Six months later, Val stood at the front of a crowded classroom and realized she […]

Val woke to the smell of antiseptic and the soft beep of a heart monitor. […]

Val watched a timer that wasn’t a contract. It was Dara’s last seen status on […]

The Settler’s rage was a living thing. Val could feel it through the network—the frantic […]

The contract template glowed on Val’s screen—a blank slate waiting for her to write the […]

Val hadn’t slept in twenty hours. She knew because the wall clock in her kitchen […]