Chapter 16 | Chapter 18 Days passed as young Andric continued to be a nuisance (but a cute one) at night, and slowly began to grow into the man he would hopefully become. I continued my painting, trying to build my savings back up, and my lovely Mari continued studying Vampire Lore, Parenting, and practicing […]
Chapter 15 | Chapter 17 The dreary weather outside actually was a boon to me, because it meant that there wasn't a sun to burn me up. I could see that Mari was getting tired of the constant rain, however, so I made sure she had plenty of things to do inside. With what was […]
Chapter 14 | Chapter 16 Things at "Camp Forgotten Hollow" slowly became routine. Mari woke up each afternoon, had a solitary dinner, and did any cleanup the camp needed. I then woke up later (closer to sundown - for obvious reasons..) , went to find my breakfast alone (also for obvious reasons), and came back […]
Chapter 13 | Chapter 15 When Sonia and I pulled up in front of a huge, ugly mansion in a desert town an hour or two later, I sat there for a moment, completely nonplussed. I hadn't even known there was a desert town anywhere close to where we lived... and I quickly made sure […]
Chapter 12 | Chapter 14 The next day dawned behind a haze of clouds, for which I was incredibly grateful. I woke groggily and stumbled out of the tent to find Mariko eating some cereal on my ... oops.. our... cooler. She smiled broadly at me, and quipped "Good Afternoon, sleepyhead." "It's afternoon?" I asked, […]
Chapter 11 | Chapter 13 The evening "dawned" slowly, with as keyed up as I was for tonight... and I woke up, took my shower, took care of my garden, and prepared for my "day" as best as I could. Sighing, I found a human wandering around the town square looking very lost, and... steeling […]
Chapter 10 | Chapter 12 The next day was mercifully cloudy, and it allowed me some time to actually work on my painting. While working on it, however, I noticed that my shower was pouring water out of the nozzle without even being turned on. Figures. More going wrong. I laid down my paintbrush, and […]
Chapter 9 | Chapter 11 By the end of my day I had nowhere to go, and nothing else to do but to run to Sonia again. I relayed the rest of my day's story to her through tears. "She's truly gone, Sonia!" I wailed. "I've looked everywhere for her. Even her cellphone is disconnected, […]
Chapter 8 | Chapter 10 Author's Note: This chapter takes a dark turn, and is not recommended family friendly reading. Be aware - and enjoy! In terror, the first and only thing I could think of to do was to run to Sonia. Which I did. She immediately embraced me and asked for the whole […]
Chapter 7 | Chapter 9 By the time I woke up, the sun had gone down, but the pain in my abdomen certainly had not. It still felt like hunger, though, so I reached into my cooler to try something else. Nope. The yogurt was definitely bad, too. I wondered what might have happened. I'd […]
