The city of Saguero wasn’t much of one. Only in comparison to a place like Cortez. It was simply more crowded, somewhat less crumbling and sad. It was dingy and shabby. A mean-looking town. Dogs and derelicts scuttled about the streets, weaving among the working-class folk who trudged on by foot or sullenly biked, or
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 156
There were no secrets anymore between Kagome and Inuyasha. But the lies were still there. They were everywhere, all the time. It was like the lies had multiplied, now that Inuyasha had been swallowed up in them. Kagome felt guilty for this, too. Willing or not, he had become her accomplice in all this. She
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 155
Time wore on. Although things were strained at first, after a few days Kagome and Inuyasha settled into a domestic routine. Ironic as it was, these were easily the most harmonious days of their marriage. There were no longer any secrets between them. No longer any expectations. They were comrades again, living under one roof.
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 31
Following Chico’s lead again, Fernando and his friends crossed over to the buckling garage. For all that it was open at both ends, the garage was a big, dim, musty space, cluttered up wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling with almost as much junk as the yard outside. Rap music pounded from huge speakers at the far end,
SessKag Series: The Pact, Part 154
Kagome didn’t know what to do. What to think. Still reeling from that night when she’d blurted out Sesshoumaru’s name, and the whole ugly truth had first come out, she seemed to observe from afar, as if from outside of herself, that she was very much in shock. Inuyasha’s sudden, unexpected reappearance in her life
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Kagome’s face fell. “…What are you saying?” “Isn’t it obvious?” Inuyasha shrugged. “He used you. He took advantage of you just to get one over on me.” “No.” Kagome balled her fists, shook her head. “No, I don’t believe that.” “Why?” Inuyasha sneered. “Because he told you he didn’t? Because he told you he ‘loved
Bane of Blood: La Gorgona, Part 30
Fernando regarded this kindly matron as she regarded him in turn—Chico’s mother, his own mother’s cousin. Looking at Emmanuella, Fernando saw no resemblance whatsoever between her and Carmencita, except perhaps for an utter absence of pretension, which would have endeared her to him even were she no relation of his own. Fernando curved a smile
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Heart pounding, Kagome glanced back down the hallway toward Shin, who was with her brother and grandpa in the den. Whether her son had detected Inuyasha’s arrival or not, it clearly wasn’t a concern to him. In wide-eyed amazement, he stood glued with his face about an inch from the glaring television, his little hands