After dinner Daniel decided to go forth and mingle, which meant Addison would, too. Her continued good mood was due to champagne, which she now sipped slowly. If not for alcohol she’d have tired of playing belle of the ball. Addison knew all too well that Daniel wasn’t Prince Charming. The closest thing she had
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Addison and Daniel entered the ballroom more than fashionably late: before dinner was served, but after the band had begun playing. Spotlights found them as they descended the curved staircase, with Addison’s hand tucked in the crook of Daniel’s arm. Even if smugness hadn’t been rolling off her date, Addison knew that Daniel had planned
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Even Triptych worked to keep up employee morale. Addison supposed it made sense. Happy employees were productive employees, even if Triptych all but owned them outright. The chosen worked and played at the Alpha Facility, a city all its own. As with any community, celebration kept people healthy and balanced. One such celebration was the
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Shane stretched, savoring the skin-on-skin contact with his lover. My lover. Although he and Ingrid had been sleeping together for weeks, the phrase still prompted pride and a twinge of doubt. Shane tried to squash the latter, but it was too late. He ducked into his alien side before he could ruin the mood. Ingrid
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