Once Broken Draft 1 CH 19
He didn't have to see the fight to know it was bad. The roars were enough to tell him that. Where had everyone come from? Then he saw the shooting area was empty. Of course a fight like this had attracted everyone. He didn't want to think about the...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 18
Jacoby crawled out from under the hover, pulling the forward anti-gravity generator. He put it on the worktable someone had brought him and wiped the grim off his hand. He hated cleaning anti-grav units; they were always filthy. More than one crackpot...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 17
He pushed himself. He ran as hard as he could, trying to burn the anger out. What he really wanted to do was hit someone, hit Alex. All this was his fault. From not understanding that he'd been discarded, and tracking him down, barging into his life....
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 16
He had twenty-eight trainees; all of them on the young side, with an even distribution between the men and women. None of them wore anything as was usual here. "Where guns?" Rig'Irik asked as Alex looked them over. "It'll be a few days before...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 15
He landed the hover in a lot in a shipping district. Alex had programmed a new ID tag for the hover, but didn't want to risk it anywhere close to where he was going. He preferred changing tags through hardware, not programming. The trip had taken...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 14
"What do you mean, 'we have a job?'" Jacoby asked in a tone that made it clear he had no plans in going along with it. Alex didn't answer. He watched Tristan sulk off, then argue with someone who wasn't there. Hadn't he said it was his dead...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 13
A stone, then another. Nothing else but the stones. Not for the first time he felt like kicking them. Like screaming and destroying it, the House, and everyone who was here. With an effort he reigned in the flash of anger. He had to stay in control; he...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 12
Tuning up the hover was better than wasting time complaining about the situation. Just a few days, then they were heading home. He glanced over his shoulder, Tech was still working, but he was tense, like he was doing his best not to blow up at...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 11
This wasn't what he'd hoped for. Alex thought as he walked away from Tristan working. He'd wanted to magically get his Tristan back. But that hadn't been realistic. He paused and turned to watch Tristan pick up a stone, move it next to the one he'd...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 10
The building had been a large dome at one time. But now, all that was left was only a fraction of it. Tristan could see sheets of Plastel enclosing the structure, although that didn't bother following the circumference and just made as straight a line...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 09
Going home. Tech's words echoed Jacoby's desires. He was more than happy to leave this place. He was about to say so when amidst the sound of the building crashing down he heard a muffled detonation. Tech turned his back to them, and the building and...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 08
Tristan had been feeling better, not that he'd admit that to Alex. He'd fought the sedative as hard as he could, but he'd fallen asleep. He'd been locked in nightmares for an interminable time. Him pleading with Alex to take him back, to protect him...