Hallstienn veered as hoodlums dived before him. He could take a hit, but not Cireg. He’d escaped with the Cireg and arrived home mostly unscathed, to have children harry him?
Host
Arm twisted, Tyrese was forced into the chamber. The grip vanished, and the door slammed shut. He turned to bang on it but lights blazed to life. He retreated back.
Warnings
Ryann paused, her hand above one word among lines carved into the cavern’s wall. Every test marked it genuine, but it couldn’t be. Stepping back, she bumped against Marin.
Hounds
Kyn stumbled up the turret’s last steps. She halted against the crenellations but Lanyth was a distant blur already. He was going back.
Appearances
“Well, huh,” I rubbed my face as Jake shoved his pa roughly with his boot. Nothing.
Audience
The glass rattled in the frame as it slammed. Never good. Worse when the house wasn’t your own. Turning, a man stood next to the window. I’d checked. The room’d been empty.
Mishaps
I froze at the question.
Turning, Mislav’s head rolled banging into mine. “Uhh. . .” The sterile walls provided no inspiration.
Chemistry
Lune had watched her dancing under the generated starlight. Men swarmed her, pulsars in the dark. She ignored them approaching him herself. Illerian. Her name as exotic as her species.
Shrouded
Fog curled around Dijana shrouding her goal and footing. Hands stinging after finding yet another root, mud and grass joined that already dotting her skit and she shoved herself to her feet.
Dolls
Cool air rushed out as the door whooshed open at Edan’s approach. The M-13X was laid out on the table, diagnostic cables dangling. He perched on a stool. “What happened here?” he asked into the silence