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Chapter 60: Fairies
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Beth was thankful that she wasn't afraid of heights and under different circumstances she might have enjoyed the flight over Center City. Instead she'd been terrified. Now she paced in a room in a house in West Philadelphia. A row house and they were on the end. She'd had the state of mind to memorize where she was. She didn't have her phone. It was still at Grotesque. Or wherever Trent was, she was sure. She'd learned early on not to rely on her parents so even if she knew where they were, she wouldn't have expected them to help her. She was on her own. Looking around the room, she was on the second floor. Out one window was a roof that she could jump onto, but could she jump down from there? Who waited for her at the bottom? Not knowing what was going to happen, she needed to take action. It was part of her training as a nurse.Standing by and awaiting her fate wasn't in her makeup. Her parents had never understood that. Standing a little back from the window she observed the yard
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"No.""Yes Trent. Come on. Go back to gargoyle form and take me with you."Beth stood with her hands on her hips. He'd seen that stance more than once while she'd been working. She wasn't going to give in. His eyes fell closed. He didn't have a choice did he?"Fine."He transformed. He grabbed his backpack and he gently clutched her in his claws. Taking off he headed back to the house in West Philadelphia. A battle raged in the skies over Philadelphia and he hoped that no one was watching. Or maybe it was time for humans to discover what was going on. Maybe it was time for them to open their eyes and see that their world was very different than what they thought it was. He didn't consider himself a crusader and he'd have to talk to his fellow gargoyles. They might want to continue living under the radar. It wasn't his choice alone to make. On the other hand, the goblins were taking over the world. He couldn't stand by and let that happen. Donal and his wife stood on the roof and took
Gargoyles in Uniform Chapter 63: Normal Life Again
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Gargoyles in Uniform Chapter 64: Hiding Out
Trent hoped that Beth would be successful, but he also hoped that she would come back to him. He missed her and he hadn't even kissed the woman. Now he waited for his partners as he sat at the island at Deke's place. Deke cooked lunch for them. Whitney, Deke's wife and fairy, had taken their child out to the park and would be back at some point. "Thanks for letting me use your place, Deke.""I'm always the one cooking. We might die if you did it.""I'm not that bad. You are just that much better than I am," Trent said."It's all in the details."Kel was the first to show up. He was back only a few days from his honeymoon with his wife and fairy, Maggie. Pete and Ben arrived at the same time. Both of them were single and Trent hoped they at least would be on his side."So why are we here other than Deke's great food?" Ben asked. He would be the one to start the conversation. Pete was probably the quietest of them all so he wouldn't. Trent wiped his hands on his napkin then looked aro
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Gargoyles in Uniform Chapter 66: Her Boss's Demand
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Gargoyles in Uniform Chapter 67: Danger
His phone went silent. "Is there a problem?" Jenna asked."Don't know.""Do you know the cause of the power outage?" she asked. "Not my concern at the moment.""Well if it's temporary we could wait it out," she said. "Miss, please stop talking. I'm thinking."Well. Okay. She crossed her arms. She could think her way out of this problem. If he could by pass the electronic doors they could be out of here. What was he waiting for?Before she could open her mouth a shrill siren went off. **Crap. Someone—or many someones—were in the facility. The backup generator hadn't come on, but Pete knew the route to the exit. How were the intruders getting in? "Let's go."His best bet was to get out. He had to get the scientist out since he had no idea what was going on and he didn't have the wherewithal to make a stand. If Anthony was gone then Pete was on his own. He grabbed the woman's hand. "Come on.""I'm Jenna."She wanted an introduction? "Pete."He dragged her down the hallway. "Could
Gargoyles in Uniform Chapter 68: Oh Crud
Pete paced as they waited for Donal. He wanted Jenna away from him as soon as possible. If she was his fairy, he wanted nothing to do with her. Having watched his father die a slow death without his mother had convinced Pete he wasn't interested in finding his fairy. His relationships lasted only six weeks. That was his rule. Any longer, and he would risk getting too involved. Of course, he'd known none of them were his fairy. Still, he hadn't risked his heart. He could live his whole live by himself."Do you have to pace?" she asked."Yes."He didn't make eye contact with her. His uniform scratched and he undid the top button on his shirt. The weather was turning and thankfully the humidity was almost gone for the fall. She was attractive. Dark curls had fallen out of her bun. They framed her round face. He shouldn't notice that. He shouldn't notice in the rising light that she had dimples in that round face. "Should we talk about it?" she asked.That question stopped him. Had she se
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