A serial web novel

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…

Night Cap The penthouse was a slice of silence, broken only by the soft, rhythmic clink of crystal against granite. The vast windows framed the city in its nocturnal glory, a sprawling, feverish ocean of…

At the Gym Rei’s favorite training was her old martial arts routines Aoto had drilled into her. They reminded her of a simpler time and a sense of powerful autonomy. The air in the gym’s…