Alysse Aallyn

Category: #BestRevenge

  • Queen of Swords: a novel

    Charmian Chapter III – The Judge What do you give the woman who has everything? It’s a problem. By definition, femininity is yearning for a never-to-arrive completion. Queens, of course, are different. Power is what we yearn for. One thing I’ve learned, if it’s masculine “approval” you’re waiting for; you’ll never get that! Men call…

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  • Queen of Swords: a novel

    Whitney:Chapter II – Death I always knew she murdered my father. Does evil have a smell? Only eleven percent of people can detect the odor of cyanide. Almonds. But I am one of the eleven percent. I guess I have a nose for evil. Something about Charmian twitched my nostrils from the beginning. Charmian! That…

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  • Queen of Swords: a novel

    Duel between a stepmother and stepdaughter turns deadly. Charmian:Chapter I – The Knight of Swords She would have killed me deader than any snakebite but she was too fat to even realize she was pregnant. So that was the first lucky thing in my lifetime string of magical good fortune, the second being that I…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 24 – Completing the Maze “Jazz, Jazz, Jazz,” Corso shook his head. His voice turned silky. “I am your advisor. It is my job – I think I can say my calling – to step in when you’ve gone astray. And what have you done to your hair? I’m not sure I like it.…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 23 – Together We awoke cuddled together at the foot of Chase’s bed, wrapped in his comforter. Chase was moaning. “Too late,” he said, “too late.” I kissed him and ran to the kitchen for coffee. Caffeine and aspirin. When I came back he was holding his head.“Bad one,” he said. “Except we found…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 22 – Beyond Paradise “Look hard at the picture,” said Chase, waving his phone before my face. I closed my eyes. I don’t work that way. I sheltered in Chase’s arms with a sigh, summoning up the vision shot into my mind when Zane recounted his dream-lab experience. Didn’t he say the tunnel had…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 21 – Paradise Somehow we had broken the window and we lay tangled up together in venetian blinds and glass. I had cut my face and Chase had cut his arm, but it was nothing serious. Chase helped me get vertical. We were safe in Chase’s room, and we were alive. How ever many…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 20 – Revenge “I’m so sorry,” said Chase. “He’s a monster. But I’ll get even with him. I’ll get him eventually.”“Slow down,” I said, braced against the dashboard, scrabbling for my seatbelt. “Put your seatbelt on.” He was driving like a maniac. “He never pinned me,” said Chase, grinding his teeth. “It’s a question…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter Nineteen – Inferno We were saved from the Tale of the Five High Schools by the door to the garage blowing open. A man and a dog flew in. The dog was an Irish setter, just like the one on Zoya’s card. Rushing Chase, she wagged so hard she was moving as much sideways…

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  • I’ll Sleep When You’re Dead

    Chapter 18: The Ninth Circle Zoya appeared at the foot of the stairs carrying a bottle of wine. “Sweetie,” she said, “I need your help with this.”We followed her into the dining room. Winter darkness turned the windows into mirrors, multiplying a thousand-fold the chilly light of red and silver candles. Pelmets and chandelier festooned…

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