Fiction
For a Lark
by Seth Goodman
Melody “Lark” Larkness wants one thing and one thing only—to survive. A neglected child and a broken adult, Lark has learned to keep her head down and do what it takes to keep going. Stripping for a living is hardly the step forward in life, but it brings in cash along with the dodgy characters. She has no friends and family to speak of, none that she has allowed to stay around—until Starlight. A club like no other. The workers are friendly, the management cares, and the dancers are the stars. Lark doesn’t buy it. She knows too well, if something is too good to be true, it probably is. And the same goes for Romeo Mendes, the manager of the pizza store next door. Dark-haired, sweet-faced and soft-spoken, Romeo is unlike any man she’s met. He seems to want nothing from her—other than friendship. But his searching eyes and pink-tinged ears tell a different story. Will Lark choose to trust Romeo and the host of new people Starlight has ushered into her life? And if she lets her guard down, will she be able to recognize the monster amongst them in time?
