Ava Altair grew up reading fantasy and science fiction novels. She graduated from Florida Tech with a BS in Science Education – Physics and a minor in Computational Mathematics. She taught as an AP Physics teacher for five years in Florida. She now lives in Oregon, teaching horseback riding lessons and managing the stables with her mom. She enjoys hanging out and talking about science concepts and story ideas with her dad.

What it is to be human doesn't apply anymore. The surface of the Earth has been poisoned by years of abuse and now most life lives beneath the waves of the ocean. Over the last 500 years, humans have become fragmented and specialized by genetic manipulation, but two main factions exist in the Undersea. The hybrids, a race that continues to genetically modify themselves to climb the social ladder, and the humans, the unmodified organic race that makes up the lowest tier of society. 

Alex, a Delta Six hybrid, finds an unlikely companion in a human man, Jack, while on a mission to steal the Athena file. Alex withholds the file to elicit help from Jack and they set out on an adventure across the Surface. Their relationship is tenuous until a device mysteriously links them together. Now, running from Alphas, an elite group of hybrid assassins, Alex and Jack must weather the hostile surface of the planet to reach their common goal. They soon find they can't both have the thing they want most, but also can't seem to let each other go.

FLUX

Jack looked her in the eyes. "It's just the Link?"


Alex shrugged. She wasn't sure. "Probably. It's like a drug. When I'm around you, I practically feed off it. I crave it. Do you think Ellie can reverse it with a genetic fixer thing?"


"Might be possible." Jack's hand dropped to her thigh. "But do you really want to fix it?"


Her bottom lip trembled as the feeling of fire coursed through her. Alex turned to face him, her knees on either side of his legs now. She planted her hands on the back of the office chair, shifting her weight so that it rocked back. Alex looked down at his smoky blue eyes. Definitely the Link. This wasn't normal. No one could make you feel this good. It was just chemicals messing up her brain. It was a distraction, she needed to get this reversed and quick. But in the meantime-


Chapter 45: Comfortable, Part 3