She had a moment of blank relief (police had a different meaning when she wasn’t in a dance hall, as though maybe she was being looked after by someone). Then she realized that her father might well have put the word out on them—a pack of hysterical women who had gotten free and needed rounding u...
“You know,” he said, glancing up at the tower of glass, “I think I need to swing by someplace and get a cup of coffee first. Can I bring you anything? It might be cold by the time I walk back, fair warning.” Magnus had barely been able to talk the American cameras out of coming to take photos of ...
she says to the strongman.She doesn’t say she wants to audition. It doesn’t occur to her that there can be a question of her merit. She knows she can do anything they ask of her. It’s a matter of routine. The thing Tresaulti has that she wants is a home.(She’s an excellent soldier for shimmying t...
“Unzip me, would you? Then we’ll get you out of sight. I need to talk to Colin and he shouldn’t know you’re here.” Colin would know Grace had brought someone home, of course, but the driver hadn’t recognized Suyana. Daniel hadn’t followed her; Chordata didn’t know where she was. There was a chanc...