Edge of Dark

Timeline: November 29, 2008 It was a day after Chaska, Lyla, and Michael got back after hiding the bronze wheel in the ancient pyramid in Shadow. Michael was feeling on edge as of late, due to things that have happened over the past six months that he was away with Ramiel. So steeling himself, just in case ...

Timeline: November 29th, 2008, late evening Lyla was alone in her office. She put down several pages she was reading and pressed play on a recording. She didn’t like what she heard. Not at all. Her mood from early that day was gone, replaced now by one of somber horror. She listened to the voices on ...

Timeline: Later November 2008 Michael had gone off to bed, and the hour was late. Looking at the clock Ramiel realized that Lyla should have been home over an hour ago. Normally he would not care if she was gone all night but they still had business. He had hoped she was going to jump him ...

Timeline: Fall, 2008 The evening had been an eventful one. Lyla and Rey had been working the bar that night (which was good — Friday was the best night for tips!). Most of the rest of the pack was off doing various things, but Chaska was there relaxing in a booth. He’d taken to looking out ...

Timeline: May 2, 2008 Rey sat on a rough wooden stool, roasting a hot dog on a stick over the fire she’d built next to the cabin. Behind her she’d laid out a blanket, with a picnic basket filled with food. She’d planned to lay outside and look at the stars for a while, and hoped ...

Timeline: June, 2008 “It’s a graveyard charade it’s a late shift masquerade” Nighthawks – Tom Waits Closing time at the Blood and Brew. Ann-Marie hadn’t been back there often. Out of town exploring, learning or doing missions has occupied her time. Her humanity had been ripped at, tried and tested, yet so far she had done well. ...

Timeline: June 5th, 2008 Ann-Marie had been away for a while, out to see an old friend in Albany, and of course her adventure with Lyla had been completed a month earlier. Ann had been satisfied to know, despite a dramatic ending to the trip, that there were no other vampires that she could find in ...

Timeline: May 5th, 2008 Ann-Marie had returned to the hotel. The events of the night and the wounds suffered by her friends concerned her. This ‘wound’ she knew little about, though she wished to stand by Lyla and Chaska despite the risks. Michael’s games considering the situation seemed childish to her, she thought. More dangerously, his ...

Timeline: Mid-May, 2008 Michael heard the chime of the door to his shop opening. When he looked to see who it was, to his surprise he saw Rey. Michael set down the Colt 1911A1 .45 pistol he was cleaning, and approached the conter to see what Rey needed. “I’m a little curious to see you here,” Michael ...

Timeline: May 5th, 2008 Lyla and Chaska walked briskly back to the motel. They knew there wasn’t any immediate danger but it did not stop the anxiety that both of them were experiencing. Chaska turned to Lyla while they walked. “So are we going to have to try and kill them or do we run when this ...