tasked with waiting here, with the horses. We agreed Cal would be back in ten minutes. If he’s not, I wait no...

The man stepped forward warily, unsure if he should touch her body with his hands or not. He opted to just leave his hands on the stone table the princess was lying upon, looking to be peacefully sleeping. Leaning forward, he slowly lowered his head towards hers with a slight hesitation before her placed his lips gently on hers.

The eyes of the princess flew open so suddenly, it made the man jum...

I was five years old the first time I saw him. It was the middle of the night and I had woken up suddenly from a bad dream and you know when you can just feel someone in the room with you? It was like that, it felt like someone was looking at me.

My eyes were groggy from sleep but I managed to peel them open to look around my room. I always left my bedroom door open with the hall light on becaus...

The first thing I notice upon walking up to my house, yes MY house, not his, is that my roses are gone. How is it possible my roses are gone? I asked very little of him while I was away, but maintaining the garden, especially my porch roses, was top priotity. And he knew that. I even wrote it into the lease he signed.

“Alex!” I yell as I unlock the front door and begin storming through every room...

Sometimes we stumble into things that are bigger than us, things not meant for us. I only wanted to find my friend. I only wanted to reunite her with her two kids so they could grow up with their mom to cheer and support them their whole lives. I only wanted my friend back, to see her infectious smile once more. Instead, I’m now in the hands of her killer, the man responsible for making her disapp...