Tears threatened, but she blinked them back ferociously. How could she have treated her best friend so horrifically? The devastated look on Ree’s face when Leila mentioned Patrick had nearly sent her diving back into Ree’s arms. But that would have been disastrous because this experimentation wou...
Crystal waved at the growing crowd in the cafeteria. It was exactly halfway between the midday and evening meals, a time when the cafeteria was usually empty, except for a few people who liked to take a break from work and talk over a hot beverage from the self-service station. “Looks like a publ...
She wiped her sweaty palms on the trousers of her well-worn uniform. Stars, she’d give just about anything to get into some clean clothes, but all her things were back in First Quadrant. She wondered how soon she could get to this sector’s general goods store for some new supplies to cover her un...