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

Alex let Jack lead her around the dance floor. The black lace dress she wore clung to her frame until he spun her. The lower parts of her dress spun away showing off her curvy well-muscled legs. At the end of the song, she clutched his arm. His eyes found hers and she nodded.


She fled the dance floor. Her feet carried her swiftly to the nearest bathroom where she vomited in the sink. She was so over this. She'd been sick for a week and it wasn't getting any better. She felt like she'd been sick for longer than that, but vomiting was only in the last week. Maybe she picked up a bug somewhere on their trips doing charity work.


Abigail was only a few steps behind her, holding the door closed so no one saw. "Are you doing okay?"


Alex nodded and rinsed her mouth out. "I'm fine. I have a doctor's appointment in the morning. Then I can figure out what this really is."


Abigail nodded. "Are you sure you aren't pregnant?"


Chapter 117: On the Way