Palindrome, Part 4

This is the fourth part in a serialized story.  If you've missed any of the rest of it, you can find it here. ________________ Six nights later, Avdonina quietly lifted a branch of spruce out of her way. In the darkness ahead stretched a long, silver shimmer of plexiglass fence that surrounded the compound. She slowly …

Palindrome, Part 3

This is the third part in a serialized story.  If you've missed any of the rest of it, you can find it here. ________________ Avdonina smiled at York Miggs, trying to hide her discomfort.  She’d never done anything like this before.  The truth was, with Quenden, she’d had no time for dating of any kind.  She leaned …

Palindrome, Part 2

This is the second part in a serialized story.  If you've missed any of the rest of it, you can find it here. ________________ The next afternoon, Avdonina stood outside the door to the outreach center’s classroom, peeking at the group of children.  One of the workers, Jeanie, patted a course papier-mâché clown with three eyes …