We Leapt Into the Sky

Kendra lives for exploration. Drawn to the stars, she can't turn down the opportunity to explore newly discovered ruins on a faraway planet.

But the expedition stirs up old memories as four scientists work in close quarters. An undeniable romantic tension is brewing between fellow explorers Antony and Seph-if they could just stop bickering during lab meetings.

Kendra questions the judgment of their intellectual leader, Bria, who ignores mounting evidence that they've stumbled upon forces they don't understand. Between dreams of alien cities and strange memories that aren't her own, she realizes that something else may be sleeping in the ruins.

And soon, that sleeping presence is bound to wake.

95,000 words.