Scans Novels & Stories

that made my ears ring with the phantom hum of the Seventh Peak's internal processors. ​“The scan is complete,” Aris whispered, her face illuminated by the flickering blue light of her handheld terminal. Her eyes were wide, the pupils blown wide in the dim cave light. “The mountain has indexed our mass. It knows exactly how many heartbeats are in this cavern. The 'rain' was just the sonar; now comes the Scalpel.”

Inside lay a compact electronic device with wires and a small scanner pad. “You still doing this kind of work?” Ava asked quietly. “Sometimes.” He connected the device to the safe keypad with careful precision. “What exactly do you expect to find in here?” “I don’t know.” “That’s reassuring.” Ava leaned lightly against the desk. “But I intend to find out.” Daniel switched the device on. A faint humming sound filled the quiet office. Lines of numbers began flashing across the small screen. He adjusted the scanner carefully. “This may take a minute.”

Not yet. The scanner’s voice Alexei’s recorded baritone echoed again: “Retinal scan required for full activation. One heir. One legacy. Failure to comply triggers purge. Sixteen hours remaining.” I stepped forward. The blue light flared brighter, a cold beam sweeping across my face. I forced myself to hold still eyes wide, unblinking as the machine mapped my retinas. A soft chime. Green light. “Scan confirmed. Luca Volkov Marino. Primary heir recognized. Access granted.”

"Here, take this." The phone disappeared from his hand. Xander and I looked at each other, eyes wide. "Okay," he said and then gulped. "Now, hold your hand in front of the scanner. What colors show on the screen?" "It says, ‘no data,'" Scarlet said. "Now, hit the ‘History' button at the top right of the screen." "Okay." "Now, select ‘Saved Scans.' Yours is the first one that I just took while standing here talking to you."

he shrugged. “Why?” she asked annoyed by her excessive nosiness. “Well...... I'm not sure if you will understand but when I hold a paper the words don't seem to focus...and I have to work harder in placing them"he shrugged. "Have you considered getting a spectacle?"she asked.

"How's the testing of the scent masking spray?" "We still have some work to do on it, but this will be a good time to try it out. It's basically deer pheromones mixed with pine. It masks at a distance, but if the other wolf gets close, they could be detected." Jordan pulls soothing up on Marcus' laptop. "This was our last test results." "The numbers look good. Get it out to the teams. This is a recon mission first. You all should head back and get things started." I take Amelie's still hand in mine.

Then she presses small treats to my tongue, bitter first, then sweet, sour, and savory, observing my reactions carefully. She has me follow her fingers with my eyes, squeeze her hands, push against her palms. She checks my reflexes and she also has me turn my head a couple of times. When she finds nothing out of place, she pulls away from me. “Let’s scan your head,” she says. “Just in case there’s something subtle I might be missing.” I nod, even though my stomach turns from anxiety. After the scan, I return to her office and place the results into her hands. My fingers hesitate before letting go.

Fear—shared, but not dominant. “What’s the test?” I asked Cassius. Cassius hesitated. That was new. “A resonance scan,” he said finally. “Non-invasive. The Sanctuary will do most of the work.” Sébastien murmured, “I love when haunted architecture gets involved in reproductive speculation.” “Shut up,” Lucien and I said at the same time. Cassius ignored him anyway. I swallowed. “Do it,” I said. The crystal beneath my feet warmed.

Saadiya had suffered a cut to her left arm but it wasn't anything serious, Parvina was attending to her. She looked at Omar and tried to steady her heavy breathing, he had ripped off his throbe and now left with a loose and very transparent under shirt which was no longer white but red and it perfectly outlined his very built muscles, his perspiration having soaked through them, Mariam stared at him for a while until he gave her a thumbs up and she blinked rapidly to clear her head. Focus Mariam, she told herself. He smiled at her and she smiled back but he couldn't clearly see her smile from the distance between them because of the cloth that hid her lower face so she nodded.