A serial web novel

Penthouse Days Rei’s daily life in the Kuroda Plaza was no longer a total punishment. Takumi frequently went traveling, and the demanding intensity of his presence during work hours lifted her nights into private bubbles…

Capturing & Understanding The Kuroda Plaza office was silent but for the faint hum of traffic bleeding through the glass. Mirage’s holographic cityscape sprawled below in perfect, shimmering consistency, a tapestry of rain-smeared neon. The…

The silence in the lab office stretched, thick with the implications of Rei’s last statement, “Such egotistical fantasies, Doctor, are better suited for masturbation. Or possibly for Eidolon. But not between living, breathing, feeling people.”…

Laboratory Talks Within the new frame of Rei’s life at Kuroda Plaza, she carved out a small intellectual space: her sessions with Doctor Kaoru Sato in his lab. Surrounded by flickering holographic displays and data-slates,…

Kelly & Pasta One afternoon the sleek Rolls-Royce glided to a stop beneath the towering spire that housed Rei’s penthouse. The drive back from the corporate meeting had been basically silent. Takumi remained at his…

Rei watched Takumi over the rim of her glass. The Bicoca jewelry felt heavy against her skin, a reminder of his constant, invisible presence. Her mind drifted to the whispers in the sauna, Bride-Prince, and…