Unscramble B A C K E D Novels & Stories

I glance over to Terra, and she is making weird gestures in the air. "Terra, what the hell are you doing?", I ask. "Sooolving a Ruuubik's Cuuuuuube", she stretches every word with a crooked smile. I hope she forgets this tomorrow. I am getting heavy second hand embarrassment. "Okay", I pat her shoulder, "Time to sober you up a bit. Let's go to Best Beans". "Yay! Beeeeans", she says. I thank our driver, and apologize for Terra's noises, while having to drag the girl 30 yards over to the coffee place.

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“She’s dangerous, Ace. More dangerous than you realize. But she’s not the only one you should be worried about.” “What do you mean?” Ace’s voice was steady, but his mind was racing. If Kade was here, there had to be more to the story. Kade didn’t get involved unless there was something big at stake. Kade reached into his coat pocket, pulling out a small, sleek device. He tossed it onto the desk in front of Ace. “I intercepted this a few hours ago. It’s a communication from someone high up the chain. They’re watching you, Ace. Watching and waiting.”

I pulled it out with care, making sure not to rustle the sheets. It was a pristine, metallic silver keycard. Encrypted across the front in a unique, custom-branded security font were four words that made my blood instantly run cold: PROJECT ACER: BACKUP ARCHIVE.

Ace is heading to the front door to go to the house that he's never called home. He woke up on a stiff bed, the nurse room had become one of the most rooms that Ace attended. Mr Garret was sitting beside the bed and looking at him without saying a phrase. The nurse interrupted when she announced that his brother is here to pick him up. His brothers Rolls Royce brought the attention of the teenager's eyes, his brother is leaning on the car with his black shades on. Ace sighs and walks towards the car. " who did that?!" Andrew asks and Ace can't decide if he's making fun of or not.

'The back is clear. ***

BEGIN! T B C

ACE "Have you done it?" Jericho asked. over the receiver. Turned out, the cub wasn't completely useless when it came to my little predicament after all. It, admittedly, took him longer than I had anticipated for him to get back to me, but he eventually came up with a plan that I took pleasure in initiating.