Hurricanes have a way of blowing away the old, leaving one to rebuild something new. Two evacuees are placed together by circumstance and something starts happening.
After Jacob rescued eight year old Hollie from a terrible fate, he presented her as his daughter from a previous marriage rather than turning her over to state authorities. Neither of them realized how this would change their lives. Why had Hollie runaway? Who were her parents and why weren't they looking for her? Also, who was this man who had rescued her? The answers eventually emerged, surprising everyone.
I spent a decade in Washington working with NSA and later DHS. This story depicts the DC culture as I witnessed it. I posted the original on another site, a while back. I thought I'd spiff it up and re-post it here. A few of you might think that I'm describing a den of iniquity. In the immortal words of Francis Urquhart "You might very well think that; I couldn't possibly comment."
A Poacher's Progress Story (7) The Royal Progress is curtailed, but the threat to Jack's family remains. A series of domestic and family arrangements takes place in Grantham, and closer links are forged with Kensington Palace. To maintain the domestic bliss he now enjoys Jack knows eventually he will have to locate and kill Eloise de La Zouche. A trip to Paris uncovers a hidden talent in Mimi, and a summons to the Foreign Office places Jack in charge of an academic endeavour. More travelling ensues.
Small town girl Liz Parker is about to learn all the stories of Roswell isn't as out-there as she thought. Now, with the moonrise, she'll discover her own life is a lot more out-there - the animal in her is waking.
Mark and Julia attend a dinner party and find themselves drawn into an unimaginable realm, one with people of extraordinary strength and mental prowess, where relationship boundaries are fluid and wrong choices can be fatal. A world defined by hidden agendas, shifting alliances, deep intimacy and dangerous liaisons.