Strange Little Band – Dark, edgy sci-fi romance

At seven o’clock Teague teleported from Chair– his office to the beach on the west side of the island. He almost hadn’t, though. Despite a full week of rest after being revived, Teague wasn’t yet back to 100%, and it wasn’t just his Coke-bottle glasses and unflattering buzz cut. Shane, Jake, and Dr. Frasier had [...]

Deja vu wrapped around Addison like a blanket. Like her last stay in the psych ward, drugs kept Addison’s psionics out of reach. That time had been bad, but this was worse. The coup had failed, and she had so much more to lose now. Had Shane, Teague, and her children escaped? What would Triptych [...]

Daniel rang the door chime to Myers’ quarters out of strategy, not necessity. Best to let the brat think he had some degree of control. Like father, like son. When no one responded Daniel tried again. Mattioni had insisted that the boy had been there for hours and was currently alone. The conversation would go [...]

Shane paced the length of the kids’ lab, scrambling for his cold, rational side. Fear and anger kept it out of reach, and the smooth angles of the prism in his hand seemed to mock him. Everything was going wrong. He’d just gotten Addison back and was losing her already. He rounded on his kids, [...]

Flames climbed the piece of paper in Addison’s hand, consuming a short list of numbers: 24, 9, 76. She, Shane, Teague, and a handful of others knew the numbers’ meaning. They were the number of Triptych employees who’d gone AWOL today, AWOL employees recovered, and the current count of co-conspirators. Nine, Addison marveled. Less than [...]

Ashlynn mock-pouted at her parents, who lay entangled on the blanket in the middle of the arboretum clearing. She glanced at Jake, who stood beside her with his arms crossed. “Mum, Dad!” she called. “You promised you’d behave!” Shane and Mum came up for air from their snogging session. With the tropical plants in full [...]

“But you two might want to consider temporary living arrangements,” Dr. Frasier suggested. The pigheaded doctor’s statement shocked Shane back to reality.  His thoughts had strayed due to one of Harris’ thoughts:  “But she’ll never have with Daniel what Jake has with Shane.”    She approved of how he was raising Jake and wished the [...]