Freelancers, Chapter One
"Lia'Vael nar Ulnay?" Lia turned around--too quickly, and the room seemed to spin around her. She slumped against the wall, using it to hold herself upright, and crossed her trembling arms over her chest, hoping she looked casual instead of sick as...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 21
_No ... oh, no!_ The flashing lights caught Corona's attention from blocks away and several hundred feet below. As young as she was, she'd seen enough to know exactly what they meant. She changed the angle of her wings and put herself into a steep...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 19
"Terrific." Ramirez stared at the police cars and the four officers at the door as she drove around to the parking lot. She clenched her teeth around her cigar, zipped into the first empty space, and heaved herself out of the car with a weary sigh....
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 23
"Should be almost done now." Jack glanced at his watch, yawned, and turned to stare at Corona pacing slowly to the far end of the hall and back. Even though she and Taura had been engineered to have more stamina than any human, she'd started having...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 22
"We're back," Jack whispered, and Taura glanced up to find him and Corona in the waiting room doorway. She stood, glanced at Ramirez and the others, and led Jack and Corrie back to the lobby. "They're still operating on Kim," she said softly. "Another...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 18
A new text message reached Otto's phone and he twitched at the notification sound. A message came through to Shakira's phone at the same time, but she groaned and left it on the conference table. Otto stopped pacing, took a slow breath, and dug the...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 20
"Keep at it." Jack laughed. "You'll get it eventually." _Poor girl._ Taura chuckled despite her effort not to. Corona paused long enough to stick her tongue out at him before returning her attention to the cuffs and lockpick. Taura noted the stares...
Arena, Chapter 7
"Thank you," Grishnag whispered once she was finally able to catch her breath. When Dylan looked up at her and cocked his head in confusion, she smiled and added, "For not insisting on waiting until we escape the simulation, and for allowing me to be...
Harbinger, Chapter 5
"How is he?" Jack stopped a few yards from Bulkhead to catch his breath after sprinting through the ground bridge into the Autobot base. June and Arcee's mini-me followed closely, the latter giving Jack a quick hug before walking over to the wall and...
Elsewhere, Chapter 15
"Do you guys break _everything_ you touch?" Asuka winked at the group to let them know she was just kidding as they filed into Astra's control room. "Starting to look that way." Kamala sighed and zipped over to the central console. "The good news is,...
Freelancers: A Personal War
_Planet Bekenstein, Boltzmann System, Serpent Nebula_ "Almost there." Chula kept her voice low as Valeria entered the _Sulaco_'s cockpit. "Just a few more minutes. "Thanks for the lift." Valeria stared at he black windows and sank into the seat to...
Elsewhere, Chapter 8: Transitory Ataraxis
"Hello." Everyone stopped in their tracks. _That wasn't one of us. It seemed to come from the air._ Asuka glanced around at everyone else and found a sea of half confused, half startled expressions that, she expected, matched the look on her...