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

"Let's go!" Zimmerman ordered curtly. He gestured toward the door with his gun.


Lori nodded mutely. What else could she do? She walked slowly toward the door, constantly mindful of the man and his pistol. As he came up behind her, she could feel the cold, hard, metal barrel pressed into the small of her back.


"No tricks. No games. No sudden movements," he instructed. "Now open the door. Slowly." Lori obeyed. "Anybody in the hallway?" he demanded menacingly. Lori shook her head. "Then move!" He emphasized his point by shoving the gun into her kidneys, so she moved. She led him sedately down the short hallway to the stairwell. Once through the steel fire door, he used his free left hand to twist her arm around behind her back. "Down the stairs, bitch. Very slowly."


Chapter 69