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Complete, First published Aug 26, 2013
When Tristan and Catherine meet, he immediately possesses her body, soon wants her mind, but has no interest in her heart. Nor his. While he happily feeds a darkness within him, she nervously runs from a past that predates her birth. Love, nice and stable are not even on the radar . . .
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Catherine physically escapes her dark past only to realize that the running in her mind, however, has not ended, and that, in order to cope with this continued racing away from a past that she refuses to recall, and from another that she could never fathom to be her own, strong emotions must never possess her. Remaining "even" must therefore be her normalcy.
Even. In order that she not emotionally swing from one extreme to another, and then catastrophically lose all of herself with the momentum.
Even. Because she believes that people suffer bad luck, or even die, when she is not.
When her self-imposed limited existence is nevertheless breached by Tristan, he owns no white horse, although he is seen upon one professionally, and he behaves in no way with chivalry, although he does own a suit of it for show. He, however, uses neither with her.
He possesses her.
He immediately sets new rules for her in his world, harsh ones, and she has no choice but to obey them. Him.
Soon enough, however, what begins to matter most is that she no longer runs alone, even if now being chased by their blend of demons.
What begins to matter even more is that he may know where the finish line is, and be strong enough to guide them there, eventually, with her as his muse, as his reason to want to reach it.
(P.S. Tristan first appears in chapter Four . . . )All Rights ReservedTable of contents
- Preface/NoteFri, Dec 20, 2013
- One - Escape . . . And AgainMon, Aug 26, 2013
- Two - MalikaMon, Aug 26, 2013
- Three - The "Job Interview"Fri, Aug 30, 2013
- Four - TristanFri, Aug 30, 2013
- Five - PossessionFri, Sep 13, 2013
- Six - UnfriendedFri, Sep 27, 2013
- Seven - The ScareSat, Sep 28, 2013
- Eight - CrutchesMon, Sep 30, 2013
- Nine - The Dresser Drawer/All HisSun, Oct 6, 2013
- Ten - Year Anniversary -- The PromotionMon, Oct 14, 2013
- Eleven - Master Tristan's Totem EntrySun, Oct 27, 2013
- Twelve - LovelyMon, Nov 4, 2013
- Thirteen - Everyone Can SeeSun, Nov 10, 2013
- Fourteen - The Rules of Weekend PlaySat, Nov 16, 2013
- Fifteen - Take It OffSat, Dec 7, 2013
- Sixteen - The Old Master's BlessingSat, Dec 14, 2013
- Seventeen - The First Circus ShowSun, Dec 22, 2013
- Eighteen - Another Punishment That FitsTue, Dec 24, 2013
- Nineteen - Mini-ContestThu, Dec 26, 2013
- Twenty - Line RacingThu, Dec 26, 2013
- Twenty-One - Be the ManFri, Dec 27, 2013
- Twenty-Two - Winning PraiseFri, Dec 27, 2013
- Twenty-Three - The Musician, the Juggler, and the TrampolineMon, Dec 30, 2013
- Twenty-Four - Effortless Mini-ContestWed, Jan 1, 2014
- Twenty-Five - Help On the Way In, Help on the Way OutSun, Feb 23, 2014
- Twenty-Six - Too Much QuietFri, Jan 3, 2014
- Twenty-Seven - AppetizerFri, Jan 3, 2014
- Twenty-Eight - Seeing RedMon, Jan 6, 2014
- Twenty-Nine - Removing TristanMon, Jan 6, 2014
- Thirty - Play Must Go OnSat, Jan 11, 2014
- Thirty-One - Shameful Spice DelightSat, Jan 11, 2014
- Thirty-Two - Donovan and Catherine Play DoctorSat, Jan 18, 2014
- Thirty-Three - WallsSat, Jan 25, 2014
- Thirty-Four - Sir?Sat, Feb 1, 2014
- Thirty-Five - Shooting for the MoonsThu, Feb 6, 2014
- Thirty-Six - Line CrossingSat, Feb 8, 2014
- Thirty-Seven - We Have Company/Almost NormalSat, Feb 15, 2014
- Thirty-Eight - True, True, True. But Once Is EnoughSat, Feb 15, 2014
- Thirty-Nine - To Not Be BlindedSat, Feb 22, 2014
- Forty - Banning Bliss GiftingFri, Feb 28, 2014
- Forty-One - Body Parts and Mind PiecesSat, Mar 8, 2014
- Forty-Two - Not WholeSat, Mar 15, 2014
- Forty-Three - Cartoon Noses (Part 1)Sat, Mar 22, 2014
- Forty-Four - Cartoon Noses (Part 2)Sat, Mar 22, 2014
- Forty-Five - Cartoon Noses (Part 3)Sat, Mar 22, 2014
- Forty-Six - Curious AssistanceSat, Mar 22, 2014
- Forty-Seven - Favourite InsultSat, Mar 22, 2014
- Forty-Eight - Out AloneSat, Apr 5, 2014
- Forty-Nine - The Coatroom JailSat, Apr 19, 2014
- Fifty - Missing CommandmentsSat, May 3, 2014
- Fifty-One - Overruled: Punishing the Innocent and Defending BadSat, May 3, 2014
- Fifty-Two - Overprotective Is No Longer A Dirty WordSat, May 10, 2014
- Fifty-Three - Sides of FreakishSat, May 10, 2014
- Fifty-Four - Out Of PlaceSat, May 17, 2014
- Fifty-Five - The Other TeamSat, May 17, 2014
- Fifty-Six - Broken. So Broken.Sat, May 17, 2014
- Fifty-Seven - Soft Curls' Continuing Video ObsessionFri, May 23, 2014
- Fifty-Eight - Paper Issues CreakingFri, May 23, 2014
- Fifty-Nine - Older Writer, Younger WriterFri, May 30, 2014
- Sixty - Is This Composing?Fri, May 30, 2014
- Sixty-One - The Refundables Must Get Their TurnFri, Jun 6, 2014
- Sixty-Two - Daughters Left Grasping At StrawsFri, Jun 6, 2014
- Sixty-Three - Women Left Grasping At Damage ControlFri, Jun 6, 2014
- Sixty-Four - Grasping At Age, At What Is Less, At What Is MoreFri, Jun 6, 2014
- Sixty-Five - When Tristan Tells You Not To Do Something . . .Fri, Jun 6, 2014
- Sixty-Six - Reality's Returning GripFri, Jun 13, 2014
- Sixty-Seven - Dinner With the GirlsFri, Jun 13, 2014
- Sixty-Eight - Beat ItFri, Jun 13, 2014
- Sixty-Nine - Just a Few Steps Away?Wed, Jun 25, 2014
- Seventy - VivianThu, Jun 26, 2014
- Seventy-One - Yet Another Contribution to the Death FileFri, Jun 27, 2014
- Seventy-Two - MouthpieceSun, Jun 29, 2014
- Seventy-Three - Laura Is Its NameMon, Jun 30, 2014
- Seventy-Four - The World in a Warped Ballroom. All of Life in One Weekend.Tue, Jul 1, 2014
- Seventy-Five - Not SubmittingSat, Jul 5, 2014
- Seventy-Six - Back To Playing FormTue, Jul 15, 2014
- Seventy-Seven - What Have I Done?Tue, Jul 22, 2014
- Seventy-Eight - Foreseeing DeathSun, Aug 3, 2014
- Seventy-Nine - Cleanup In Aisle NineThu, Aug 14, 2014
- Eighty - Cleanup In Tristan's PantsMon, Aug 25, 2014
- Eighty-One - Removing Catherine From TristanSun, Aug 31, 2014
- Eighty-Two - Trial Separation?Wed, Sep 10, 2014
- Eighty-Three - Stay CloseFri, Sep 19, 2014
- Eighty-Four - TouchedMon, Sep 29, 2014
- Eighty-Five - Disturbing PeaceFri, Oct 3, 2014
- Eighty-Six - Denial, Squared?Mon, Oct 13, 2014
- Eighty-Seven - Over-layTue, Oct 21, 2014
- Eighty-Eight - Betrayal, Squared?Fri, Oct 31, 2014
- Eighty-Nine - Take Her DownTue, Nov 11, 2014
- Ninety- HeelFri, Nov 21, 2014
- Ninety-One - Hot and ColdMon, Dec 1, 2014
- Ninety-Two - Love Song FuseMon, Dec 1, 2014
- Ninety-Three - Just Be My Good GirlMon, Dec 1, 2014
- Ninety-Four - TumblingSun, Dec 14, 2014
- Ninety-Five - Colour-Coded MastersMon, Dec 22, 2014
- Ninety-Six -It's Up to YouThu, Dec 25, 2014
- Ninety-Seven - I Reminded You of YouThu, Dec 25, 2014
- Ninety-Eight - AlignmentSun, Dec 28, 2014
- Ninety-Nine - Out of BoundsSat, Jan 3, 2015
- One Hundred - SpeechlessSat, Jan 17, 2015
- One Hundred and One - Information That You Might Want to KnowSat, Jan 17, 2015
- One Hundred and Two - Later Is NowSat, Jan 24, 2015
- One Hundred and Three - The Playroom and the KitchenMon, Feb 2, 2015
- One Hundred and Four - TMon, Feb 2, 2015
- One Hundred and Five - Twosome HonourTue, Feb 10, 2015
- One Hundred and Six - Flexing, Within BoundariesThu, Feb 19, 2015
- One Hundred and Seven - Dangerous PageMon, Mar 2, 2015
- One Hundred and Eight - Design BreakdownSun, Mar 15, 2015
- One Hundred and Nine - Inquisionist's GuiltSun, Mar 29, 2015
- One Hundred and Ten - Shadows and Monsters/Flexing, Without BoundariesSun, Mar 29, 2015
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