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An Ellora’s Cave Romantica Publication

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Immortalis

ISBN # 1-4199-0520-1

Edited by Mary Moran.

Cover art by Syneca.

Electronic book Publication: June 2006

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I MMORTALIS

Nathalie Gray

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Band-Aid: Johnson & Johnson Corporation

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FAMAS F1: Giat Industries Corporation

Fiat: FIAT AUTO S.p.A Corporation

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Immortalis

Chapter One

“Up a notch?” the lab tech asked.

Danielle Lavoie nodded, biting down harder as she accelerated to keep up with the

treadmill. The thick tube in her mouth coiled out toward the computer where an array

of numerical indicators told her superiors just how fast she could go. She could go fast .

Her fists pumped rhythmically, became a blur at the bottom edge of her vision. The

thump-thump of her feet against the rubber belt was the only sound in the testing room.

She wasn’t even winded yet.

“Fifteen Horse-power augmentation for speed and endurance,” announced the lab

tech, obviously impressed. He nodded as he pressed a finger to his earpiece, listening to

orders from his unseen superiors. “You can slow down now, Lavoie. You passed.”

You passed .

Years of preparation, months of training that killed or maimed about fifty

candidates before her, days spent in surgery so her body would be prepared for the

biotech enhancements she’d received…all of it resumed, condensed, distilled, in two

one-syllable words. She slowed down, let her hands hang on either side of her then

stepped off the machine. She’d passed .

Above her, through the observation bay window, she spotted some of the military

brass shaking hands and patting one another on the shoulders. One nodded at her.

Danielle took the tube out of her mouth and handed it over to the lab tech. He was

still staring at her like she’d sprouted antennas out of her skull. It was probably one of

the few things she hadn’t had done…antennas.

Everything else was there—a biosilk membrane covered her vulnerable abdominal

cavity and the gaps between each rib, muscles laced with electroactive polymer for

speed and strength, a wet-wired memory bank of fathomless capacity and the recent

addition of a tactical night vision lens in her right eye. All she needed now was a bank

machine welded up her—

“So, Lavoie, did they kick you out yet?”

She turned toward the door where the next candidate had just entered. She

would’ve liked very much to add a few scars to his collection. He grinned.

“Not yet. But you would’ve known right away, because if they’d kicked me out, you

would’ve been let go a long time ago.”

Yuan’s grin slipped off his narrow face. He said something in Cantonese before

stepping up to the treadmill. A trace of aftershave and mint floated in his wake when he

walked by her. “Whatever you say, Lavoie.”

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