Celian

Don't worry, one or the other bomb drops... sooner or later. Promise.

Oh, Frank and Jessy could make a really sharp-tongued pair if they chose to. Search shelter, everyone! Mr. Jealous will have a big time coming, trust me. Apart that: Alice/Matthew would even mean she stayed close after marrying, since the Horners are direct neighbours like the Washingtons. Close for Frank to have his (only) support close- Alice- and close to still see Dante. Next chapter will answer parts of that. Though: a) it was Carolyn who requested him coming to them as education slave. b) Carolyn can't take him cause she has already Mikey as education slave and Britney can't because her personal slave is not of age. Sarah could, but has already to deal with three kids. Leaves Alice. Maybe yes, maybe no, maybe it's just precaution. Nowadays with the GPS-tracking in the collars it's for most slaves impossible to successfully run away. However, there are slaves in certains environments- like this chem park- where they were different collars, cause, for example, the chemical-ladden air would damage the sensitive collar-tech. Carolyn has a good sense of which slave is useful, about his strengths and weaknesses. She might often be an asshole, a strict mother and mistress, unfair even, but she will protect what's hers (we saw that already painfully and will see it again). We will find out

Dante slept really bad, tossed from side to side, and more than once had trouble separating dream fragments from reality. Consequently, it took him a moment to realize that the strange cry was coming from the here and now. Puzzled, he got up and went over to Mistress Alice's room- she herself was sitting up in bed, bedside lamp on- and listened for a moment to the voices in the hallway. "What's wrong?" he asked quietly, and his mistress shrugged. Again, a shout. "Oh..." she made, as if

First thought was "bit early to have a traitor amongst them". But on the other hand would be an interesting start to a series... 🤔 Anyway, you gave me ideas!

We will see more of Nathan Upfield Not necessarily here and now, but we will. Last chapter missing is an epilogue, but since this is supposed to become a series, even contains some sort of prologue for the next story. It will get more personal, that I can promise.

Leaning against the wall in the hallway and clearing my email inbox, I waited. Harry had gone to speak to Brick and I looked up expectantly as footsteps sounded. To my surprise, it was Josy, a coffee mug from the canteen in her hand. “Hey.” she said, sounding almost embarrassed. “Do you need this?” She held the mug out to me and I blinked at her, puzzled. “Need in what sense?” “Well.” She blushed. “I saw Harry and thought that if you're going to stand here alone doing officer w

You're not that far off The piercing as sign of membership in the Brotherhood of the Thorn Rose is optional and only chosen by the truely devoted, cause the brotherhood stands for "no sex before marriage" and of course "sex only with your wife" and the piercing is supposed to make intercourse painful, if not impossible. It's removed by the wife on the wedding day, often in front of the priestress leading the wedding ceremony. This time of the year is basically the only time, Anthony gets somewhat mentioned at all. The rest of the year it is as if he never existed.

Amen to that.

@centexhairysub Thank you ❤️ Tom and Anthony had never much to do with each other, apart being playmates from time to time. Alice, Anthony, Frank and Valentine were a thick quartett and Tom was best friends with Matthew. Though he still needs to loosen up quite a bit before he's ready to tell us about it. And you are right, there's a lot going on everywhere around...

Dante began the first day of Hella, the eleventh month of the year, with a silent prayer. He had been taught that way, and even though he had always questioned traditions, he would never think of doing so for those concerning the dead. In the world in which he had lived until now, the first and last day of the month were holidays, with closed stores, filled temples, covered mirrors and extra place settings on the dining table - accordingly, it surprised him little to blink at a black cloth in th

Maybe someone tries to frame him. Maybe it was really him and he's just not as clever as he thought. Next chapter will tell

Friday began with slight snowfall. My Golf looked like a toadstool and grinned goodbye to me as I left it in the QFPD parking lot. At the side entrance, I ran into Harry standing outside the door, typing on his phone. “You could do that inside in the warm,” I remarked with amusement and with a questioning sound he looked up. “Ah. Hm. Yes.” He grinned wryly. We went in together and had just hung up our jackets in our office when Josy breezed in. “Good morning. The DNA is

First chapter was interesting, but those two brothers, the hints at their father... oh yes, I want more!

I had just sat down in the office and was taking a deep breath to brace myself for the day when the phone rang. Surprised, I answered it. “Detective DeLaney.” Harry, who had just walked through the door, looked at me questioningly. “Officer Ingram here, ma'am, at the front desk. There's a, uh, a Durham here to talk to you. Shall I, uh, well, in the interview room or your office?” The young officer seemed a little flustered. “Just a moment, I'll come down,” I replied simply, nod

Frustration had once again made it hard for me to sleep. Yes, we had taken a big step forward, but a possible culprit was still a long way off. All the bits and pieces of theories and possibilities hardly had enough substance to work with. The large brick building with the huge pillared windows on the ground floor where the QFPD sat was old, majestic and the main entrance besieged by a group of journalists. Since Lieutenant Brick had made his press statement last night, I should have expe

It does. But I dare say, the big sad part is done. The emotional states turn mostly in other directions now...

"Hey..." Cain nudged Remy and he blinked. "Hmm?" "You should go to bed, Remy, you don't look well." Remy sighed and shrugged. The other three had long since left the kitchen while he was still sitting here- more to keep Cain company than to actually do anything. "I'm serious." Cain leaned against the other side of the kitchen island with an appraising look. "I was under the impression the tension between you and Anduin was gone, but you've been walking around all day today li

God yes I feel the same! Shame on me! I try to get back to it asap! 😬

Not half as rested as I would have liked, I entered the office the next morning. Josy was there busy with some files and winced when I greeted her. “Oh, hey Violet.” Her warm smile thawed the effect of her glacier blue eyes. “I put the test results in Catherine's file.” “Anything helpful?” I wanted to know. Sighing, she shook her head and brushed a strand of hair from her forehead. “No. There was DNA under her fingernails, male, but there's no match. All the other swabs and sam

Grumpy Simon killing women to make his job more interesting? Hmm, why not... 😆

Thanks to both of you! This is the first time in this genre and I hope I can deliver to meet the expectations. 🧐

“Well Doc, what have we got?” I wanted to know and watched, more saddened than uncomfortable, as Alex Stone, QFPD Coroner, removed the cloth from the body's face. “Now, Miss DeLaney, I might say the same as four times before.” Doc Stone pulled his thin lips into a mirthless smile. “Catherine Abrams, twenty-five. Good general health, though a couple of rib fractures from the not too distant past which haven't healed well.” He pulled the sheet down further, exposing the dead young woman's up

Five dead women, dressed up like clowns, holding a note: you should laugh more. Detective Violet DeLaney and her team are investigating - there has never been a serial killer in picturesque Quincefield before!

Okay well just tied to the bed with some severe sickness- let's not get to murder, y'all, your thirst will be sated- would definitely prevent some parties from happening and what's happening at the parties...

It would have an impact for sure. But it depends on what would happen with Anduin- if he still stayed or not- whether it would crash the story or not.