The few seconds between bungling her over-practiced landing and actually slipping the black ring onto her finger were the most precarious of Hodja's entire life.
Hodja
Many girls in many dimensions, one mysterious piece of jewelry…
Em
Em, paradoxically feeling more than ever like a misfit toy…
Millie
The first time Millie was suddenly cornered by several black SUVs, hooded and herded into one of them by burly men wearing suits, sunglasses and earpieces, she'd reacted as you might imagine anyone would…
Augusta
Augusta, haunted by the many ghosts of her childhood…
Paris
Paris, in Paris, albeit in an alternate dimension…
Parker
Parker, in the future, on her scooter, readying to no longer be parked…
Anya
Anya, directing a music video on her first night shoot…
Kienna
Kienna, working the night shift at the mermaid tadpole nursery…
Brandy
Brandy had returned to the temple that she thought was her home, until she tried to leave again. Her main hall no longer led outside, but simply repeated itself, extending farther than she could see…
Julietta
Julietta was proud of herself for making it up into the tree without injury, though considerably less proud of the reasons that prompted her to climb it in the first place…
Selene
Selene, aboard her spaceship, riding the hyperspace zipline…