Chapter 1: Prologue

Nikolai Falk looked up from his laptop and cursed soundly. How the fuck was it three o’clock already?

He groaned and quickly stretched, standing up in the process. All those lines of code had a way of sucking him in for hours on end until he lost track of space and time. Shit. His EnergyDragon growled at him.

The beast needed to fly, to stretch his wings against the cooling skies. His ability to exercise control over technology was something unique to him. Energy came in many forms, and he simply excelled at this one.

He’d discovered December was an unusual month in their new hometown of Maccon City, New Jersey. It was milder than fall on some days, then colder than a witch’s tit on others. Er. He’d best not repeat that colorful colloquialism in front of his brother, Edric.