“I wish you hadn’t come out here.” There was only one voice that could have reached her through such a storm. 

“Tye has another message for you.” “Which is. . .?” “Keep a tighter leash on Mallory.” He looked at Bennet meaningfully. “Or else he will.” 

“If you ever question my dedication to Sommerville again, I’ll send you to another compound the moment your baby is born,” Tye hissed in her ear. “I’d sooner have the child grow up motherless than be raised with a head full of lies.”

Mallory jolted awake at the sound of the front door opening. With bleary eyes, she struggled to an upright position on the bed and...

“As always, I’d like to begin this meeting by thanking you all for your service to Sommerville.” Tye’s voice rang out through the quiet...

Mallory couldn’t see. She couldn’t breathe. But she couldn’t stop. She ran, faster than she’d ever run in her life, fighting her way...

“Knock-knock,” Bennet said as he peeked into Tye’s office. “You got a sec?" Compared to the false summer outside, the room was...

The meeting with Tye had put a damper on Mallory’s day. She was trying her best to not think about his request—demand, actually—as she...

Trouble on the wall

Mallory hummed cheerfully as she removed a fresh batch of bread from the stone oven. A pleasant aroma filled the small bakery as she...

Bennet Haynes strolled through the bustling town of Sommerville with a false smile on his face. The cheery summer sky overhead cast the...

(Hi friends & happy Fiction Friday! I've decided to do a lil rewrite of the Sommerville series (& actually finish the story this time) so...