Broken-hearted cyborg
Alek remembered his life before he’d acquired emotions. Had it really been only weeks ago? Before then, he’d occasionally experienced dim pleasure to have successfully acquitted his duties as Lillian’s assistant. And a quieter gratification to sit at a computer bank and feed his matrix the information it wished to gather. There’d been none of the harsh tug-of-war between agony and ecstasy. That had come as he’d developed too many feelings.
Emotions. Passionate sensations. The incredible highs always seemed to be followed by crushing lows. Brick was wrong. It wasn’t worth it.
It was clear to Alek he’d have been better off to have never developed sentiment of any sort. Now that he had, it was time to start fresh, from scratch.
A whole different life. Since Alek was owned by CyberServe, it would be up to Lillian to agree to it. No doubt she would. She wouldn’t want a lovesick cyborg around…and he had no wish to be around either.
It was the only sensible path. He was too emotionally corrupted to be sold to a buyer. His sole option was to cut his current existence off and forge forward to the next.
In the midst of his unabated misery, he found a measure of hope. He’d hit upon the answer. It was a relief within the awful grief that accompanied the idea of losing Lillian. No, not the idea. The reality. There was no going back.
Alek switched on the computer he sat at. Typed what was necessary for his first step toward freedom. Then he went to his old berth, stepped in, and deactivated himself without a reactivation setting.
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He was the most hated cyborg on Earth, and love is far from
his original design. But when old enemies hunt the woman he’s sworn to protect,
he discovers a passion for vengeance…and her.
CyberServe’s president Lillian Kwolek enjoys Alek on her terms: no love, no strings attached. It’s easy to keep him at a distance and guard her heart from hurt until an extremist group determined to right old wrongs targets her. Alek is loaded with a security program to keep Lillian safe, and it opens the cyborg to learning emotions.
Alek doesn’t like these feelings, which include a confusing mix of devotion to and wariness of Lillian. She doesn’t like his developing emotions either. The new Alek, who fulfills desires and her need for safety from increasing threats, is too intoxicating a temptation for a woman who can’t trust men, whether they’re flesh or machine.
They can’t resist each other, but past hurts
threaten to destroy what they could have…and open the door to killers bent on
annihilating cyborgs and Lillian.
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She’s marked for death. He’s her only hope. But can a de-commissioned cyborg once programmed to kill humans be trusted with her life…or her heart?
They
called him the Wall, part of a cyborg army that terrorized humans
during a long war waged by those intent on wielding power. When Tosha
Cameron, owner of a multi-billion corporation, first sees the
deactivated cyborg, he’s a tattered remnant of a horrific past.
Most
would prefer to see cyborgs destroyed, but those with vision see a
valuable resource. When Tosha’s business rivals target her for
assassination, the Wall—whom she renames Brick—is her best bet for
protection.
Reprogrammed,
Brick proves he’s more than a mere machine. Programmed to guard Tosha,
he can supply her every need. He soon develops beyond his learning
matrix and software, becoming capable of humanity…and more.
Dark secrets from a bloody past are waiting deep in his circuitry, however; secrets that could kill the woman he loves and has sworn to protect.
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