
Elements


Chapter 10 - Ring Around the Moon
Energy, yes—and it swept through Sara like a lightning bolt. She wanted to reach over and kiss him but instead placed her hand over his and ran a finger on his dark skin and up toward the end of his shirt.

Chapter 9 - Right Place Wrong Time
I was completely seduced by his firm grip and confident kisses that pressed me suddenly and brutally to the wall. His mouth moved down my shoulders as he pulled the neck of my blouse away and down toward my breasts.

Chapter 8 - Just a Small Bite
Few outside the industry realized that corporations had already begun harvesting vast quantities of personal data with plans to unleash targeted psychological warfare campaigns (that's what they told the sheep, anyway).

Chapter 7 - One Night in New Orleans
Sometimes the pain of the world — of friends and family seems as far away as the stars and other times it feels like a breath on my cheek , that with the next inhale I will be thrown over the edge of sanity into a dark forest full of monsters I will recognize.

Chapter 6- The Sharp Edge of Reality
Sunday, February 6, 1994
Tom seemed in good spirits this morning as he cooked them breakfast, but his chatter was manic, too bright, too forced. Sara recognized the performance. She wondered if he was desperately trying to keep the conversation moving, steering it away from the weekend discoveries that had

Chapter 5 - A Series of Approximations
I have never believed in the possibility of exactness. There are no straight lines in nature therefore only by a series of approximations do we perceive truth. — Stan Hall, 1976