“What _does_ this mean?” gasped poor Mrs. Knight, almost unable to speak for horror. At the sound of her voice the Rivers stood still, Father Ocean brought his prances to an abrupt close, and slunk down from the platform. All of a sudden, each girl seemed to realize what a condit...
Does he mean Shashi and I will die tomorrow? Or are we to be brought back to Tarq and used as an example? My stomach tightens at either option. My mind races. Whatever happens, I cannot let Shashi die. But however hard I think, I cannot shake the piercing image of Jagmeet’s eyes...
"'Rehabilitated'? Really? What does that mean for us? Dishes duty at camp? Torture? Spending a few years as trees, maybe? It certainly seems to have worked-" Luke bit off the end of his sentence. "Look, Luke," his father said. "The child of the prophecy has made it pretty clear...
I turned away from WX and clapped a single time, pushing my worries about morality and personal ethics and everything in between to the back of my mind. I let the smile that came with knowing that we had just taken the first step to our freedom crack through. “Do you understan...
As tears trickled down Yara’s cheeks, Constance wanted to reach out and hold her, to provide whatever comfort she could. She could imagine Scott doing something similar, but couldn’t imagine losing him; saying goodbye to Joanna had been terrible enough. The creature loomed so closely that ...
"And a brave lad you were, and smart too," answered Silver, shaking hands so heartily that all the barrel shook, "and a finer figurehead for a gentleman of fortune I never clapped my eyes on." By this time I had begun to understand the meaning of their terms. By a "gentleman of...
but the actor has expressed he does not appreciate comments about his physique. In 2021, Hill took toInstagramto plead with fans amidst buzz about his weight loss. "I know you mean well but I kindly ask that you not comment on my body," he wrote in a post. "Good or bad I want to...
Then she clapped her hands. "Hey, I have something to tell you! I had an interview today, and I think they're going to offer me a job--in Fairbanks." "Alaska?" he said. She nodded. "What do you think of that?" "I've always wanted to go to Alaska. Does it look pretty...
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