I have two Iceland horses, a very hairy dog called Looney, and a guinea pig.
Beauty and fear make uneasy companions
The sea always filled her with longing, though for what she was never sure.
Quite suddenly Meggie felt fear rise in her like black brackish water, she felt lost, terribly lost, she felt it in every part of her. She didn't belong here! What had she done?
Power. Intoxicating. Like a fine wine.
The night breathed through the apartment like a dark animal. The ticking of a clock. The groan of a floorboard as he slipped out of his room. All was drowned by its silence. But Jacob loved the night. He felt it on his skin like a promise. Like a cloak woven from freedom and danger.