Eve Descending – RH Thomas

Then her shoulders slumped. “Because I made a mistake. I let my hope for the CCRS blind me. I thought–maybe–I could fix him. Humanize him. Make him more. That argument was probably one of the last times we spoke in any length before they took him to work with Pierre.” Aden’s expression darkened. “So even though you knew there were issues?

You went ahead with the implant anyway?” “Yes,” she said, voice taut. “Because I didn’t want to lose him the way I lost Aeron. Or Neill.” The words hung in the air for a long second. Then something shifted in Aden’s posture. His jaw clenched as he slowly stood.

“So what does that make me?” He asked, his voice low. “Another salvage operation? Just a cleaner version of someone you already failed?” “No,” Eve said quickly, sitting up as if to reach for him. “You’re not a backup. You’re not a replacement.” But Aden was already halfway to the door.

“I need to know I’m more than just someone’s second try,” he said without turning back. Eve tried to rise, but a wave of nausea sent her collapsing against the pillows. “Aden,” she called after him, voice thin but raw. “You’re more valuable to me than you could possibly know.”

The door shut softly behind him. She wasn’t sure if he had heard, but she was certain he had felt it. Eve lay back, the chill from the pillow rising up through her hair. Her fingers closed around the data chip still clutched in her hand. Her eyes drifted back to the photo of Neill on the wall. It felt like the universe had left her holding both past and future in a single fragile breath.

OceanofPDF.com Eve slammed her holopad shut and stormed out of her office. They had halted progress on her CCRS project. The memo had just blinked through on her comm system, and instead, they were redirecting even more of the department’s resources into building weapons– specifically, android weapons. It infuriated her. Designing combat androids for defense or small tactical operations was one thing, but creating an entire army of them for conquest?

That was something else entirely.

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Cover design and interior layout by: Cafe Society Press, Ryan Thomas Published by Cafe Society Creative, LLC E-book Edition ISBN – 979-8-9955186-2-4 For more information, visit: cafesocietycreative.com/books For Mom OceanofPDF.com CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Chapter 1: Chapter 2: Chapter 3: Chapter 4: Chapter 5: Chapter 6: Chapter 7: Chapter 8: Chapter 9: Chapter 10: Chapter 11: Chapter 12: Chapter 13: Chapter 14: Chapter 15: Chapter 16: Chapter 17: Chapter 18: Chapter 19: Chapter 20: Chapter 21: Chapter 22: Chapter 23: Chapter 24: Chapter 25: Chapter 26: Chapter 27: Chapter 28: Chapter 29: Chapter 30: Chapter 31: Chapter 32: Chapter 33: Chapter 34: Chapter 35: Chapter 36: Chapter 37: Epilogue: Appendix A Appendix B Appendix C Appendix D OceanofPDF.com CHAPTER 1: Seattle, Pacifica Province, Earth – 2274 A deep, rolling boom echoed across the city, rattling the high-rise windows of Eve Gillespie’s apartment.

It was another SkyLiner docking high overhead, its subsonic pulse dulled by layers of concrete, light-steel, and tempered glass, all glowing with the residual neon of hundreds of screens and advertisements. Eve didn’t even flinch, she had been awake for hours. Bathed in the dim aquamarine glow of her holodesk’s interface, she studied a shifting holographic readout projected above her work surface. Intricate patterns of artificial heart valves danced in three dimensions; pulsing and re-calibrating, as she prodded and tweaked with her bio-metric controls. A new project–one that would shape her future as well as the rest of the worlds if everything went as planned.

She made a few more tweaks, then blinked her tired eyes a few times trying to get them to refocus. She had been at this way too long. “Jacob,” she called, not looking up. “Can you make some coffee? Strong, please. The good kind.” Her android house-keeper entered silently, each step light. His gray eyes scanned her features. “You’ve been working for fourteen hours,” he said. “Your cortisol levels are elevated. Would you consider a short rest instead?”

Eve let out a soft sigh. “Not yet. But thank you.” With a graceful flick of her hand, the hologram collapsed into a ripple of light. Jacob cocked his head, a learned human gesture she had once programmed into his behavioral routines to ease discomfort in social interactions.

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