Leaning against my speeder, I stared at nothing as static filled my earpiece. He did not just say that. “What do you mean your speeder is hiccupping and you can’t join me?”
Baby Fuzz
Light spilled into the enclosure as the wooden door rattled open. I twisted standing in the center of the aisle lantern swinging like a beacon in my hand.
Lost
Summer examined the bay, tapping her datapad against her chin. Bins were stacked high with barcodes face out to track the contents of each. Or hide them.
Lost in Light
The Bishop was headed out. Finally. I didn’t appreciate being scolded by uptight captains who hadn’t a clue about my job. I snorted. I wasn’t lazy, and yes, I knew there was a war happening.
Endings
I sat in the chamber listening to the dull roar of the crowd, obscured by the thick stone walls of the keep. The cacophony ebbed and flowed as some unseen herald whipped the crowd into the appropriate frenzy.
Her Own Way
“Get back,” I watched Josephine Maria Ziegler shriek clutching her skirts tightly. Was almost as if she thought holding them would keep the throng back. Fool.
Divided
Thedrilath sat back steepling his fingers, regarding the papers strewn across the table. The answer was there. He knew it. He just couldn’t see it. Yet.
Name Revealed
They’d found us. I’d failed. Kadech grinned as his men surrounded us. No, this couldn’t end in a hole bar. I glanced at Drake beside me. She shrugged back waving the torch she carried vaguely and with no effect on the approaching men. “Surrender,” Kadech said.
Quick
I slouched over my chair bouncing my foot as I watched. The brothers were at it again. Mayer had even started glowering at their noise instead of draping himself over his beakers. Just a little longer and I. . .
Water
“Teresa!” I twisted looking behind me to the caller. Cassie stood below her hand raised as she shielded her eyes against the light. Between her and me was a wall of shrubbery. She wouldn’t be able to see me yet and I wasn’t going to call back.
