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Somnus V - Chapter 34

Walter Ashforth scurried up to Kat as soon as she entered the courtroom. He was a short, skittish looking man that was just beginning to lose his hair. The attorney’s eyes darted back and forth a...

Somnus V - Chapter 33

Kat shifted slightly as she looked in the mirror. The suit was perfectly tailored to fit her, but somehow it just didn’t look or feel right. She’d experimented with it earlier, and the clothier...

Somnus V - Chapter 32

Kat floated in the air, her eyes tightly closed. A fruit that vaguely resembled an apple hovered in front of her, bobbing slightly as she did her best to focus on both it and the entirety of her su...

Somnus V - Chapter 31

“Miss Debs!” Belle’s cheerful voice filled the conference room the moment her hologram activated. “How are you doing this morning? I’m assuming the lawyer I sent you arrived safely and in...

Somnus V - Chapter 30

Kat floated upward, her hand resting gently on the side of the tower that marked the stairwell to the next floor. Below her, a giant snake lay curled around the building, sleeping quietly as it wai...

Somnus V - Chapter 29

Numbers seemed to swim together as Kat tried to make sense of the spreadsheet floating in the air in front of her. An analyst’s voice droned on, going over the unrest and increased prices caused ...

Somnus V - Chapter 28

The first thing she noticed was that even with her high reactions, it was hard to move at full speed through the maze of pillars. The second was that the tall alien had somehow produced a crossbow ...

Somnus V - Chapter 27

“It’s the stallesp,” Jaalin’s response was short and to the point. “Honestly, I don’t know why you even bother to ask those questions. ‘Someone with superhuman computational powers is...

Somnus V - Chapter 26

“We simply need more deuterium.” Kat tried to tune out the nasally voice of the scientist. “It helps that you’ve stopped wasting precious resources on crassly commercial pursuits, but you�...

Somnus V - Chapter 25

“I cannot believe you Miss Kat,” Dorrik remarked, his body glowing gently purple as he darted to the side an eyeblink before a three pace tall bipedal tiger pounced on the space where he’d be...

Somnus V - Chapter 24

“Who are you?” Kat couldn’t stop herself from blurting the question out. After a month or so of the woman shadowing her across Chiwaukee, she couldn’t help it.

 “I’m you, but...

Somnus V - Chapter 23

Kat stood at the train station, a metal box full of parts in her hand. A pace to her right, Whippoorwill was sulking. Her hair was dyed chestnut, and rather than her usual cheap t-shirt and jeans, ...

Somnus V - Chapter 22

“Are you sure this is a good time?” Emma asked hesitantly. “I can come back later. Really, it wouldn’t be a problem.”

 “Don’t worry about it,” Kat replied, sucking in dee...

Somnus V - Chapter 21

Kat sat on a large rock, munching on some sort of alien bread drizzled in honey. Kaleek lounged a pace or so away, his food long gone as he eyed up Kat’s meal. On another rock, five paces away, T...

Somnus V - Chapter 20

Kat materialized in the Tower of Somnus with a rush of motion. As soon as she regained control of her body she popped up, glancing around the squat stone building. Dorrik sat cross legged in the do...

Somnus V - Chapter 19

Wind swished through the plains, sending ripples through the waist high grass. Some three hundred or so paces away, an animal that looked remarkably like a brontosaurus was placidly eating vegetati...

Somnus V - Chapter 18

A spear of ice zipped through the air, hammering itself halfway through the table. Before anyone could respond, the spell exploded. Luckily, Kat’s group was still under cover, but the same couldn...

Somnus V - Chapter 17

Kat’s eyes were half closed as she sat at the dingy table. At some point, an enterprising individual had replaced its cheap plastic top with fake wood, but that had been years ago. Now, it was ha...

Somnus V - Chapter 16

Mana pulsed and Kat grunted, trying to hold the massive turtle in place with Crushing Grasp. Kaleek rode atop the monster’s back, using the gravity from Kat’s spell to hold himself tight...

Somnus V - Chapter 15

 A dully glowing ruby cube, about the size of a large dog, hung in the air about a hundred paces ahead of Kat. It wasn’t clear whether it was the stone or something else, but the entire boss...

Somnus V - Chapter 14

Kat’s fists moved in a blur, hitting Heather’s metal arms with loud clunks. Gravity shifted along with each punch, pulling her hands toward Heather and increasing their speed ever so slightly.<...

Somnus V - Chapter 13

Crystals zipped past Kat, leaving trails of bubbles as they seemed to drill through the water. Kat felt like she was moving in slow motion as she twisted her body to the side. One glass dagger afte...

Somnus V - Chapter 12

Kat leaned her head to one side and then the other, limbering up whatever the Tower of Somnus used rather than muscles. Ahead of her was a long hallway, its walls made out of what appeared to be br...

Somnus V - Chapter 11

Sunlight poured down on the picnic area, and Kat leaned back on the wooden bench while her sister, Michelle, frolicked in the large fountain that filled up almost a third of the open space. Hans, t...

Somnus V - Chapter 10

Kat opened her eyes, taking in the sights and sounds of the twelfth floor starting hall. Somewhat surprisingly, the stone building was more heavily populated than she was used to. Aliens of a dozen...

Somnus V - Chapter 9

“Thank you for attending my wedding,” Belle called out to the receding crowd. “Your presence today was welcome. Please be sure to attend my next wedding as well.”

Kat sto...

Somnus V - Chapter 8

Kat glanced up as her limousine came to a stop in the armored car port. Guards stood everywhere. The part of her brain that was still an infiltrator couldn’t help but note and track their positio...

Somnus V - Chapter 7

A sucker covered hand, about the size of Kat’s torso, whipsawed past her. Wind pulled at her armor as she ducked underneath the limb.

 Her instincts screamed, and Kat acted without loo...

Somnus 5 - Chapter 6

Steel glittered under foreign stars, stretching endlessly in every direction. Here and there silver domes and spires dotted the plains, marking the location of outposts and dungeons, but each and e...

Somnus 5 - Chapter 5

The landscape glittered, flat polished iron as far as they eye could see, reflecting the light of unfamiliar skies and the twin moons overhead. Kat listened closely, but even in the far distance sh...