Back in the safe room, I silently watched Alia sleep as Terry sat by the intercom, occasionally getting updates from the Knights.Alia woke at around 11pm.Yawning loudly, her first telepathic words in my head were, “I’m really thirsty, Addy.”Once Alia was rehydrated, Terry retrieved one of Alia’s ...
When stopped by building security forces, they opened fire with concealed pistols, injuring one Guardian Knight. Both intruders were shot to death.Fearing that a larger, better-organized attack might be imminent, NH-1 Security had activated our penthouse alarm to make sure that we were out of har...
Human shapes, large and small, dancing around me. A giant tunnel filled with echoing laughter. Surrounded by the shadows, the gray-haired man stood smirking at me. And Terry was walking into a horrible trap. I had to stop her before it was too late. But I couldn’t catch up with her. Everything wa...
I must have slept eleven straight hours. Changing, I groggily stumbled into the dining room where Ed Regis had left me a plate of ham and eggs.“You should have woken me,” I said to him. “I would have done this.”“It’s no problem,” he replied, clearing the table. By the number of plates, I could te...
I was lying on a hard hospital bed, dressed only in a thin white gown over my underwear. There was also a pair of heavy bracelets on my wrists. They were made of hard white plastic, each about as wide as a playing card and much thicker than a watch. There were no markings or writing on them. Prob...