sinkwithalltheships

The cosmos is within us. We are made of star-stuff. We are a way for the universe to know itself - Carl Sagan------------------------------------------------------------------------- Medical roboticist Lyra Brown is the newest addition to the Australian Interplanetary Exploration, Colonisation and Research (AIECR) vessel Andromeda. Inexperienced, enthusiastic and proud, Lyra is only the first of many to trod on the toes of one of Andromeda's astronautical explorers (in training, that is): Xavier Prescott.There is no time for petty, bitter rivalries however when there's a job to be done aboard the Andromeda and the two must come to civil terms lest it burn all bridges between them. The strongest of friendships may be welded from the forges of rivalry but can Lyra and Xavier withstand the heat of difference, if not the ever growing embers of attraction? Let's not even mention tightly sealed personal project Lyra stores under her mattress.…

sinkwithalltheships

A spoken command, threaded with gold, and their souls are his to control. Commanding where the die will roll and where the fates will twist. He is an Adler and an Adler allows no place for chance. A flare of his veils, layered with mist and a bite of frost, and any opposing power is absorbed and dissolved. Rendering the powerful powerless. He is an Eisenhart, bending but never breaking. -----------------------------------------------------------------------------Charles Adler and William Eisenhart are forced to meet one another on equal ground, their opposing gifts rendered nullified. Cast into one another's orbit by simple chance and a shared friend, Charles and William waver between acknowledging the dangerous charge between them and forging their set path in the world.Charles stands as a testament to the Adler name and its achievements yet also longs carve a destiny with his own two hands.William flutters, unsure and afraid, wishing to remain in the small instant he and Charles share together and yet aching to flee. Their gifts are nullified but can their hearts and conflicting desires ever be?…

sinkwithalltheships

9:30am: Police are called to the recently purchased home of Miss Helen McDonnell and Mr Keith Diricolt by Louise McDonnell. They leave with no more leads than when they first entered and the deceased Alpha bonded pair in body bags.-----------------------------------------------------------------------------What appears to be a strange murder-suicide or double suicide becomes the foundation on which Cassandra Greening, Alpha, legendary screwup and resident charity case meets Eli Blair: Omega and reputable Alpha Behaviour Specialist.Greening wants nothing to do with her apparent "handler" with his fluffy flyaway hair, knowing flinty eyes and sharp smile. Blair is less than pleased with his aggressive partner, her commandeering attitude and dismissive glances.They have bigger problems however with the case tripping some dusty, untouched threads forgotten by all but the recently deceased. Greening and Blair make do against the clock, trying to ignore the begrudging respect and growing attraction and they feel for one another. Or: in which unstoppable forces meet immovable objects.…