Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 4 - By her side
CHAPTER 4 By her side Leaning against the countertop in the small, white bedroom, a large cup of herbal infusion in hand, Oma replayed the last few hours in her mind over and over again, occasionally glancing at Aidan, who lay asleep in the...
Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 3 - What goes around
CHAPTER 3 What goes around The night was tranquil, the silence and darkness broken only by the beeps and blinking lights of the medical machines Aidan was still connected to,a precaution more than a necessity, a month after her fall into the...
Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 2 - Consequences
CHAPTER 2 Consequences Aidan opens her eyes, the ambient, sterile white light assaulting her eyes causing her to blink and groan a little. She is alive. Tied to a bed, hooked up to a wide array of machines, wrapped in bandages and covered in...
Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 1 - Falling
CHAPTER 1 Falling The impact jarred Aidan's body, pain shooting through it head to toe, her bones breaking in several places, warm blood trickling down her face, mixing with the dust caked to her skin. She gasped for breath, her lungs struggling...
Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 5 - Associates
CHAPTER 5 Associates As Aidan walked through Zero Point's long, dim, and overcrowded corridors, she forced herself to focus on the mission. She moved steadily toward the last place she had seen Tymi a few years ago when she and about two dozen...
Black & Blue - Volume I - Chapter 6 - Not much of a plan
CHAPTER 6 Not much of a plan “For eons, the unfathomable vastness of space, the sheer scale of the galaxy, had been an insurmountable barrier to travel and colonization. Until one day, without warning, the Seraph gate appeared in orbit around the...