Breaking The Line Draft 1, Epilogue
The cacophony was deafening. This time a lot more of the elders had joined the video conference, and the wall had to be subdivided more, so each face was almost unrecognizable, but the volume was just as loud. What I could make out of the...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 33
I watched it disappear among the trees. The silence in the clearing was perfect. I didn't even breath. Then Magdalene gasped and I turned. She was trying to stand. I reached to help her, but she batted my hand away. "Are you fucking insane! You...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 02
Marcus' spot on the side of the road had been taken by a brand new Elentra, as were most of they parking on each side of Jeannine's house. She was having family over. He recognized the classic Neon her father own and and maintained in perfect running...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 37
"Alright," Oscar said, "yeah there's two guys waiting by the door." He was seated in the passenger seat, door open and eyes closed. He had a tablet on his lap opened to a drawing program. "Is one of them Matthew?" Denton asked. "No. One's a...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 30
"Since we aren't doing anything else," Marcus said. "Do you mind if we continue the conversation about the Factions?" "Sure," I replied. "Ask away." We'd been on the road for ten minutes, heading toward Chatfield. Martin had checked the directions...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 02
"We raided the agitators' base," Maurice reported over the phone. "It was an abandoned office in Mission District." Arnold tapped the table, bringing up the gorilla's location. Mission District had been going downhill over the last decade. "Any...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 48
Zee slapped the accept icon on the desk. “Denton, is everything alright? I was worried sick, you just stopped talking, and the connection cut, I couldn’t reconnect.” “I’m okay, Zee, you can breathe.” “Dear God, I was so worried. What were you...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 40
I should have gotten in from the back. I really should get in the habit of doing that. I could have avoided Reilly if I'd done that. I dropped the briefcase on my desk, and instead of heading out the back door, I stared at it. I needed sleep. It...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 04
Special Agent in charge Zikabar malhotra Bodenman was reading the latest report on the serial killer the press had taken to calling the Skinner. A ghastly thing that. He'd already killed twelve people across the country, the last to within Zee's...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 26
Zikabar ran his ID by the sensor as he entered the building. The part of him that drove him to excel at everything he did was nagging him that he should have remained at the scene to supervise. Telling himself that Johanson had everything in hand...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 03
The three bodies were rats, one in his fifties, one in his thirties, and one teens. Their throats had been slit, and the blood formed a pool around them, so that they couldn't get close without stepping in it. "Shit," Flint said. "That's Alistair...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 28
Zee slammed the car door shoot and stormed up the road. "Hun, please calm down," Marcus called after him. "No. I am done waiting for him to come to his senses." Marcus grabbed his arm, forcing him to stop. "Zee, think about what...