epub |eng | | Author:June Hur

* * * Rain drummed on the rooftop of the palanquin. I sat cross-legged, staring at a pair of eyes that held all the annoyance of a guardian who’d had ...

mobi |eng | 2014-12-26 | Author:Amanda H. Podany [Podany, Amanda H.]

7. In this cuneiform letter found in Kanesh, the Assyrian merchant Assur-idi writes to his son Assur-nada about their trading operations transporting textiles to Anatolia. The father and son kept ...

epub |eng | 2021-02-10 | Author:Alexandra Overy

Chapter Twenty-Nine Asya almost wished more mysterious figures would leap out of the shadows. An onslaught of masked assailants would be preferable to the oppressive weight of the courtiers’ accusing, ...

epub |eng | 2020-06-30 | Author:Skye Horn [Horn, Skye]

Chapter 18 “Thea—” Kieran said as the door shut behind them, but Thea spun around to meet his gaze with narrowed eyes. “No. I get to speak, and you get ...

epub |eng | 2019-10-13 | Author:Shonna Slayton [Slayton, Shonna]

That night, Margot sat at the window overlooking the cobbled street below. All she wanted to do was fall asleep and dream so she could talk to the beast, but ...

epub |eng | 2020-04-24 | Author:Catherine Downen [Downen, Catherine]

Chapter 15 I’m not sure how much time has passed when I hear a tree crash to the forest floor. My eyelids had fallen shut, but they jolt open at ...

epub |eng | | Author:Alan Gratz

A plane had hit the South Tower. A second plane. Brandon still couldn’t believe it. But he’d seen it. Flying in, turning at the last second so that it hit ...

epub |eng | | Author:Cynthia White [Cynthia White]

epub |eng | 2021-01-21 | Author:Liz Kessler

ELSA I’m in bed, fast asleep, when I hear noises downstairs. I sit up and rub my eyes. Doors slamming. Raised voices. Something that sounds like furniture being thrown around. ...

epub |eng | 2020-11-08 | Author:Maggie Dallen [Dallen, Maggie]

Ten Lila I knew something was wrong the moment I walked through the door. My sister whirled around in the kitchen, and her eyes went wide with warning. “Tess? What’s ...

epub |eng | 2014-10-16 | Author:G.A. Henty

epub |eng | 2020-05-31 | Author:Shelby Hild [Hild, Shelby]

Chapter 8 Vivilyn couldn’t have been asleep for more than fifteen minutes before someone started pounding on her door. “Go away,” she mumbled. “The sun hasn’t even gotten up, Duncan.” ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-02-10 | Author:Bindings

Chapter Eight TIM LOOKED AROUND HIM. “I—I—did it,” he stammered. “But what exactly did I do?” He stared down at the amulet he still clutched in his hands. Did I ...

mobi, epub |eng | 2012-05-31 | Author:The Dark Flight Down

15 Boy struggled to believe what Bedrich was saying. “Yes, I know about the book. I thought it had been dealt with, long ago.” “How?” cried Boy. “How can you ...

epub |eng | 2020-07-14 | Author:Annie Sullivan

CHAPTER 17 I hear Triton shouting before I even emerge on deck. “Dancing,” he calls. When he spies me stumbling onto the deck, his smile widens. “Ah, you’ve come to ...