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... “Who did this to her?” My eyes scanned the silent faces of the stable hands as I laid my hand on Josephine’s steaming neck, listening to the black m... ...ere bloody. All eyes were downcast under my ire. I had heard the commotion as the horse was brought back to the stables at the Opera Garnier, where... ...grily at each of them and my chestnut braid flapped against my black blouse as I paced. “Who did this to her,” I demanded again. I caught a muttering... ...re. However, my Josephine came first. 3 As I laved Josephine’s knees with cool water prior to preparing a poultice, I remembered the first note. “... ... I wrapped Josephine’s knees in a poultice and walked her around the yard to cool her. There had been many stable hand “pranks” and “jokes” since I ... ...e balletic freestyle dressage went well enough. I returned to the paddock to cool the horse after his performance, wondering whether I should take hi... ...er was cruel. “I’ve heard a man’s voice in here, Claire. I know you’re no ice maiden. Just needed some warming up, didn’t you? I’ll make you come... ...“There is a frozen pond at the Tower, Claire. Perhaps you would like to try ice skating? I would be happy to accompany you. Alas,” he gestured tow... ...ny you. Alas,” he gestured toward his leg, “I shan’t be joining you on the ice. Nevertheless, I could take you there and back while Erik is at the ...

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...he reason behind his death is a mystery. Brand uncovers information pointing to Jamieson’s involvement in arming the international space station. As rogue generals from Russia, China and the U.S. try to install a mind-control weapon designed to divide the world into three parts, Brand tries to stop them. Enlisting the help of Mrs. Stone, the mafia and covert operatives...

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...r., for enduring the grammatical error fest that they had to wade through as they edited Werelove: Dusk Conspiracy. I have to thank Meredith for read... ...olence, but chose to let it slide. Other things were more important, such as the lab before them. She could not, would not, allow the research. Weres... ... lead smashed into the electric fence, screeching and yowling their intent as several lost their lives. An audible pop and crack signaled the eminent... ...ry? “You will apologize to your brother and then take yourself outside and cool off. Really, Mya, I raised you better than this.” “So, sorry, Brother... ...although with a surprise or two.” Isabella picked up her fan and tried to cool her body down. “How long has Donil Silentshadow been an Alpha?” “He t... ...ntrol and shifted his claws back into hands. Henry grabbed a glass, threw ice in it and poured a drink before slamming into his seat. “Why can’t tha... ... it really that long ago…. ~***~ October 2202, Invarnash Mansion It was a cool fall day, but Stefan didn’t mind. He was busy spying on his brother’s ... ... the dessert station. You want anything?” “Yeah, get me a bowl of vanilla ice cream, please.” “All right, vanilla ice cream for my best friend and ad... ...ll to the floor. The desserts flew up in the air and crashed down on her. Ice cream dripped down Laylah's face and on to her shirt. Pieces of the br...

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... I remember that morning like it was yesterday. The sky was blue as a robin’s egg and there was a light breeze coming up from south. I ... ... course of my youth, I’d ridden that trail many times, and knew it well, but as much as I tried to concentrate on the trip itself, my mind kept fla... ... the trip itself, my mind kept flashing back to the look in my mother’s eyes as I’d said goodbye, just hours before. Neither of my parents had be... ...next day. That evening, I was sitting in the hotel saloon enjoying my first cool beer in weeks. I’d been in saloons before, in Jackson Hole, but n... ...oth walked quietly back to the station and I offered to pour them both a nice cool drink. To my surprise, it was Sarah’s mother that spoke up, offe... ... and I was so tired it didn’t matter anyway. I opened the window to let some cool air in and went right to bed. 58 Chapter 7 Aft... ... for the project and need to get moving as fast as I can before the snow and ice stops us. Peterson’s unfortunate death doesn’t really change anyth...

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...ves to your limited knowledge of the world. You are poison to the planet as well as each other. Humanity has become a cancer, one that has raged ou... ...f control. It is time to mark this day on the calendar, the 7 th of May, as the beginning of a new age. As God did with the food, it’s time to purg... ...the apocalypse, and be reborn in my image!” There was silence for a moment as the video feed ceased. The hustle and bustle of life came to a stop. Th... ...doing what you said. I like my brain the way it is, don’t really need any ice picks shoved through it.” 122 Mike Saxton “I trust the delays will be... .... For one thing, I’ll know; for another thing, I doubt your family wants ‘ice picks shoved through their brains’,” Zodiac threatened. “Of…of course.... ...meeting the members of Militia 28, Eve had been geting worse. He placed a cool washcloth on her head and said, “You probably have a bug or something... ... that this 12 year old was efectively dismissing him. “I think it’s prety cool.” Andromeda actually looked up from what she was doing. “Then you mus... ...aven’t goten away yet. Maybe they have a SAT on us. Ever think of that?” “Cool it and drive Josh. We need to get to some kind of cover before these ...

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... in a printed edition, the copyright holder has chosen to issue this work as an eBook through Project Gutenberg as a free open access publication un... ...nt in 1990, the manu- scripts of the five novels were discovered among his as yet unpublished papers. He had been at work adding the finishing touche... ...e believed was the most vital value of living and his reason for his life as a writer and an artist. Voices from the Past re- flects this commitment,... ...’s skirts wet with dew, the grapes mottled with damp. Clouds made the day cool. Someone toyed with a flute, the men treading, emptying husks over sa... ...e sun’s last rays stream in, so yellow, they might be made of acacia. The cooling light covers my desk and bookshelves and relinquishes its hold of ... ... striped awning sheltered us during the hot hours of the day. Nights were cool and comfortable. Our handsome captain was attentive. I thought he was ... ...ok into their eyes for long. When I see Kleis cross the room a trickle of ice slips down my back. What if he finds me too old, what if my love doesn...

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... two women in stylish raincoats also braved the drizzle. Their heads swiveled as they analyzed each prancing horse, and the gusting wind carried the... ...he antics of his contrary horse. Lazer humped his back and flattened his ears as he tried to sidestep the rain and retreat to the barn. Only a stoic... ...pocket vibrated. He pivoted from the rail, giving the two ladies a polite nod as he passed. Ignoring their self-conscious giggles, he scanned the dis... ... you as his jockey this Friday.” She clamped her mouth, knew she should look cool, but her emotions pushed through and she vaulted from the saddle,... ...tranger’s arm lowered. His smile remained, but there was no humor left in his cool gray eyes. And no wonder. She had deliberately insulted his traini... ...her worn saddle as though it were priceless. He led Cisco and Lazer into the cool barn. Left Cisco in his stall contentedly munching hay, and guide... ...g down his face. “You don’t look so smug now…honey.” She turned, carried the ice bucket back into the bathroom and tossed him a towel. He snagged... ...agged a hand through his hair. “Make sure she stays with you for a few hours. Ice your chest. Have a warm bath. Take care of yourself.” She just st...

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...s tranquility to be had in a long morphine induced sleep where dreams were as uneventful as the idealized restfulness of death; but though privileged... ...was in its solitary debasement and its degradation, of equal travail; and as it was Christmas Eve, every click of the air conditioner turning on in t... ...n away the television under the guise of getting it fixed, but in reality as a sadistic smite against her for looking more like a wilted plant each t... ... into that convenience store six hours earlier. She had entered to buy an ice cream bar with the little change that she had left from food stamps. It... ... of recompense for the vanished concept of family (her mother used to buy Ice Cream bars for her not so long ago and her name, Kathy, was forever as... ... change which pulled everything else forward, and might defy the state of cooled and coagulated matter that was destined to rejoin all the hot spewin... ...year old who was sometimes seen eating $3.00 double dips of cookie dough ice cream in heaping cones the color of marble, and this blinking or self ... ...suggested their eventual end. Composed or decomposed, all was temporarily cooled and coalesced matter that would sizzle with the rest of space when t... ...d been for the need to once again sense ice cream melting into the gullet, cooling the shaft, ice cream that her deceased mother used to get for her,...

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