The first day after a long weekend is always extra miserable in high school, and the fates are giving Hannah no exception to that rule this morning. Despite the excitement at homecoming, Hannah feels like a zombie walking through the front doors. She keeps silent while walking to gym class as the rest of the ...

Read part one.  Down Wilson Avenue, a thirteen-year-old Belinda sat on the porch with an eleven-year-old Becky. “There won’t be cake, so don’t even think about it,” Belinda spoke in an all-knowing tone. This was her second marriage. Her first husband died by public execution last November, and his older brother, Jeb, took Belinda as ...

I had a job on the ship now. The one task that I could complete to pass the time until we arrived at our final destination. Taking a deep breath, I tried to center myself from the fear that had taken root. You see, I may be the princess of Caesar Seven, but there were ...

Being able to get the thoughts and feelings that were running through my head on paper was exhilarating. The weight that settled on my chest lifted. I could breathe again, if only slightly better. My mind allowed me to sleep peacefully for the first night in a good long while. I never knew how much ...

Read Chapter 1 here. The blue light grew brighter as I moved closer. Time seemed to be moving in slow motion as I walked toward my sister’s still body. If I could just reach her before— Beep beep beep I rolled over and shut off the alarm clock. It had been six weeks since that ...

Standing here in my room, I wondered what I was going to do next. It was clear that someone on this ship was attempting to take care of me. I would thank whoever it was. I needed to; it was the only thing that made this situation more bearable. Politeness and tolerance would get me ...

“Pip, wait up! What’s wrong?” I didn’t say anything, and I didn’t stop until we were back at the library. In between pants I told him about meeting Boss. Tino looked really nervous when I got to the part about the reading. “You don’t think we’ll get in trouble do you?” “I don’t think so. ...

I must have dozed off because when I awoke next, there were things in the room with me. Lying at the foot of the bed was a set of towels and wash rags — all in a beautiful ice blue. On top were soap, shampoo, and various other items, I would need to clean up ...

We covered the holo base and disk and headed to the house the gang used as a base, an old mansion that was just outside the city, a mile away from Virgil’s library. The house had six bedrooms and a huge living and dining room. There used to be a music room, but a storm ...

That was all the signal I needed. I ran towards the gate, following the other’s heading that way. No one would think anything as I moved through the crowd and out onto the docks. We had landed early and I was using that knowledge to hide my escape. Other guards thought that perhaps someone had ...