For those of you who have been patiently waiting, a new chapter of “Tine” is up… and for those of you who haven’t… sorry!

I’m not sure about releasing this story as it is unfinished, but I’m tossing it out there to the masses anyway. Enjoy!

Confronted with a new reality, Third Class Linguist Jodiah Dalton is forced to change his plans for the future when his family makes a galactic move to escape the aftershocks of his mother’s death, and he is not happy about it.

With spin control spinning out of control, Senior First Kryst Tavyl looks to the newest arrivals as his last hope for sanity. Paired by performance percentages, test scores, and a firm denial of their strong attraction to each other; Jodiah and Kryst present a united front when Chancellor-Presumptive Tavyn arrives seeking his displaced monarch so that he can force the child into a true-bond, gain control over the avatar of Ma’kar, and, through her, take the crown.

Caught in a tangled web of half-truths and blatant denial, Kryst finds himself in the inescapable position of bond or be bound and discovers that being tied closer than lovers isn’t so bad when he respects you in the morning.

I understand that there may be some scenes intended for mature audiences, including interpersonal relationships between persons of the same gender, yet I still wish to read this story.

Once upon a time
not too long ago, I wrote
one hundred haiku