Pedigree - Ch6.
## **Chapter 6.** **08:40, Friday, the 5th of February, 2029.** **-----** Charlotte reminded me sometimes of people that I’d met during an apprenticeship to a fairly prestigious bank. The huffy ones, lacking any real-world experience or hardships...
Olivia.
## **Olivia.** **12:10, Wednesday, the 19th of January, 2029.** **-----** It was a slow day. A couple of drained-looking regulars in for their daily forty of firewater, some kids that tried to steal chocolate and one older man I had to explain...
Customer Support - Ch4.
## **Chapter 4.** **17:20, Monday, the 5th of March. 2028.** ----- By the time I got home, the sky had already started to dim, streaked with that thin, watery orange that made everything look quieter than it was. The house smelt faintly of dust and...
Pedigree - Ch2.
## **Chapter 2.** **14:22, Thursday, the 29th of January, 2029.** **-----** It’d been two days since I began working at the compound and two days since the ‘incident’, as the place’s only other occupant liked to call it, which she did often, as she...
Dragon In The Lunch Room.
## **Chapter 2.** **09:04, Monday, the 16th of April, 2028.** **-----** Three days after Alys joined, I was in the dining room recovering from a tiring night shift. The only mercy of that kind of start time was the lack of customers; even the drunks...
Gryphon Feathers.
## **Chapter 1.** **15:13, Friday, the 13th of April, 2028.** **-----** When I stepped into the restaurant, the smell of burgers and burning oil hit me like a wave of nostalgia. It had been months since I'd last seen my friend, and I was actually...
Dragon In The Kitchen.
## **Chapter 1.** **19:15, Friday, the 13th of April, 2028.** **-----** The clunky government website sat open, a long list of apprenticeships I might have once liked sprawled down the page, each one asking to be clicked, promising change. I clicked...
Dragon In The Party Room.
## **Chapter 5.** **15:54, Tuesday, the 30th of April, 2028.** **-----** “Balloons,” I hissed, lurching up to snap at one, my teeth missing the skin of the thing by the barest inch. “Horrible.” Rhys, a ways away, blowing more of the things,...
Dragon In The Photo.
## **Chapter 6.** **18:00, Tuesday, the 30th of April, 2028.** **-----** I hated conflict in any amount. I hated awkward meetings, confrontations, long-awaited emotional _talks_ where we spoke about feelings. Samys, for acting the way she had, had...
Pedigree - Ch4.
## **Chapter 4.** **14:00, Thursday, the 4th of February, 2029.** **-----** I wasn’t much of a driver. I owned a car; I knew how to drive and maintain it, but that didn’t mean I liked it. I’d never developed that affection for engines and...
Dragon In The Comic Book Shop.
## **Chapter 3.** **15:30, Tuesday, the 17th of April, 2028.** **-----** I was in a good mood that day. What Brie had said still dug at me, but the night overall had been so smooth I was still buzzing. Michael was quiet, and Tom got Elizabeth to...
Dragon In The Suburbs.
## **Chapter 4.** **19:44, Monday, the 23rd of _April,_ 2028.** **-----** Jarys was my brother. My own flesh and blood, regardless of sharing only one parent. Horns the same as mine, scales the same as our brother's. And yet- “Just give him...