A billion-dollar clone, bought and raised as an extremely dangerous weapon, strikes out against those who manufacture and harvest clones for spare parts. ***** Duplicates are used for one thing: spare parts. Kept in Emulation Facilities, brain-dead and hooked to machines, duplicates never open their eyes. As a transplant nurse, Evette Ashford knows this better than anyone -- until a living, breathing duplicate shatters her life. Merely knowing he exists drags Evette into a deep, dark world of manipulation, danger, and control. Evette knows he just wants to find himself, but the corporation that created him are furious he's broken their control. So Evette must decide who to trust: the monster who forced her into this chaos or the monster who created him. [[IC Universe People's Choice]] [[1st Place, Writers' Olympics Dystopian Award]] [[1st Place, Oscar Sci-fi Award]] Content and/or Trigger Warning: This story is rated PG-13 for violence, language, and sexual content. This story will become free on January 31st!

Food columnist and aspiring fashion journalist, Ava Woods is already on her last rope. Given an ultimatum by her editor-something fresh on his desk first thing in the morning or she's fired-Ava gets working on the article to save her career. But when her best friend's Singles Group crashes her apartment, Ava's forced into improvising the column while navigating the pull of the parties hottest bachelor, who happens to be her ex-fiancée. Ava's world begins to unravel, leaving her struggling to save her job, her friendship, and her heart.