Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 22
Marcus was getting a headache. He'd gone over the files a dozen times, looking for that one detail that would make everything fall in place. He was in the Bureau's brain. That's how they all though this room. It had more processors then the rest...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 14
The smell of salmon and lemon enveloped him when he entered. He tried to be quiet, but his mom poked her head out of the kitchen. "Denton! I was starting to think you weren't going to make it." He smiled at her, but didn't say anything. He...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 06
"Morning Mark," He greeted the desk sergeant, "How's Timothy?" "Graduating at the end of the month," the gruff and graying bear replied. "After the summer he's off to university." "Good. Wish him good luck from me." "Will do." ...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 43
Denton wasn't surprise the cave emitted light in the tunnel. He had everyone stay behind as he cautiously proceeded to the entrance. He checked each sides to make sure no one was hiding there, then looked around the room, keeping his gun at the ready. ...
Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 18
I made a right as soon as I got out of the precinct and headed for the sidewalk. Something was wrong with me. I'd never put other people in danger like this. My job, my life, was about protecting others. I could explain my behavior with Flint, I'd been...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 24
Tom led me away from the front of the build with a, “don’t be an idiot, they expect us to come in that way.” In the alley he tried a locked door, shook his head at the old mechanical lock on it and kicked the door in. “I thought guys like you...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 22
“How many does that make?” Tom asked, and I still couldn’t stop staring at him. He looked my age now, not just how shiny his fur was, he had way more energy than before, more than I felt I had after waking up twice from the dreams. He indicated the cup...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 28
I watch the old hyena travel, moving faster than his pursuers, using the part of me that refuses me to fuel his strength beyond having sex. When he stops, he does two things, has sex with men, and creates. He builds a system to move water from a...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 46
Epilogue I looked at the steering wheel. This was it. My last chance to make this happen. Dad was still blocking my calls, and he hadn't accepted any of the parcels I'd had delivered to the house or his office. I could have lied on one of them....
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 04
"How's everyone?" I ask in my phone. I fight the urge to grab onto the armrest as Kevin speeds through the traffic. His driving is smooth, if I close my eyes I wouldn't know we're doing sixty in a thirty zone, but my eyes are open and I can see the...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 36
Far as long as Damian could remember, he'd been confounded by how people can let their lives, and the things in them fall apart. It was simple enough to pick up after themselves, or remove the portions that no longer worked, be those objects or people....
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 38
"Maybe you went overboard?" I asked looking at what had been a white floor. Now it was covered with phrases of a complexity I'd only seen in Max's home. His house's protection was powered by magic and the phrases there did the job of soaking up some of...