When the truck had broken down, Chuck hadn’t said a word. He and Bishop had walked at least two miles, each carrying a big box of parts for one of the rigs. At first, every time they heard an approaching vehicle, they…
“Put your hands on the table,” she ordered. “Palms up.” His bushy eyebrows went up. “So I can read them.” The man narrowed his eyes and, slowly, the smile returned. He flopped his giant hands on the table, turning them over like…
Elena felt out of sorts all night. She had to work his job, too—peeking through the peephole, spying on the line, and letting in the next patron. Then, at the expense of her stature, she had to cross the wagon with the…
Elena woke alone. That morning, moving around the camp, her eyes darted constantly, looking for Bishop. No matter what, there was one thing that he was right about—they had to keep their heads down for a couple of months and the carnival…
Elena was clean and cozy in her soft, tiny bed. If he hadn’t smelled so good when he slipped in behind her, she would have sent him off with an elbow to the ribs. Instead, she felt the warm peace of his…
She was miserable, sitting on a rock in her sweat. Every time she moved, the wind shifted to blow the smoke right into her eyes. Elena folded her arms across her chest as Bishop moved around the circle, laughing and sharing his…
"I heard about that trouble. I also heard that it ended.""Some things stop, but that doesn't mean that they've ended," Alan said. The crisis brought them together before, and now it's calling them back for one more round. Amber is being drawn…
Lightning strikes, trees fall, meteors hit, and dogs attack.You never know what tragedy is right around the corner.You never know which conversation might be your last.The only certainty is that when people are trapped together and chaos erupts, they're going to break…
“That was a good night,” Bishop said. Elena leaned back in her chair and sloughed the jacket from her shoulders. All she could think about was the way that Bishop had just complimented the night. He could have mentioned how she had…
“It’s fine. Everything is going to be fine,” Bishop said. He was peering through the peephole, out into night, while Elena prepared her props. She had a set of crystals on a shelf just under the table next to her stack of…