Now forget the damn dress.

Joel’s face swam across my vision and I blinked, goose bumps running up my arms. I shook his memory away, determined to stay focused, although my heart caved at the thought of his last words...

zip up your fly, Don Juan.” She rolled her eyes and turned for the door.

Forcefully,” he winked.

Okay, you’re starting to talk board game. Let’s go home, babe. I’ll get you into bed.

I saw it in his eyes, first—the beginning of the end, the beginning of things to come. The blackest night, they cut into me, paralyzing my trembling body. Not even the gods could sense my...

Yeah, well … you know how we hobbits like to eat.

I looked around the room, at everyone who inhabited the space, person and monster, slave and master, aware we were in the madness together, swirling around in the same mess, all out to get something,...