June smiled. "So what will it be? Safety, or a future of pain and possibility?

“Imagine jumping into a pit of boiling acid. Now multiply that pain times fifty.…”

“Leo!” Jason was shaking his shoulder. “Hey, man, why are you hugging Nike?”Leo’…”

“A telkhine was hunched over a console, but he was so involved with his work, he…”

“I can see hope inside it."Rachel ran her fingers over the ceramic designs."So f…”