And she doubted he ever reflected on anything outside of his bank account for long. She had no logical reason to dislike him other than he always gave her the creeps. Kyra watched Chancellor Owens shrug his shoulders after his speech and look away. What I’m trying to say is that we understand this may be a time in your life where it’s natural you would be doing a lot of.self-reflection.” And we are all aware that Jackson left you no choice but to deal with his own death recently. I’m sure the personal loss of not one, but two costly Cyber Husbands over the last seven years, has been traumatic for you. If Norton has nothing that interests you at the moment, perhaps a paid consultancy would suit you more than a permanent position. Fortunately, there are other cyber scientists willing to lend their talents to that specific project. He was a thoroughly detestable man, and she didn’t understand how someone like him had managed to become the UCN’s head chancellor. Kyra watched as Chancellor Owens fought not to roll his eyes at her adamant statement. I’ve made no secret of the fact that I am morally opposed to installing the behavior modification system in children.” There is no research being done at Norton right now that suits my desire to better the world we live in. As you know my specialty has always been military cybernetics, but the final war has been over for almost a decade. My plan is to find a more satisfying use of my skills.
But however inconceivable it might be for Norton or the UCN, my retirement has nothing to do with money. “Gentlemen, I am deeply honored you have taken the time to contact me this morning. Most of them were much shorter than her five foot ten inch height. She had met all the chancellors many times. Luckily her far beyond Mensa level brain discarded her rising nervousness as it reminded her there was no reason to be intimidated by an optical illusion. But it was not fun to face down several frowning impatient men whose every frustrated expression was being projected directly into her wide-eyed retinas. She could handle the pressure they were exerting on her to return to Norton because she had no intention of going back. She was only using it for the conference call so the UCN chancellors would see her relaxing on her sofa instead of staring intensely at her lab console. Jackson had abandoned the seldom used device during their divorce many years ago. Kyra tried her best not to react too negatively to the giants glaring at her through her monstrous living room com. Now if it’s the lead scientist position you crave, perhaps that can be discussed as an additional incentive for your return.” Winters, how can you refuse this kind of money? Chancellor Li and I approved Norton’s offer of twenty million solely because you are the last original cyborg creator. The truth won’t set either of them free, but Peyton deserves to know about his life, even if he ultimately hates her for what she’s done. But no matter how tempting it is to let him keep believing that illusion, Kyra knows she can’t keep the last decade a secret from him forever. Now partially restored, Peyton thinks he’s a soldier still at war. Yet it’s difficult to resist the cyborg she’s restoring when he’s also the most intriguing man she’s ever known.
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The same scientific mind that constructed the cyborg creator code now warned her not to let Peyton’s tempting offers of heaven cloud her rational decision making.
She can’t get back the lost decade, but she can change the present by restoring the cyborg who was once Marine Captain Peyton Elliot.Ĭertainly her grand plan for rectifying her mistakes didn’t include madly kissing the confused, passionate Marine when he begged her to. Now returning Peyton 313’s humanity is the last chance she’ll ever have to atone. Kyra Winters never meant for her cyber science discoveries to be used for evil, but that’s exactly what happened. Worst epic fail of her scientific career? Falling for a cyborg she helped create.
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