Taylor opened his eyes. There was an arse floating above him. It was a nice arse. Still, it had no reason to be floating five feet off the ground. ‘Magnolia.’ She turned over to look at him, her head resting on folded arms that rested on nothing but air. ‘You’re floating,’ he said. ‘Not on […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Fifty Taylor opened his eyes when he heard the footsteps. He pushed himself up from the bottom of the rejuvenation tank, through the thick, soupy blue and to the surface to look at the intruder. Ryan threw him a towel. He wiped the blue from his face, then dropped it on […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Nine ‘I’m your lawyer, it’s not my job.’ Mordred heaved the empty bottle of Jack in the vague direction of the used-up sleeping whores. It hurt too much to aim. Hurt too much to think. Hurt too much to do anything other than pickle his brain with cheap alcohol. Another stream […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Eight Shift. Shift to safety. Shift to safety. Shift to safety. You’re already safe, genius. Not far enough away. Totally not far enough away. He could probably still smell her. Shift to safety. Shift far away. Shift to the strange and mysterious land of Canada. Why is Canada always your go-to […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Seven Taylor flared his good wing once more, just before they hit the ground. They still hit the ground. The ground still hurt. He took a moment to breathe. One moment. One moment to worry about his own basic functions. He upped his count of broken ribs to four, then opened […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Six ‘I’m sorry sir,’ Magnolia whispered to Taylor. He was still alive. Barely. Just barely. He wasn’t going to survive another few hours – as such, there was no longer any danger in releasing him. Tossing him back into system territory and letting him hope for the best, but it was […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Five Ryan looked up as Clarke entered the conference room. The liaison barely looked at him, instead starting to pace around the room, nearly walking into Darren, and only stopping when he came to Grigori. He watched as Clarke flipped open the Russian’s jacket, and extract a hip flask from an […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Four ‘I’m still seeing code.’ ‘How long were you at it?’ Stef took her hands off her face and tilted her head back to look at him. ‘This session? Only eighteen hours, which isn’t that long when I get in the zone, but…I’m not used to it being so…visual I guess? […]
The Grey Edge: Chapter Forty-Three Five Days Ago ‘Sir?’ For the sixth time in as many minutes, she pressed two fingers to his neck and felt his pulse. No change. Still weak. Still too weak. The worst part of withdrawal was over – he wasn’t shouting and thrashing around any more, wasn’t shaking on the […]
Fire. Darkness. Falling. Nothing. His skin was seared. His body in constant pain. His mind filled with thoughts of his dead lover. Pain. So much pain. Hell. It had to be Hell.