In my biology class, we’d talked about the definition of life: to be classified as a living creature, a thing needs to eat, breathe, reproduce, and grow. Dogs do, rocks don’t, trees do, plastic doesn’t....

from Out of the Darkness (book 2):Zoe met Eric’s eyes. Even in her platforms she was still a few inches shorter than he was. “And what do you do?”His mouth quirked. “I set people on...