Five Minutes Longer By Victoria Sue
Blurb
Five Minutes Longer
Talon Valdez knew that when he transformed into an enhanced human, his life and his dreams were finished. Reviled, mistrusted, and often locked away, the enhanced are viewed as monsters, despised by the public, and never trusted to serve in the military or any law enforcement agency.
Years later he gets a chance to set up a task force of enhanced to serve in the FBI, but with one proviso: each enhanced must partner with a regular human.
Finn Mayer dreamed of joining the FBI since he was fourteen and made every possible sacrifice to make it happen, including living with his selfish mother and bullying homophobic brother and never having a boyfriend. But his undiagnosed dyslexia stopped his aspirations dead in their tracks. His last chance is to partner with Talon, an enhanced with fatal abilities who doesn’t trust regular humans with their secrets and wants Finn to fail.
Four weeks to prove himself to the team. Four weeks for the team to prove itself to the public. And when another group threatens their success—and their lives are at stake—four weeks for them to survive
Character Bio
Interviewer: (reads from a piece of paper) “Do you have a birthmark, scar, or –”
Talon: “Are you fucking kidding me?” (He scoffs and jabs angrily at the distinct scar on his face) “Anyone who hasn’t been living under a rock for the last thirty years knows what one of these means.”
Interviewer (Immediately realizing his mistake) “Um, yes. Yes, of course. But perhaps we should assume it’s only rock dwellers that read Parker’s blog?”
Talon: (Sounding bored.) “It’s the mark of an enhanced human. The scar we get at the same time as we get our enhanced abilities. Usually happens sometime around adolescence but it has happened a couple of times recently at around seven years. Poor bastards,” he mutters.
Interviewer: “And no one’s managed to narrow down a cause for it, yet?”
Talon: “No, although there are some discoveries being made, but you’ll have to ask Finn about that.”
Interviewer: (brightening) “Finn? That’s Finlay Mayer -your regular human partner.”
Talon: “And science geek.”
Interviewer: “And science geek.”
Interviewer: “I understand you come from a very politically active family?”
Talon shrugs.
Interviewer: “But I believe you don’t get on with them very well?”
Talon: “Depends if you classify being drugged and locked in an insane asylum as a child then shuffled off to live with your grandparents, so you don’t infect any of your brothers as getting on well with them.”
Interviewer: “But, the enhanced aren’t actually contagious, are they? It’s not something you can catch.”
Talon: “Duh.”
Interviewer: “I understand the experimental FBI unit was your idea?” (shuffles papers) “and a Vance Connelly whose family mostly work for the Tampa Police? What are you hoping to achieve?”
Talon: (stays quiet for a while) “To prove we’re not the monsters most people think we are.”
Interviewer: “Your own ability is well documented. Could you go into further detail?”
Talon fixes his gaze on the interviewer: “Are you sure? I only have to think about it, and every organ in your body slows. Your lungs never take another breath. Your heart beat slows until it stops. The blood rushing around your arteries still. Your eyes burn because they are unable to blink.”
Interviewer swallows nervously.
Talon: “Or I could just put you to sleep.”
Interviewer: “And this is why you remain convinced that enhanced shouldn’t partner with regulars? Because you can literally kill someone just by thinking about it?”
Talon: (smiles) “I may be rethinking my position. Agent Mayer is very persuasive.”
Interviewer: “My readers want to know if you have any pets?”
Talon (snorts) “If you ask Gael he would say, Vance. He’s kind of the team mascot and eats like a horse.”
Interviewer: “That’s Vance Connelly? His ability is incredible strength?”
“Talon: “Yeah – but I’ve got Olly as well.”
Interviewer: “Olly? Is that another team member?”
Talon: No, Olly is a Labrador. (Shuffles around in his pocket.) “I’ve actually got a picture Finn took of her.”
Interviewer smiles: “Last question then. I’m supposed to ask if you have ever been in love?”
Talon smiles. “Sorry, need to know basis only.”
Interviewer: (smiles) “So it’s a state secret then… or should I ask the science geek?”
About the Author
Victoria Sue
Wrote her first book on a dare from her hubby two years ago and he says he has regretted it every day since. Loves writing about gorgeous boys loving each other the best, and especially with either a paranormal or a historical twist. Had a try at writing contemporary but failed spectacularly when it grew four legs and a tail. Loves her wolves!
Is an English northern lass but is currently serving twenty to life in Florida – unfortunately, she spends more time chained at her computer than on a beach.
Loves to hear from her readers and can be found most days lurking on facebook.
@vickysuewrites
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