Category Archives: Coreopsis

  The royal family had left to go on their trip. Sarah was feeling much better. Just weak.    There was a knock on her door. She was lying on the bed reading her journal. “Come.” She looked up, “Jack.” She smiled, “come in.” She put her book aside.    “How do you feel?” HeContinue reading “Coreopsis 24 a”

All night long Sarah moaned in her sleep. Jack came in a couple times to check on her. Orion laid his head on the bed. He wouldn’t leave her.    In the morning, that is exactly what James found. He touched Orion’s shoulder. “How is she?” He asked softly.    “Terrified,” Orion rose up.  Continue reading “Coreopsis 23”

   There was a knock at the door.    “What?” James snapped.    David slowly entered. “She is okay?”    “Ol,” she moaned.    James glared at him. “What have you done?”    “What I thought was best.” David was in a state of shock. The color had not returned to his face.    “IContinue reading “Coreopsis 22 c”

Orion and Jack looked at each other in confusion.    “I thought she was talking out of her head.” Jack turned his attention back to her, dabbing the sweat from her brow.     She kept repeating two phrases over and over.    After what seemed like an hour, David walked in with James hot onContinue reading “Coreopsis 22 b”

       Orion knocked on Sarah’s door but there was no answer. “Sarah,” he called to her. “Sarah.” His cries had alerted the maid in charge of these rooms. “Open this door.”      She did.       Orion searched everywhere. He noticed the door to the bathroom was locked. As he walked awayContinue reading “Coreopsis 22 a”

   Sarah’s scent was driving Orion insane. Compounded with her breath teasing his ear and the sound of her voice, he was about to die. “Sarah,” he panted. “Sarah.” He leaned forward, his breath against her ear created cold chills down her back. She was trying so hard not to get swept up in thisContinue reading “Coreopsis 21 b”

Sarah was staring out of her window. From there she could see the enclosed garden. The palace walls had created a beautiful centerpiece. There was a fountain in the center pulling everything together. Walking paths cut through the space like a star. There were benches and a couple hammocks scattered about; picnic tables were inContinue reading “Coreopsis 21 a”

Sarah woke by being gently shuck. James was trying to wake her up. She had fallen asleep in the chair.    “Walk with me.” He asked.    She looked over to see that Orion had fallen backwards onto the bed. She couldn’t walk away and not cover him up.     After she had attended toContinue reading “Coreopsis 20”

   Orion took a deep breath. “I honestly don’t remember much. On the ride to the boat she gave me something to drink, she drank herself. I thought nothing of it. Before we got on the boat, I wasn’t able to hold my head up. A porter had to help me to my seat. IContinue reading “Coreopsis 19 d”

 “Did you know that Floria was having an affair?” James asked.     “Yes.” Orion answered the question quickly.    “When did you find out?”     “Today.”    James started pacing again, with his hands behind his back. “Do you want this divorce?”    “Yes and no.”    “Clarify.”    “I don’t want anything to doContinue reading “Coreopsis 19 c”