Toeing the Line, Draft 1, CH 01
"Hey Martin," I answered while taking out my key card. "How is it going?" The lock clicked with a swipe of the card and I entered my office to the sound of the chimes over the door. "I'm okay," I heard the hesitation. "Look, my dad didn't put me...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 01
I catch the scent on the wind, and I roar. The responding roar sounds in the distance and I run. The intonation matches the scent. He is ready. The landscape flies by as I keep my nose to the scent, letting it drive my excitement. It has been...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 01
Denton whistled through his teeth. "That's one big fucking place." "It's a mansion," Alice said, "Of course it's big." He nodded. It had too be five hundred yards away, white marble, columns. The place could probably house everyone who worked...
Finding the Line Draft 1 CH 02
The foyer, because this certainly wasn't an entryway, was majestic. The floors were a brown stone with gold veins running through them. Anywhere else, Denton would just think it was something that looked gold, something golden. But here, he wouldn't be...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 22
"Get the injured upstairs," I instructed. "Anyone with marks like those go in one of the rooms that can be locked from the outside. I'll explain later. Doc Merlin will see to everyone." The blue and red flashing lights announced trouble. But he...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 14
"What do we have?" Zee asked the officer by the door. The street was filled with cars, reporters and gawkers. Fortunately, everyone outside was behaving. "Chaos," the young weasel replied, "unadulterated chaos." He was a police officer and looked...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 17
"What--" Tom began as I disconnected the call and brought up Fred's number. "Fred, how fast can you be back in Denver?" "Dent? I'm not done here, The [Family name, something linked to the Aztek?] are pretty sure they have some records of...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 40
Zee stood before the closet, looking at the cacophony of colors in there. He picked an orange shirt out, threw it back in. What was he doing? Eight hours of questions, three hours flight, two hours in the shower finally letting himself feel. The...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 30
The house smelled of the Caribbean, stopping Zee in his tracks. Marcus was humming to himself, the sound of plates and cutlery adding to the musicalness. He couldn’t believe how energetic his husband sounded. “Hun,” Zee said as he entered the...
Breaking The Line Draft 1, CH 21
"Okay," Alex said, plopping himself on a chair behind one of the long consoles, "why did we have to move the meeting here?" "Don't touch anything," Albert to Aaron, who was eying the lit buttons. "Arnold, what are the four of you doing here?" ...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 18
Autopsy was located next to the forensic labs, having a set of reinforced automated double-doors opening outside so bodies could be moved in directly from the coroner's vehicle. From within the building it was a door with biometric a lock that kept it...
Protecting the Line, Draft 1, CH 01
"Finally," I grumbled as the alpacas walked in the door of the airport's restaurant. Their private jet landed twenty minutes ago, and it didn't take that long to go from the tarmac to here. It was only Juan and his father, Antelmo, accompanied...