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...picture. I completed my tasks and returned to my chambers to prepare for the night’s performance. Overhead, I heard a beautiful male voice singing. ... ...led Cesare down to the fifth cellar stall, talking to him the entire way. “Nights like tonight,” I said as I removed the horse’s saddle and began to... ...teful that the building was so quiet. It wasn’t until I had changed into a night rail and settled into bed that I shook with the contained nerves of... ...Chapter 4 I woke the next morning to find another ribbon-wrapped rose on the night stand next to my bed. I inhaled its fragrance and wondered whethe... ...ot. I was not given to such flights of fancy; I shook my head to clear the night’s cobwebs away. I laid out a gown to wear for the day; I would be s... ...d props along the side of the underground lake, and marveled at the unusual trappings of Erik’s daily life. 19 A portcullis raised in the distance... ...nvolved; there were only so many minutes to get through before one might be trapped under the heavy metal grate. We landed at another boat slip, and ... ...ke freely of being paid to serve as the Shah’s assassin, and of the various traps he had built into the palace in Tehran at the Shah’s behest. I w... ...hah’s behest. I was surprised to learn that he had replicated one of those traps, a mirrored room with a hangman’s noose, in his home under the Ope...

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...orship. The priests moved the benches aside, frantically working to uncover a well-hidden trap door. One of the priests whispered, “There is no way... ...d. You have to keep them out long enough!” The three of them finally managed to open the trap door, which revealed a steep set of stairs leading do... ...ng through the door. In despera- tion, the priests above the secret passageway slammed the trap door closed, shutting Rai Aren & Tavius E. 2 the... ... Rai Aren & Tavius E. 2 their companion in below. Quickly, the priests concealed the trap door and placed the benches back over it. They heard... ... long,” Alex said. She put her hand on his shoulder, “We’re going to be pulling some late nights too. We’ll owe you huge.” “Yes, you will,” he said ... ...6 A STARTLING FIND, PRESENT-DAY EGYPT NEITHER Mitch nor Alex got much sleep that night. They had handed over the mysterious chest and its e... ...ccident, the result of a drunk driver who stupidly chose to get behind the wheel late one night, while her father drove home from working late at th... ...eful to be changing the subject. “I’m kind of surprised though that they didn’t call last night with any preliminary finds.” “Yeah, me too, I was ho... ...irst. “Guys?” Alex ventured, “Why are you wearing the same clothes you were wearing last night? I mean, I know fashion isn’t exactly your strong sui...

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... Cameras jostled into position as the lights focused on where Jamieson Stone would do his nightly news; the same seat he had sat in for more than tw... ... anyone else in her position at the other networks, being the head producer of ‘The Stone Nightly News’ was her entrée into an elite circle of Produ... ...d walked away. Jamieson Stone sat there watching at least fifty people preparing for his nightly news cast, plus another twenty he couldn’t see wor... ...to live a double life: his days as an honor student in a prestigious prep-school, and his nights roaming the barrio where he could feel his Latin he... ...ted glass. Barton wondered how many people would be laid off now that Stone was dead. His nightly news show probably represented more than a third of... ...e, Zlatamir and Ramsey were reading from the same script. Zlatamir tried several times to trap me on the meaning of free will. He’s quite intelligent... ...ne such an outstanding job? He didn’t see anyone except Garza, was he alone? If it were a trap, they would all be dead by now. Tomorrow would bring ... ...to kill us.” - J.Cross/Stone 191 “I’ve got to help. The president and my friends are trapped,” he said. “You’ll be safe here. I’ll come back an... ...hrough the police showing their credentials. Once they exited the hotel, they found a cab trapped by police cars. Brand and Cummings jumped in, whil...

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...n turned his back on the other man. “Fine. I’ll come.” “Be there tomorrow night, Stefan, don’t be late,” Drayden warned and sheathed his dagger. “Don... ...when Naiya sounded so…so reasonable. “No, I’ll be fine. I’m going to bed. Night.” She sniffled, angrily wiping away her tears. She heard Naiya sigh a... ...eel like going.” “Why would you be tired? You went to bed around nine last night. Plenty of rest time.” “I had trouble sleeping and I had really stran... ...oor. “Thanks, Naiya!” She stared at the shower. True, she’d taken one last night but her body felt stiff. A quick glance at the clock assured her tha... ...n front of Laylah. “Yes, they do. Sit. Eat. What did you dream about last night that kept you from sleeping?” She put Laylah's customary veggie drink... ...ch is what he wanted in the first place.” “Yeah, and sent you right into a trap.” Donil snarled. He couldn’t fathom her defense of Jacques. Did she v... ...u can even feed Zina tiny bits of information that push her closer to our trap. Remember, whoever you pick has to be able to act the part of religio... ...grim look. Laylah was baffled and she froze, too scared to move. She felt trapped and the feeling increased when Jacques came and stood a foot behin... ...fferent with much riding on tonight’s hunt. The prey would not escape the trap. Mya had better be right. Her private musings were interrupted by the...

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... where to go. I don’t want to make it easy on them. I just hope we’re not trapped down here,” Vincent answered. “That’s um…that’s great. We might be... ...got into the driver’s seat. The convertible top was up; afer all, October nights in New England usually didn’t lend themselves to being convertible ... ...cle leathers and boots. She had a pistol holstered on her right hip and a nightstick on her lef hip. She probably would have been a model if things ... .... The sound of explosions and gunfre began to fll what had been a silent night. “C’mon guys, let’s get these Seeker bastards!” Lexi yelled. “ Are y... ... of the bullets passed by the strange aircraf and few harmlessly into the night. He did not know how many but at least a couple of the rounds struck... ...o even be on the road. Everyone knew that the Seekers primarily struck at night, which was the most advantageous to them. As Lexi sped down the dese... ...ook his head, “No, it’s a damn road block. I think it may be some kind of trap.” 54 Mike Saxton “That whole danger sense thing?” John questioned. “I... ...ves, nor did they feel fear at the realization that they had triggered a trap. The explosion that ensued killed both instantly, their armor unable ... .... “Basically, there was a radiation leak and two nuclear technicians were trapped with it. I decided to play hero and get them out and was exposed ...

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...his squeaking vehicle, and filling it to its tattered brim with a rainbow of offerings. At night, he stowed it under the cart, locking it behind it... ... daring to suggest we call it a day. "Don't be a jinx!" – he rasps – "You don't retire on a night like this with Lady Luck herself in partnership. T... ...wakes from interrupted slumber. It's just the two of us against the weary staff. As autumn night is pierced by moonlight, the practiced smiles are ... ...loomy curve. Eli and I, left crouching on a foreign hillside, far from any settlement, the night a velvet murk. Eli ascends the road, takes me in t... ... on your driver if in doubt. Pay heed to dubious characters and odd behaviours. Our bus is trapped in a honking row of cars, under a seething sun. ... ... A passenger tilts and hisses in her ear: "Child murderer." She recoils from the gathering nightmare and bellows, addressing the jam- packed bus: "... ... She tries to extricate herself by moving towards his cubicle. Some women mesh their hands, trapping her flapping arms, flailing about, her cheeks l... ...now, eyes shut, our lengthy lashes – both mine and his – attached to fluttering lids. Birds trapped in quivering arteries flap at his throat. He is ... ...ly. He thinks this can't be true, something must be wrong with the girl, that this may be a trap. She must be married – he freaks. "We are so misera...

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...alled A-back. Maybe having his Porn stay over at their house the previous night was disrespectful to his wife but nice or offensive behavior was base... ...ing for the opportunity of having one's sandals fall apart or getting them trapped deep into the soil of the rice field so as to have an excuse to get... ...hen a cremation and the selling of property; the drive from Ayutthaya; the night at someone's house in some type of a fever or hallucination; mosquito... ... He felt: "I have been where you are with a hair net on my head, many late nights splintered on a wooden stool, or placid on a red plastic stool, stre... ...h him, he tried to memorize the feeling. He remembered those years of nights in Ayutthaya when his work had ended and he was free of the vending ... ... reprieve from the gaseous smoke of cooked food (grilled pork and chicken) trapped between canopy roofs and sidewalk. His reprieve and liberation was ... ...elt more than thought: "Your reflexive and monotonous perfunctory days and nights are gloomy in starlessness. Face draped on the backs of your hands f... ...estion made irascible beings used to the quick weltering motion of freedom trapped in their own thoughts. Horns, at that time sounded from all directi... ...d having been very hot the previous night and how he had felt so miserably trapped under the mosquito net like a fish in the web and snare of its net....

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... You’d have to wait at least twenty minutes or more for a cab this time of night.” Cade gave her a doubtful look. “Fine, the nearest coffee shop.”... ...k. “Fine, the nearest coffee shop.” Julia was at the end of her rope. Her night was rapidly declining from dismal to dreadfully depressing. “How ... ...sed it up but the invitation was too irresistible. It was just dinner. One night with Cade, the object of her girlhood fantasies. What could it hu... ... to be alone with him, she certainly didn’t want it end like this. And her night had started out so well. Julia rolled her eyes. “Do you know wher... ... 18 into Cade’s inner sanctuary of crushed dreams and bitter regret for one night. He was starting to look a little less than larger than life and ... ...hat again,” he ground out, leaning heavily against the door and effectively trapping her between his body and the thick wooden surface. “I wasn’t th... ... than watch it unfold like an episode of Grey’s Anatomy on CNN.” Julia felt trapped. There was no way Gregory would let her out of this case, not to... ...said, relieved. Gregory let her off the hook — for now. Though she knew a trap when she saw one. If he got even token resistance out of her on thi... ...is turn to shrug. “How sad you are, Cade. How pathetic to still be a boy trapped in a man’s body. Tell me. Are you still trying to figure out w...

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...hts. She was more than wicked. She was a liar and a charlatan. And she had trapped him. "You realize your mistake too late, Kane." Desert Dreams by G... ...ert's random fury. He welcomed the intrusion, swallowing hints of the cool night air seeping in through the opened ruag. "This is how you repay me," h... ...ts all these years. What had been sleeping and living between them day and night. Your fault, girl. Your job. Your fault. "Terre..." "My job is just a... ... tired, exhausted actually. All I want to do is salvage what's left of the night and get some sleep so I can be ready..." She saw the grimace before s... ..., she didn't want any of it to reflect on Amber. "Am I sensing another all-nighter?" "Probably." Jury will kill me. * * * * Desert Dreams by Gracie C... ...tairs. She wanted to get one more look at the ewer before she left for the night. She got to the bottom step, not knowing what to look out for, not un... ...ing her personal space in a decidedly frightening but stimulating way, and trapping her against the arm of the sectional. "I do not understand. What i... ...asp. Had mawla been leading him on all along? Had she led him today into a trap? Would it be so beyond the realm of possibilities that she was keeping... ...threshold beside Bari, took in the cozy scene of her sister-in-law Candida trapping Kane in a corner of Jamilah's wheat twill sectional. God, the woma...

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...e twins aren’t the only ones with special abilities and it becomes apparent that someone is coming for them.Will James and Sam be able to survive the nightmare into which they have been plunged? Who, or what, is behind the murders at the hospital? And was that terrorist incident quite so random after all?...

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... Press Conference................................................ 48 Chapter 6 – Night Terrors...................................................... ... ...e hoped Mum wouldn’t be too cross or upset. “I saw you on Comic Relief the other night, Blake,” shouted out Emma Venton. “You pretend that you thin... ...noise, the pain – and the panic! That horrible claustrophobic sensation of being trapped and knowing that you are going to die! Then there was that ... ...lot of my friends work for the US networks, and they’re on the phone to me every night asking ‘How are the children? Have you spoken to the parents?... ...ave Sturn looked at each other. They had found their story. 60 Chapter 6 – Night Terrors Sunday 12 June Samantha Blake was awake. She was not... ...ut constantly referring to her mobile and the internet. It was the middle of the night and her room felt more like a prison. All she could see were ... ... sweetly. Brilliant. She couldn’t believe Harden had blundered into such a basic trap. She left it hanging for two seconds and then switched to Soam... ...king out loud. She remembered some things from the bombing now. How she had been trapped and wished she was strong enough to get free. How she had b... ... Miss Sharma is going to experience what my poor Philip experienced when he was trapped in the burning coach. She’s going to know how it felt.” Mrs...

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...ou might not know it but you, everyone you know and the world itself are all but figments in the imagination of a Storyteller on another planet. Each night foolish creatures called Bloons gather around him to listen to the latest crazy antics of Hoomanity. But it seems as though the Story itself has gotten out of control. The Hoomans appear set on a course of self-destruct...

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... Swallowing heavily, he raised his head and continued: ‘For ten thou- sand nights I have told you the Story, and for ten thousand nights you have gat... ...en. Once, the looks on your faces inspired me to carry on living, as each night we travelled together through the latest chapter. I sup- pose that, f... ... f nally taken the very life out of me and soon I shall die. Ten thousand nights is far too short a time to have lived with such delightful folk, bu... ... ing with laughter, and they spent their days chatting about the previous night’s chapter. In reality, of course, they had little else to do – life i... ...es, the long mornings of making up songs beside the wine-streams, and the nights of playing dot-to-dot with the stars. There was not one Bloon whom ... ... ‘I just stood up here to speak because … because sometimes when you feel trapped you have to do something really foolish. If you want to stay free, ... ...he murmured. The Storyteller had explained how the Hoomans had learned to trap Eleckytrons, the tiny creatures of light. Normally, they lived by day... ...of them coming out at night to honour the moon and stars. But the Hoomans trapped them inside glass cages and forced them to dance each time they th... ...followed close behind Theo as Lou led them along the corridor to a wooden trapdoor in the f oor that led to a dark basement. Bozo often went quiet w...

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...reatplate, a very spiritual man who believesd in a mystical star pathway to the spirit world. She tells Hawk legend has it he will be rewarded with a night vision and a meeting with the Soul Bearer. ...

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...At the age of five he asked his grandfather about the strange visions he had at night when he slept. His grandfather quizzed him intensely about the... ...ent with him. His grandfather became his personal guide through the maze of his night visions, explaining how special he was, and that only a few ha... ...er's edge his grandfather told him that he, too, had been given the gift of the night visions. His eyes sparkled when he told him how proud he was t... ...d in the web. The great sun that warmed the Mother Earth, the moon that lit the night, even the stars that sparkled like distant fireflies, were all... ...told him. Young Seattle forgot nothing and ifhe did he would be reminded in his night visions. They spoke little about daily life as he grew up and ... ...bout interviewing, it was about investigating; Brent wanted the dirt. They were trapped. Emily was fuming. They both sat down. "So," Dan Jacobs bega... ... and ran to the collapsed mine to see if there was any chance to dig out their trapped comrades before the lethal coal dust choked them into oblivi... ...ere watching in utter shock at what they believed to be certain death for their trapped com­ rades. "Take hold of the end," Aaron screamed above the ... ...ced under a beam 96 Johnathan Cross that's wedged sideways. There are others trapped below us." "Take the pipe and push it down to the next level...

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...ng a gentle tweak at her arm; and spoke, "Nihalo, I think we should tell them, at your home, everything, we talked about or did, during the past many nights, except that, what you prompted me to do, when you could not take off your tight polyester slacks, while getting ready for a hot shower, in the bathroom." ............. "Oh, dear me! Miss Bhattiyaran, you haven't abu...

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...ng a gentle tweak at her arm; and spoke, "Nihalo, I think we should tell them, at your home, everything, we talked about or did, during the past many nights, except that, what you prompted me to do, when you could not take off your tight polyester slacks, while getting ready for a hot shower, in the bathroom." ............. "Oh, dear me! Miss Bhattiyaran, you haven't abu...

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...ith something before straightening up and signalling to me to pull the cord. Silently, the segments separated and opened, lotus-like, to reveal the night sky. Plastic glitter was replaced by that of a myriad of stars. A spontaneous burst of applause heralded Max as he balanced on the rim between two ‘petals’. Godlike, he raised his arms for silence then, eyes wide, mouth...

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...where her presence is needed more than here in India.” Thus, the young girl of around 20, having finished the studies for degree course, fell into a trap of some racketeer dealing in the unlawful business of providing `ovaries on rent` to the needy couples. “Of course, during our studentship together, we used to feel the impact of women’s emancipation, now we have to s...

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...where her presence is needed more than here in India.” Thus, the young girl of around 20, having finished the studies for degree course, fell into a trap of some racketeer dealing in the unlawful business of providing `ovaries on rent` to the needy couples. “Of course, during our studentship together, we used to feel the impact of women’s emancipation, now we have to s...

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...lation between Clark Kent and Superman, but I’m a hundred times sharper than her.” “Fine. So spill it. How did you find us?” Frank peeked up at the night sky that was dotted with millions of sparkling stars. “Well, for starters, I went back and read all the newspaper reports. Isn’t this the place where your sister disappeared when she was fifteen? What was that, about te...

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... and then he would come and take me in his arms. The storm will rage all night and the gutters spew, and I will rage at my soli- tude, a solitude th... ...d? P Fog, as grey as a shepherd’s cloak, ruffled the bay for a day and a night. Then, stabbing us, came clarity, and inside that clarity, centered ... ...oth un- derneath our feet, we sat alone, some rooster vaguely saluting the night, the movement of the surf faint, almost lost. I crushed some daphne ... ... some special message. P The banquet honoring the warriors was held last night. Alcaeus had his collection of war shields displayed on his dining r... ...ause of the wars. If he were here, she would not think of slipping off at night. She looks much like him. I remember his face, the candid eyes and l... ...d if he took her home with him...” I still waited. Somewhere there was a trap. Rhodopis had not written, then met me, without a purpose. “Perhaps ... ... those worries swept back again, distorted. Confused, I could feel myself trapped. I knew that in those eyes opposite me, death sat there, at least ... ...uty. I must capture the magnificence of the sea and use its power. I must trap changes and repetitions, the storm’s core and summer’s laziness. Ther...