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

They waited until there was no other traffic in the corridors of the administration building as they began their descent to the subbasement. One person did, however, see them enter the steam tunnels. The hacker fumed. They hadn't taken his warnings to heart. It was time to demonstrate what happened to people who messed with the master of the WYRM.


"Do you have any idea who it could be?" Eric asked Drake as he carefully positioned his remaining rook. Playing chess face-to-face with Drake was even more of a challenge than when the dragon had been an anonymous on-line opponent. Lori lounged on a couple of pillows with her chin propped up on both hands, watching them, while she leafed through one of the books on Irish mythology that Drake had collected.


"No more than I've told you," Drake replied, moving his queen just in time to avoid losing it. "Nice move, my friend, you almost captured my lady."


"Most of the WYRM's transmissions come from the language arts building, right?"


Chapter 38