What if there came a world where supernatural abilities were real?
And what if a military sect took advantage of this, by pairing such talented individuals, Evolutions, with a normal person, who was to be their emotional crutch?
What would happen if one of these crutches took advantage of their position?
In the elite group known as DEMI, she became a legend. Early on, when the organisation's modus operandi was still being fully developed, she was conscripted out of high school and trained in self defence and modern warfare, psychology and medicine, and paired with an Evolution..
He was her own age, taller with dark red hair and
Dominic grew up on an isolated farm in southern Montana. Located beside a slow waterway, the property took in a large river plain that built up on one side to an overlooking ridgeline. Looking down on the farm from the ridge, fenced pastures with herds of grazing cattle were seen, as well as the winding dirt track that led down to the house.
He loved to wander around, exploring the traceries of old, smoothed, overgrown creek beds and channels that traversed the flat. With the long sweeping grass, you couldn't see these inclined dips and twists from above on the ridge, but once you got down and stood in one of them, you realised just how
"Just breathe," the voice whispered in her ear, lips brushing against her cheek.
She looked up, and couldn't believe it. He was here. He was actually here. She half-lay on the tiled kitchen floor, his arms gathering her up to him, their baby daughter in her arms. She looked down at her, swaddled in a towel. She had beautiful dusky skin, and large brown eyes. She had her father's lips.
She looked up at him. She couldn't believe he was here.
They had met so long ago, when she was just realizing she had a power. She seemed to send out a flare, far out, throughout the city, calling anyone to her. Only he had answered her call. They
Prologue:
I sat there on the floor, my legs crossed and my eyes locked on the image in front of me, Jason. I watched as he slept on the sofa, his chest rising and falling to a perfect beat. A beat I could not hear. A beat I would never hear. He was perfect. Engineered to be such, while I was a Normal. I was flawed to such an extent that I and the rest like me were second class citizens. Jay had not one flaw. His skin was like polished marble, not a rumor of acne. My hand left its spot on my lap to touch my own cheek. The tips of my fingers came across a raised surface. A zit. Another visible flaw of my own non-enhancement. A breath caught b