Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Seven
"They're right behind us," Taura said, facing the rear and staring out the window at the four approaching SUVs. She gripped her gun tighter to steady her shaking hands. "Coming up fast." A man in armor and a helmet leaned out of the lead car's...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 14
"Lunch was perfect." Jack grinned as Corona and Taura snuggled him. "And dessert was even better." Taura laughed and kissed him. "I'm glad you liked it as much as I did." Corona reached across him to brush a lock of Taura's hair away from her eyes...
Downtime
"Well, here we are." Jack closed the rusty, corrugated metal gate and stared at the equally rusty warehouse a dozen yards away. "Until someone finds it and shoots a bunch of holes through the walls, at least." "You've got such a knack for finding that...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 17
"Well," Ramirez muttered around her cigar after a quick glance at her watch, "I guess we should get going." She started the engine and eased out of the underground parking lot. Most of the debris from the recent battle had been pushed to the sides,...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 15
Jack woke gradually and found himself atop something cool, uneven, and ... scaly. _Oh. Corona._ He smiled. He kept his eyes closed, drew in a deep breath, and slid his hands around. His left hand found Corona's shoulder and his right brushed against...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Nine
"Marvelous." Ramirez sighed and slipped her phone back into her pocket. "Just got another text from Hoshi. Jack and the girls have run into trouble. Looks like we'll have to wait a while longer." "How bad is it?" Hiro turned around slowly, sweeping...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter Eight
"That's...a _lot_ of servers." Corona turned her head slowly, taking in the banks of computer towers that filled the room. Dozens lined the walls and dozens more on shelves on the floor, spaced just far enough apart for the company's employees to walk...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter 11
"Holy_shit_, Jack," his mom said after he finished telling her as much as he could about their last few jobs, the events leading to their employment at the Justice Foundation, and their side-gig on the reality show with several of their friends and...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City, Book 3), Chapter 12
"Where are we going?" Otto muttered. Jack glanced over his shoulder at Otto and Shakira as they lay on the floor of the rear compartment, keeping well away from the windows. "Hope you don't mind, but we figured it might not be a good idea for you to...
Project: Phoenix (Neon City Book 3), Chapter 13
"Here ya go." Otto placed the cup in front of Shakira and sat on the opposite side of the small, glass-topped table. He'd spotted a media van parked nearby, but luckily this place had a half-dozen tables on the roof, and all but one were unoccupied....