Stories by Claudia

Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER NINETY Saturday morning — 1:20 A.M. Sandy opened the door to her condo apartment and took a deep breath. She’d always loved the smell of her very own home. Even after being closed up for so many weeks, her home still smelled safe. That’s how [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER FOUR Raz threw himself on top of Alex. They fell backwards in her chair just before a particularly violent explosion. The lights in the room flickered, sparked then went out. The room shook. Every chair fell over. The mortar made a tinkling sound as it fell onto the concrete floor. A portion [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-NINE Friday evening — 6:15 P.M. Delphie almost collapsed with relief when Johansen released her. In the last few hours, he had been brutal with her. She wasn’t sure if the old man was getting careless or simply didn’t care if he hurt her. At [...]

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Previous Chapters CHAPTER THREE Raz hesitated. Alex reassured him by putting her hand on his elbow. He looked into her face then nodded. They followed the man toward the forest. “That’s Perses.” The apparition of Alex’s best-friend Sergeant Jesse Abreu appeared beside her. Alex nodded her head slightly. As usual, Jesse continued in Spanish: “The [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-EIGHT Friday evening — 5:45 P.M. Jacob stepped through the doorway and listened. He could hear Valerie screaming in the kitchen. Valerie’s pain and terror threatened to overwhelm his little brother self. He had to stay focused. He pushed away everything other than his singular [...]

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CHAPTER TWO Two months later Monday early-morning March 24 – 4:30 A.M. MDT Denver, Colorado “It’s weird, isn’t it?” Alex lifted her head from the pillow to kiss her husband, John. Like most mornings, they started the day in each other’s embrace. “What’s weird?” she asked. “How everything can be the same.” His British accented [...]

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Previous Chapters Recap of the Beginning and character summary CHAPTER EIGHTY-SEVEN Friday morning — 5:25 A.M. Dressed in her pajamas, Jill ran down the stairs from the loft. Her bare feet made a tight drumbeat as she pounded past the landing. Slipping around the corner, she almost ran over Honey. Honey had been wheeling at [...]

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Today is the first day of my novel, Learning to Stand. Learning to Stand is the second book in the Alex the Fey thriller series.  The novel will appear one chapter at a time for the rest of the year. Learning to Stand is available in paperback at Amazon books or through our store. Enjoy! [...]

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