Choices

Chapter 6

MESMERIZE

By Jennifer Sue

Part 1

The job was thankless and often boring, but at least upper management recognized it's importance because the salary was double what similar positions paid. Lydia Templin was quite efficient as the research/reference librarian for a major pharmaceutical company. In this position she was responsible for indexing articles in scientific and research journals so that if one of the researchers in the company wanted information, she would be able to promptly obtain it. In addition, she was responsible for filing and cross referencing all research documents produced by the company.

When upper management decided to try to find a drug to control the unbridled sex drive of child-molesters and rapists, a request came in from R & D for information on drugs that reduced sex drive in males. Lydia pulled up every listing of drugs that had references of reduced sex drive and then set about to dutifully cull every reference. One drug, TTX, seemed to repeatedly pop up but none of the clinical studies showed any consistent results. Lydia's sent all the information on to R & D.

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“Put this on sweetie, and we will have so much fun together.” she said.

I felt the final shackle click into place around my left wrist. I was now completely restrained, helpless, and completely at her mercy…

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After the Battle and initial Negotiations Drustin get's tired of the constant bickering amongst her own Celtic race. She learns that her older brother might be alive and sets off to find him.

In which questions are answered and answers are questioned.

“The mystery is killing me, Mary.”

She gave me a look that scared the hell out of me. She looked completely lucid and almost frightened. I’ve never seen Mary look like this before.

“No, answers are what are going to kill you, chum.”

Chapter *34*Change of Focus

Jess fetched herself a drink while Mand and I tackled the salad.

Struggles

Sherry Ann

Chapter 8

Resistance

“I need some help today.” Lia Bromely said to her fourteen year old son for the third time.

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A Quiet Strength - Trial and Tribulation
by Anon Allsop

-Part Three-

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Max sat in the quiet solitude of his study sipping on a dark colored liquor from Ariellian IV, when a noise caused him to glance up. It was Elise, she was wrapped in her robe and holding a cup of tea, the string swinging just outside. Max smiled and sat his drink down, "Come in Elise, sit with me awhile."

She slipped inside the room, and settled into a chair opposite her fathers. "What brings you up on such an early hour?

Joshua's Daughter

Ariel Montine Strickland

What if, as a father, you recognized that your child needed you to have faith that she really was your daughter,
in order for her to have faith in THE ONE to make her whole?