Karl, Kelly, and Penny grow from kids playing knights and pirates, to teens in love, adults having a Pirate Wedding, to parents and child going on a Pirate Queen's Castle adventure.
This is one of my longer stories. Paul has neighbors who he socializes with, before and after his divorce. He is attracted to the wife but remains aloof. When she becomes widowed, he tries to lend support for her and her nineteen-year-old daughter. Consoling them both at different times, during a period of 'pillow talk' the widow tells him about how she grew up and how she met her husband.
Amaryllis, the girl in the basement, hasn't seen sunlight since before her first shift. She shifted at the early age of 10 which is almost unheard of. She is now 19 and losing hope. The little food she is given has wolfsbane on it. With no wolf, No love, and No hope,Amaryllis fights with herself about giving up to be with the moon goddess. Will she be saved from this hell, and from herself?