This is the sixth part in a serialized story. If you've missed any of the rest of it, you can find it here. ________________ Avdonina started the car and jammed it into reverse, her foot all the way to the floor on the gas pedal. The car jumped backwards, even as an armed man reached …
Palindrome, Part 5
This is the fifth part in a serialized story. If you've missed any of the rest of it, you can find it here. ________________ The private knocked on the door. "Enter." Opening the door, he stepped smartly through. Stopping in front of the desk, he snapped to attention. The man at the window turned to face him. …
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 …

