We were caught in the wild blue eye of the storm, sails billowing madly, waves towering over us.“All is lost!” Our frenzied screams were drowned by the furious winds. A man, bearded and barefoot, appeared from below deck.His shoulder-length hair was unruffled, his tunic clean and dry. “Don’t be afraid.” His gentle tones calmed us […]

Sam carefully sat down and set his cane aside.  “For you and me, it was love at first sight,” he remarked. “You were so carefree. I said I’d keep you safe, but it was you who looked out for me.” Sam stared at the warm blue eyes that peered back at him. “If it weren’t […]

I’m eight when I first spot an electric blue eye peering at me through a hole in the garden fence. Nine. I’m sat alone at my school desk when the chair beside me scrapes across the carpet. I look up into familiar blue eyes alight with mischief. We’re thirteen, sitting shoulder to shoulder, getting scolded […]

His eyes were the deepest blue of midnight, glittering with possibility and promise. Stars were born in those inky depths, and she felt she might be falling, losing herself amidst that swirling galaxy. Her lips parted on a soft exhale, tension slipping away. Strong arms saved her from collapse as her body went limp, and […]

“Hey Mum,” she said as she sat down and took her Mother’s hand in her own. She looked into her cornflower blue eyes as she had done countless times before. Her Mum looked up, confusion behind her eyes as she searched her murky brain for a name. “Hi, Love,” she finally replied with a smile, […]

My head is held high as I walk down the aisle, but my footsteps falter as, for the very first time, my eyes meet those of the man I’m destined to marry. The blood freezes in my veins. His eyes are almost colourless, the irises the colour of ice under the palest blue winter’s sky—so […]

“Bless me Father, for I have sinned.” We’re both delighted with my latest theft – an emerald bracelet worth 72,000 pounds. One of his penitents is a fence, who gets a nice cut. I get a new silk dress, Father Flannagan gets his favorite Belgian chocolates, and the rest goes to one needy head-of-household at […]

“We’re close to an arrest,” Rob confides.“Of course,  Detective. You always get your man.”“Or woman,” he muses.  I laugh. During our magical afternoon together, he never mentions the jewel robbery. “Dinner?”“Pick me up at eight.” I wear my favorite pale green silk, trying on the magnificent emeralds just for fun.He arrives early, surprising me, views […]

There he was again, leaning against the jukebox, playing the same record …  over and over.  Nobody else appeared to notice, but I found him mesmerising.  He seemed haunted somehow, the words tormenting him. Tony, the coffee shop owner, refilled my cup. “That’s Johnnie,” he revealed, catching me watching him. “He looks so sad.” “Never […]

Another one didn’t make it home.I was one of the little ones. We were invisible.The girls cooked.Grandpa, he had his toolbox. With his steely blue eyes it only took one glance, and a nod. First, the older ones went up to Mom’s room and took apart the cradle. Grandpa stayed silent. If the boys fought […]

I was waiting in the forest glade for Oakryn when I noticed the Nymph. It was but a moment until she spotted me and I found myself instantly hypnotised by her mesmerising eyes. A startling shade of aquamarine, flecked with gold, her irises rimmed with deepest midnight blue.  I was utterly captivated until I felt […]

Her cerulean blue eyes darkened with anger.  Anger for being so trusting.  He’d taken everything from her.   But she resolved to get even.  And when you’ve lost everything, there’s really nothing else to lose, is there? Ways of making him suffer, each one more destructive than the last, consumed her every waking hour.  And might […]