Five years ago Joah was culled -- kidnapped by the government to be trained as a soldier. In the process, they erased his memory, destroying his past, his dreams, everything but his name. Armed with that alone, Joah escapes from the facility in search of someone to help him recall the man he used to be.<br><br>That person is Tobin, Joah’s husband, who never gave up hope of finding him again. He refuses to believe that the strength of his love alone won’t be enough to bring back Joah’s memories of their shared lives, and he’s determined to bring back the man beneath the soldier, the man he knows has to love him.<br><br>But an alarm in the chip blocking Joah’s memories was triggered at his escape, and if it isn’t removed soon, it will shriek his life away. Removing it won’t bring back his past, and may destroy the present that Tobin has tried so hard to build between them. How can the love they once shared possibly survive?

Persistence of Memory

“This is going to sting a little.” Zeb sticks the anesthesia patch behind my ear, but the penth is still in my system and I don’t feel a thing. We’re in the extra bedroom downstairs again, Naphalie laying out her healing lasers by Zeb’s side as they get everything set up. Ashe watches us, a terse expression in his eyes that’s hard to read, and Micaiah sits beside him, leafing through a magazine. Every few pages he finds something he thinks is funny and he shows it to Ashe. This Micaiah has a warped sense of humor, a way of laughing that makes the rest of us want to join in the fun, and despite the tension in the room, he manages to get a smile from Ashe every now and then. 


Chapter 8