Tag Archives: Jane Adams

::TWENTY THREE:: You can feel it, even out here. Epsilon 4. No lights, no power. Floating like a ghost ship in front of us. Both Johnson and I are already on our feet, waiting for a quick and dirty docking. Going to be a little difficult, given that there’s no light, except that reflected off [...]

::TWENTY ONE :: We’re a few hours from Epsilon 4. Franks and Small, up front. Johnson back here with me, rigging charges, preparing explosives. No one’s said anything in the past few hours, once we got done discussing how we’re going to get into the prison ship to get her out. Everyone’s avoiding talking about [...]

::NINETEEN:: I hadn’t intended to mark her. Maybe it just wasn’t something I did consciously. Small trail of bite marks down her neck. Broke the skin lower down. I haven’t lost control like that in a while. I’ve paid for the privilege of doing it deliberately, biting a woman, which isn’t anywhere near the same [...]

::SEVENTEEN:: Just like this morning, I find myself going to look for her. I could tell myself that it was just concern, that talking with Franks about Dufresne was what drove me to find her. It would be a lie to say it was the only reason. I wanted to find her because I wanted [...]

::FIFTEEN:: He’s giving me a chance to walk away, if I want to, if I have to. That he doesn’t want me to is clear, in his eyes and in his body’s reaction to me. He hasn’t completely let go, just relaxed his hold on me. His eyes still holding mine, as fiercely as his [...]