Reading Time: 6 minutes Epilogue Early morning, the third day after the raid on Rija. Throughout Romeria, locals commuted to or from work, and the tourists, gamblers, and nightsiders who kept the city in platinum stumbled back to whichever hotel they called home. Inside the Gypsy Moth, Ray and Jessyn slept in a tangle, her head on his shoulder, …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Chapter 40 Harry woke feeling absurdly well. He also felt a small, cool hand over his side, where the bullet had entered. Automatically, he flexed the fingers of his right hand, now free of the surgical splints. Opening his eyes, he met the blank stare of Viel Invera, which explained the sense of general good …
Reading Time: 4 minutes Chapter 39 Here was the part, in the same old Earth vids Harry seemed to enjoy so much, where the hero-slash-heroine had jailed, killed, or gotten revenge against the villains, won the heart of the love interest, and the two lay in bed after a bout of satisfying (and carefully edited) sex, contemplating their future. …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Chapter 38 While Harry communed with Quaila, Ray sauntered over to join Mollin and Arrion Degas. “Arrion, you’re looking . . .” But here, politeness failed. “Alive?” Arrion asked. “And happy to be so. Happier that Domina Jessyn is also safe.” He looked to where Jessyn hovered over Harry, then his gaze returned to the …
Reading Time: 5 minutes Chapter 37 Harry dreamed he was floating, sitting in a rudderless boat on a gentle river. For a time, he drifted aimlessly, all quiet. Then his boat slid up next to another vessel, and he caught bits of conversation. . . . GSW to the abdomen . . . . . . lost over . …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Chapter 36 As he followed Doyle through the corridor, Ray caught the occasional pop of a weapon underscored by a diminishing rumble of voices raised in authority, protest, or fear, depending on the source. “Just to catch you up,” Doyle explained as they walked, “Mollin transmitted Neishi Fabria’s confession to the drop ship and we’ve …
Reading Time: 6 minutes Chapter 35 Downstairs, the recording of Neishi’s confession had finally clicked off. Ray felt Jessyn shudder, and then a furious scream sounded from on high. A scream that ended much closer to the floor. Something twisted in Ray’s gut, and his vision went sideways. In the same moment, Jessyn stumbled, and gritting his teeth, he …
Reading Time: 8 minutes This website is ad free, and depends upon the generosity of its readers (that’s you!), so if you are enjoying, please Like, Subscribe, or Share on your favorite social platform. You could also buy the authors a coffee. Or buy an ebook. Every little thing helps. Thanks! Chapter 34 The Harry Finn who descended Rija’s east maintenance ladder …
Reading Time: 7 minutes This website is ad free, and depends upon the generosity of its readers (that’s you!), so if you are enjoying, please Like, Subscribe, or Share on your favorite social platform. You could also buy the authors a coffee. Or buy an ebook. Every little thing helps. Thanks! Chapter 33 Apologies for the late posting. Got a new job …
Reading Time: 8 minutes This website is ad free, and depends upon the generosity of its readers (that’s you!), so if you are enjoying, please Like, Subscribe, or Share on your favorite social platform. You could also buy the authors a coffee. Or buy an ebook. Every little thing helps. Thanks! Chapter 32 While Ray was in an elevator dropping to Rija’s …