leaving, the attacks from the sky that followed. He’d uncharacteristically shut down there for a while, had been unable to make any decision in the moment. Mattis had to physically drag Torrin from the ancient spaceship tower where they’d—where Astor had—signaled to the stars in a last-ditch effort to save their Bianca.
He still believed she had been saved, because if his plan had worked and if she lived, he could endure. He just wished he had proof, anything. Some reason to care.
Mattis reached out and grabbed the pack, hauling Astor along with it, and Astor let himself be led. On the surface, in the wide cavern where they kept the transports, he pulled up short.
“Wait a minute. Where’s Dreama? Is she already at the farms?” At Nox’s urging, they were regrouping in the farmland. They’d won the land fair and square for the entirety of the season, which might give them enough time to rebuild somewhere else, where the sky people couldn’t find them. In this worst of all possible moments, Nox was stepping up and proving that leadership wasn’t inherited. It was earned. Astor was so proud of him. They all were.
“No,” was all the answer he got to his questions, and it came so late that Astor had almost forgotten what he asked. Mattis’ face looked set and serious, but Astor’s mind was moving so slowly, was in such a fugue, that they were already on the transport and rolling out of the only home he’d ever known before he caught the full meaning of that word.
“Wait!” he called out to the driver. “We have to go back. My sister is there. Dreama. We have to—”
A female hand settled on his arm, and he was shocked to see it belonged to Sorcha. But her hand wasn’t demanding or grasping. It was light and meant to comfort, though her eyes were sad. “No one has seen Dreama since the first bombardment. My father disappeared at the same time. We have to assume… I’m sorry, Astor.”
Hell, it sounded like she meant it.
Too much loss. Too much change. He couldn’t handle it. He closed his eyes, unable even to summon the energy to move Sorcha’s hand.
His sister dead, his brother broken, his people homeless and hopeless, his home destroyed. And Bianca…
He had to believe she was alive. He had to believe she was coming back.
He centered that belief in his mind, running a hand over the top of his pack and shape of her broken wrist device, the last thing taken from the still-burning ruins of the City-State.
I don’t know how, but I will find you, Bianca from the Sky. This cannot be the end.
The End.
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About Vivien Jackson
Vivien Jackson writes fantastical, futuristic kissing books. Her debut science fiction romance, Wanted and Wired, was an Amazon Best Book of 2017, a Romance Writers of America RITA finalist, and an SFR Galaxy Award winner. A devoted fangirl and inveterate gamer, Viv lives in Austin, Texas, and watches a lot of football.
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The Tether Cyberpunk Romance Series
Wanted and Wired
Perfect Gravity
More Than Stardust
About Rebecca Royce
As a teenager, I would hide in my room to read my favorite romance novels when I was supposed to be doing my homework.
I am the mother of three adorable boys and I am fortunate to be married to my best friend. I live in Austin Texas where I am determined to eat all the barbecue in town.
I am in love with science fiction, fantasy, and the paranormal and try to use all of these elements in my writing. I've been told I'm a little bloodthirsty so I hope that when you read my work you'll enjoy the action packed ride that always ends in romance. I love to write series because I love to see characters develop over time and it always makes me happy to see my favorite characters make guest appearances in other books.
In my world anything is possible, anything can happen, and you should suspect that it will.
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Other books by Rebecca Royce…
Redheads
Redhead on the Run https://amzn.to/2Nb3RcH
Redheaded Redemption (Coming Soon)
Wings of Artemis (completed series)
Kidnapped By Her Husbands https://amzn.to/2BQdUxy
Rescued by Their Wife https://amzn.to/2Rr9as4
Crashing Into Destiny https://amzn.to/2VkyXRL
Meeting Them https://amzn.to/2BLPaXm
Reclaiming Their Love https://amzn.to/2GKAw8E
Loving Them https://amzn.to/2BKDmEK
Ship Called Malice https://amzn.to/2BNputj
Saving Them https://amzn.to/2SsrBtH
Dark Demise https://amzn.to/2VidXv3
Light Unfolding https://amzn.to/2GO6Yqr
Still Waters https://amzn.to/2CFePT8
Rising Tides https://amzn.to/2MCdTlM
Lost Star https://amzn.to/2X8hcZA
Pointed Arrow https://amzn.to/3gK9tYH
Last Hope (completed series)
Tradition Be Damned
Past Be Damned
Destiny Be Damned
Compassion Be Damned
Future Be Damned
Dragon Wars (completed series)
Forever
Eternal
Always
Evermore
Endless
Wards and Wands (completed series)
Hexed and Vexed
Curse Reversed
Meow, Baby (novella, co-written with Ripley Proserpina)
Tragic Magic
Safe Haven
Everywhere and Nowhere
Dimension X (coming soon)
More coming soon….
Soul Bound
Prisoner of the Dragons
More coming soon….
Shadow Promised
Strange Days
Weird Nights
Bizarre Years
More coming soon…
The Warrior (completed series)
Initiation
Driven
Subversive
Redemption
Justice
Warrior World (spin off of The Warrior, completed series)
Deacon
Micah
Jason
The Westervelt Wolves (completed series)
Her Wolf
Summer’s Wolf
Wolf Reborn
Wolf’s Valentine
Wolf’s Magic
Alpha Wolf
Angel’s Wolf
Darkest Wolf
Lone Wolf
Fallen Alpha
Alpha Rising
Alpha’s Strength
Alpha’s Sacrifice
Alpha’s Truth
Alpha Enticing
Hidden Alpha (coming soon)
Illicit Minds
Illicit Senses
Illicit Connections
Illicit Alliance (coming soon)
The Outsiders
Love Beyond Time
Love Beyond Sanity
Love Beyond Loyalty
Love Beyond Sight
Love Beyond Expectations
Love Beyond Oceans
Love Beyond Flames
Love Beyond Lies
Love Beyond Death (coming soon)
Cascade (completed series)
Haunted Redemption
Phoenix Everlasting
Fragility Unearthed
Persuasion Enraptured
Reverse Harem Story (completed series)
Unconventional
Unexpected
Undeniable
Kiss Her Goodbye (completed series)
Hard Truths
Dark Truths
Deadly Truths
Shifter World
Planet Bear
Planet Wolf (coming soon)
The Swamp
Hidden
Pursued
Caught
Stand Alone Titles
Under The Lights
No Quitting Allowed
Mr. Wrong
Bite Marks
Bitten Surrender
The Vampire and The Virgin
Demon Within
Crimson Lust
Call Me Crazy
The Men of Elite Metal
The Storm (writing with Ripley Proserpina) completed series.
Lightning Strikes
Thunder Rolling
The Deluge
Heart of the Nebula (writing with Heather Long) completed series
Queenmaker
Deal Breaker
Throne Taker
Stranded Hearts (writing with Vivien Jackson)
The Girl Who Fell From The Sky
The Girl Who Crossed The Stars (coming soon)
Stupid Boys (writing with C.R. Jane)
Stupid Boys
Dumb Girl
Crazy Love
Through the Gates (writing with Skye MacKinnon)
Purgatory City
Infernal Land
The Coveted (writing with Ripley Proserpina)
Eyes in the Darkness
Voices in the Darkness
Return to the Darkness
Prison Princess (part of the Prison Princess world, writing with CoraLee June)