Author:
Cindy Spencer Pape firmly believes in happily-ever-after and brings that to her writing. A multiple award-winning author, she has published almost sixty novels and stories. When not hard at work writing, she can be found restoring her 1870 house, dressing up for steampunk parties and Renaissance fairs, or with her nose buried in a book. Visit her website: www.cindyspencerpape.com.

Computer science professor Eric Gordon has to find the hacker responsible for a virus on campus. When his investigations show some sort of reptile may be living in the steam tunnels under campus, he turns to biology professor Lori Tremain for help. 

Lori’s life is crazy with her tenure review looming, but she’s too curious and way too attracted to turn down Eric’s request.  Together, Lori and Eric uncover things that their scientific minds can barely imagine, along with a passion they never expected.  She doesn’t have time for love or dragons, but adventure and romance find her anyway.

Dragon in the System

Later that evening when the phone rang, Lori was ready. For the last two nights, she'd been taping her threatening phone calls - just in case. She had enough technological skill to rig her voice mail to automatically record any incoming call, though she'd quickly deleted all but the ones from her midnight caller. As usual, the number had no identification attached, jus the words "Private Number."


"Who is this!" she demanded when she heard the now-familiar voice. "Why are you calling me."


"This is your last warning. Leave the WYRM alone!" the voice hissed. "Or you WILL suffer the consequences."


Chapter 36