Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 30
As they got close to the door, Alex had to disentangle himself from Tristan, who'd kept trying to get him out of his pants. He took out the earpiece, but Tristan caught his hand before he put it in. "Alex, why do you have this?" Alex kept...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 29
Alex cursed as he drove the knife through the guard's chest. Where were they all coming from? Ever since the power failure, it was like they were hiding behind every door and intersection. He grabbed the knife off the man's belt as he fell and felt...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 28
Anders had actually blown up the armory. Will couldn't believe it. He'd seen Viv plant the explosives, but even then he hadn't realized what Anders had planned. He'd already worked out that holding the armory wouldn't be enough, not for Anders. He'd...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 27
Tristan screamed. He screamed hard, but not in pain. He screamed to keep himself angry, to give himself the strength to break from the wall. They were back to listening to the comm, although Rivers glanced up at him with a confused expression....
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 26
I so don't want to be here, Victor thought as he spun and shot the guard that had tried to surprise them in the leg. He was supposed to go with Alex, provide support to him and Tristan, not get mixed up with these thugs. More guards followed the...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 25
Tristan was still where he'd fallen. He couldn't see a point in moving; he'd just end back there. Even when the doctor had come to change the cartridge, he hadn't reacted. He'd hung on the wall as she spoke, waiting to fall back to the floor. A...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 24
"Hold up," Alex told Miranda, who'd taken the lead. He put the earpiece in before heading to the terminal. He should've left it in at this point, but the damned thing was so uncomfortable. He looked through the code and confirmed the security system...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 23
"Go, go, go!" Anders yelled, motioning to everyone to head in one direction. Alex and Aliana were already heading away from them, Miranda and Mary just behind them, with Zephyr catching up. Will watched the golden-skinned man and worried. He and...
Fractured Families Draft 1 CH 22
The cacophony around Alex quieted as Miranda closed the hold's hatch, until it vanished entirely with the sucking sound of it sealing shut. "Quiet at last," Miranda sighed as she joined him and Jacoby, dropping in the copilot's chair. "How certain...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 05
Alex spun. He'd been trying to make himself understood from the Samalian who had been standing by the entrance, watching the people within the room, when he'd heard Tristan's name. Tristan had wandered through the room, but kept away from the few...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 04
The instant the shuttle touched down, Tristan was out of it. Jacoby had said it would be large, but it wasn't large enough. There was nowhere he could be in it where he wouldn't see or smell Alex. It was driving him insane. And Jacoby snickering...
Once Broken Draft 1 CH 03
That didn't last very long. He'd been hopeful that with all the winces and lack of confidence, Tristan had still pulled himself together, but no, it was a mask, and one that didn't even hold up to the first problem, whatever it was that had him...