Now I had five of them, one from my own destroyed laboratory and four from the storeroom downstairs. Television portrays research scientists with a certain glamour, as though the profession is all about sexy underwear under white lab coats, which are ready to come off at the end of a long day of ...
She allowed the role of Marguerite the Spy to overtake her because she would need her wits about her for this confrontation. She’d tossed and turned all night, feeling like the answer to the ghost’s identity was just beyond her reach. She’d met him. She knew she’d met him other than in the carria...
It was a completely unheard of concept in the nineteenth century, and I had to tweak some history to make Claire’s role seem believable. The origins of our empirically-supported treatments were still a long way off, so the treatments Claire uses at Fort Daniels are not at all representative of th...
Don’t let her free, you fool! She wasn’t supposed to change so soon.” The strap that held me down when I was a human caught my head, but I backed out and freed myself. As much as I wanted to go to Max, I knew I had to take care of Henry first. “You have never killed a huma...
I said to Lonna. “Damn, her timing couldn’t be worse.” “Whose timing, Gabriel?” Morena barged into the office, which suddenly felt like it was half as large. “Thank you, girl,” she said to Selene, who stepped back. “That is Doctor Rial,” I said thro...
The determined woman beside him with her hand on his arm didn’t hurt, either. She had the same look on her face that he’d felt on his own when closing in on a discovery, and he thrilled at the thought they were so alike in yet another way. “Are you ready?” she asked. They ...