Mary crashed into the side panel of the van and the metal bent inwards deeply. She pushed herself free of the indent and was seized once more in the large clawed paws of the monster. The unreal nature of the moment struck her. She should have felt terrified, but instead, she was tingling with energy and struggling not to laugh with the sheer joy of how good she felt. She grinned at the face of the big cat monster. Then she slammed her forehead into its nose. It yanked its face back sharply, so Mary lifted both legs and kicked it in the chest, breaking its grip. She hit the ground and tried to get to her feet, but the beast pounced on her to pound on her with its closed fists, bouncing her head against the paving. Struggling to keep her giggles under control, she gazed up at the monster which stared at her, confusion and frustration showing in its large yellow eyes. Mary knew she should be terrified but the lack of pain and injury combined with how good she was feeling instead just wi

Sigrid looked him in the eye. "I said you were taking the day to recover." "I feel great! Besides, if I stay home, I'll only work from there," he said with a smile. "Why does no one listen to me?" she growled as she spun to stomp back to the front door. Camila stood and followed her out with a sly smile. Henry turned to Meixiu. "Thank you for taking such good care of me. I'm sorry I can't remember yesterday." "It is too bad as you taught me something," she said with a slight smile. "I did?" She nodded then her mouth was on his, and the tip of her tongue dipped into his mouth. Henry's body jolted with the sensation, and he might have moaned just a little. "MEIXIU!" The young woman pulled back with a guilty smile for Sigrid as Henry wobbled. The tall blond collected Henry while giving Meixiu a stern look and led him by the arm to the front door and out. Meixiu followed to lock up. Henry climbed in and found himself pressed between the two lovely women when Sigrid got in. He h

Mab just watched them, waiting for them to get to the point."We've come to speak with Mr. Gable in regards to some recent alarming events we believe he might have influenced.""Aside from the rather suspicious fact that everyone seems to know where Henry is at all times, haven't you appointed a lawyer to VRL to keep an eye on him? Shouldn't you be addressing your questions through her?" Sigrid jumped in. "Oh! I suppose I don't need to notify her we've met with Queen Mab now that you're here too."Lise-Anne gave her an angry scowl. "There's been a rather dramatic development in Kansas. Containment is at risk. We believe the magic involved is the same magic coursing through Henry.""You have proof of this and his involvement?" the Queen asked.The two glanced at each other as they had no proof, yet. "We believe Ra'Anek was collecting pure samples from the pseudo-clouds when he went missing. They found his rental car abandoned in a

She needed answers and needed to talk to someone. In her mind, she saw that detective on her street yelling something about VRL to the big redhead. Maybe Detective- Harmon? Yes, maybe he had some answers.She paid for her breakfast and headed outside. She had a long drive ahead to get back to the city. She had a detective to interrogate.Then she'd hunt down Henry.-=-Rand fumed as he paced back and forth in Lise-Anne's office.After their meeting with Henry and surprise guest Queen Mab last night, the two councilors had gone their separate ways. Lise-Anne returned to headquarters to track the latest developments, and Rand caught a flight to Kansas and did some recon. He'd met up with his Central States counterpart, but they'd been unable to get close to the town due to an extraordinary amount of paranoid military security. Even with their no-see-um spells active there was no real opportunity to see the townspeople directly.They did manage

"Where the hell do you hear these stories?" Dayshia exclaimed."It's on the dark web. That's not all the weird stuff that's going on," Roger insisted."None of these stories can be verified. It's just wild fantasy! You're talking about a village in rural China. Who's going to get a news crew to that location to validate the story?" Dayshia challenged him."Fine, that location might be a little difficult to get to but what about that small town in Kansas the US military has mysteriously quarantined? Poison gas? Radioactivity? I call bullshit, and I'm not the only one!" Roger insisted."So what, you'd have someone break into the town based on what? The suspicion that the danger isn't real? Why would they go to this much effort if there was no threat to life or our society?" Tish asked.Roger gaped at her. "You would be ok with someone hiding the truth of extraterrestrial life from you?"Henry was enjoying the spirited back and forth. He decide