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I decided that my emotions didn’t matter. How I was feeling could never matter, so instead of digging into them, I pulled up a report that I’d received earlier today, the one I’d requested about the Preserve disappearances. According to it, eleven people had ...

Or that was what I thought until Damari crouched beside me and my partners. “Looks like I was wrong about everything being fine,” they said. “Sorry ‘bout that.” Softly laughing, I crawled to Korix’s side and dropped to the floor, patting the ground opposite ...

Lyle Nine Years Ago The blow came from out of nowhere. One moment, I was racing down an alley, worrying about getting home in time, and the next, something slammed into my side, sending me sprawling. As I hit the ground, added weight drove the air from my...

Present Day Lyle Tonight's plan was shaky at best. As I stood on a roof, five stories above the cobblestones, I could readily acknowledge that fact, even if it pained me. I'd never liked leaving a heist's outcome to even the smallest of chances, but I'd ha...

Lyle I first heard the screams several streets away from where they'd originated, but then, it was hard not to. The city was quiet tonight, or it was here, in a wealthier part of it at least. So, the sound of someone howling in pain? It stood out, making t...

Lyle As I strode through the night, the world swayed around me, but my friend kept me on my feet and walking in a straight line. Not that maintaining an appearance of control mattered at the moment. When darkness was around, no one could see me—with rare e...

Lyle When someone became a thief in Flosa, they learned several important lessons, if they survived their first few weeks in the profession that is. First of all, trusting anyone in the Warehouse District was one of the stupidest moves that one could make....

Lyle My key shook as I shoved it into the lock, which was worrisome. The journey here had been difficult, a long hike with only the dark to serve as comfort. It had done its best, and I was grateful for its steadying help but... I was tired. Summoning str...

Lyle Doing this job by myself should have had my heart pounding at the back of my mouth. As good as I was at thievery and as much as the dark might hide and help me, I wasn't invincible. For example, the dark couldn't muffle any noises I might make while do...

Lyle Maxton's shouting again. I don't like it when he's upset like this. It makes him sound too much like dad. With my arms full, I creep toward where he's talking with another man. Even at fifteen-years-old, Maxton towers over Lonnie, but that bastard is ...

Lyle Or that was what I tried to do. As if to thwart my attempts to forget Zorana, however, a new voice entered the crowd of those that typically filled my head, and while following Vaughn down Flosa's streets, I couldn't help but listen to it. "What kind ...

Zorana After an intriguing conversation with the thief in my attic, I'd come downstairs to receive my new visitor. The man who'd come to retrieve 'Mr. Cunningham'—cheeky of the thief to use that name—barely passed as someone from the respectable parts of so...

Vaughn The kid had done it. He'd actually said those words, the one statement I'd never thought I'd hear coming out of his mouth. As he escorted Gus and Eliza to his apartment's door, I worked my way through the circumstances that had led us here, and in n...

When Rowan snuck back home, three people were waiting for her in her room, turning as one when she entered it. Frozen with the doorknob in her hand, she gulped. “Hi…?” she drawled. “Evening, Rowan,” Logan said from where he was swiveling in the chair in fron...

The Cerullis family had weird taste. That was Rowan’s first impression as she was driven up the long driveway to their door. Her family’s manse followed traditional building standards: everything square and symmetrical with gray bricks and windows arranged in...

After only a few weeks together, Asher didn’t seem to care whether Rowan learned about his family’s secrets anymore. He was excitedly rambling about improvements to their wristcoms that would let a holograph of the person on the other end of a connection hover...

Beside Rowan, Thomas’ breath caught, although she didn’t know if that was from surprise or anger. He’d gone stiff, fixing his bright eyes on Asher, but the Cerullis heir had equally become a statue, flicking his eyes over all of them but continually returning ...

They careened into their destination, and when Rowan stopped short, the others teetered into a near fall, but she didn’t care about that. With her hands pressed together in front of her lips, she observed the room and silently declared it perfect, making a not...

In the morning, Rowan dragged herself to the washroom, leaving the other three sleeping in a heap of pillows. Her mom might have had rooms prepared for her guests last night, but she knew they’d eventually end up in a pile of limbs on the floor, no matter what...

On the other side of the car, Asher practically tumbled out of it, and Rowan raced to him. He’d regained his balance before she reached him, striding to meet the attendant. “What happened?” he snapped. The attendant pointed behind her toward the labs with he...