![]() “I swear,” said Linden, “I’d help you if I could.” But Victor heard him shift. The sensation was unpleasant, but not nearly as unpleasant as what would happen when the current peaked. It was already in his muscles, already threading his bones, already filling his chest cavity. He closed his eyes, measuring the current inside him. Things that worked, or didn’t, that broke down, and were repaired. People were more intricate perhaps, more nuanced, but fundamentally machines. He flexed his fingers around the gun, and the air crackled with energy. “I already told you,” said Linden, jumping nervously as his back came up against a half-built engine. ![]() Jack Linden was forty-three, with a five-o’clock shadow, grease under his nails, and the ability to fix things. Victor followed slowly, steadily, watched as the man backed himself into a corner. ![]() Retreating-as if a few feet would make a difference. “I won’t ask you again,” said Victor Vale as the mechanic scrambled backward across the garage floor. ![]()
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They find a mermaid named Aquamarine washed up in the pool after the storm. ![]() ![]() ![]() Before summer ends and before Claire moves to Florida, an exciting change happened at the Capri Beach Club. Two best friends Claire and Hailey spent their summer at the Capri Beach Club. Whoosh! As the high winds hit rooftops and rattled the stars up above. ![]() ![]() ![]() Information on placing magazine and newspaper personal ads, the cost/benefit analysis of paying for landline voicemail services, advice on how to wear special patterned bandanas to signal what type of BDSM you're into. I believe this is from the 90's, and a lot of the chapters show. ![]() However, it seems a bit overdue for an updated version. 2) This boo seems to be HIGHLY recommended from several sources. I might have been better off just buying the Kindle version or a physical copy to read. Very stiff, no connection, no nuance in tone, no emotion. 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