Taming Your Gremlin Novels & Stories

“Go, landlubber!” {Untie the gaskets,} Temujin kept repeating to himself what Sasha had taught him. He avoided looking down at the deck or the waters beyond it that were at least seventy-five feet below. He made the hand seal of Pyō the Great Thunderbolt and chanted: “I am fearless.” From his navel, a red string of energy flowed upwards in sync with his breathing. Then he cast sparks to every one of the gaskets and created timed fuses. On deck, Sasha made the hand seal of Rin the Diamond Thunderbolt and shouted, “I am strong!”

In that instant, the weight of his own expectations and the complexity of human dynamics unfolded before him. "You have to do as Alex said, but first, before you leave, you must get your hands on the blueprints of his company," the voice on the other end commanded, their words echoing with a sense of urgency. As the instructions unfolded, Chris let out a heavy sigh, summoning every ounce of self-control to push back the tidal wave of rage that threatened to consume him.

She smiled, feeling grateful for their help and professionalism. But just as the last box was loaded into the truck, Brixlee's excitement turned into a sinking feeling of dread. The engine rumbled to life, and the truck began inching forward. Panic shot through her veins, freezing her momentarily in place. This couldn't be happening, not now, not when she was so close to completing her move.

I ran into the woods to ease my discomfort. Suddenly, the gray layer of fur on my back from neck to tail seemed to glow. That gave me a burning sensation. I stopped and screamed loudly. Oux came from behind me and tried to approach me again. Oux asked, "Lesa, what happened to you? Your gray layer is glowing." Lesa growled at Oux and said, "It burns. I feel like I should attack you." Oux replied, "try to calm down." Lesa asked, "How can I calm down?"

He looked totally confident, relaxed, completely fearless. The soft rumbling in Zendedari’s throat increased; his fingers tightened possessively, crushing bones and tendon in Caitlin’s upper arm. Kendalf stopped moving immediately. "I am sorry, woman, I know you are weak, but you will have to move to the other side of him or he will not allow me to help," Kendalf instructed calmly. What we need, Enoch, is Raven’s calming influence. You look about as reassuring as a Bengal tiger. Oh, and you look like a bunny rabbit, Enoch scoffed.

//Good morning, I just read your message, be sure to rest well, xoxo, Andromeda// Then I pressed the send button, it was directed to the person named as Mister CEO/Crabby. I probably should sleep more since I don't have to go to work, although I am unsure if my anticipation of receiving a message back would let me get more sleep. Getting my fork, and pinning the remaining kelps, I chewed everything and finished in an instant.

I moved more aggressively to pull myself from them, but it was futile. I decided to calm down and just let them do whatever they wanted. "What will you do? Will you kidnap me?" I asked apathetically. "You finally calmed down, huh. That's a sudden change in your mood, interesting," said the bald guy with a beer. "Could you just freaking put me down?! I won't go anywhere, okay?! Just put away those filthy hands off me!" I screamed at both the guys gripping my arm. They loosened their grip, and I breathed heavily.

Alex's Pov The words on the page danced away from one another and then back together again, colliding and rolling over one another. They swam across the white background from one end to another and shrieked in alarm and scurried out of the way of one solitary raindrop. I blinked quickly, causing more raindrops to fall. I snapped the book shut. Crying was useless. I'd done enough of that the night before and again this morning. I dragged my forearm across my eyes a little forcefully, the rough fabric grazing my skin.