Love is War: Darkside Earther prequel

By brad horner

Calling all Lunatics and Loonies! A Valentine's Day treat has arrived!

Guess who is going to discover a secret admirer?

We're starting Helen off right.

Virtuals, hacking, and lots of bloodshed does the right proper job of saying, "I love you."

• Language: English
• Publisher: brad horner
• Release date: Feb 7, 2018
• ISBN: 9781370480210

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Bradley Horner - All Rights Reserved - Love is War - A Darkside Earther Prequel

Love is War

Captured Virtual: Feb 15, 2140, High Earth Orbit, AC Node Base 92.172.0.0.1AF Virtual CodeName The Lunatic

PoV: Axel Stahl

CC: Traceback: Sabin Pelegrí: to Curt Usher: to Velia Kluck: to Helen Kenostaphos

My sister Jasmine’s favorite place to hide is under my bed. The way she carries on, you might think that every immigrant hater, every Earth-basher, was pinging her mindspace or our iris.

My sister didn’t shake or carry on like a lost puppy, but to be honest, I prefer puppies. When we left ours behind years ago, I felt the loss fiercely.

Jasmine shifted under my sleeping cocoon, knocking the virtual codestuff all about the room, making a mess of my current programming project.

Jazz, hold still if you’re going to stay down there.

Shhh, Helen. I’m pouncing some ripe idiots.

Tell me again why you can’t do this from your own room? We can ride our parents’ diplomatic immunity for our virtual privacy. You can hide from God if you want.

I told you to shut up!

I grimaced and put the safeties on my working code. Another shake wouldn’t let them fly about my mindspace again, but still I growled at my sister. I preferred the freedom to work faster, but