Girl of Flesh and Metal by Alicia Ellis EPUB & PDF – eBook Details Online
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- Author: Alicia Ellis
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CYBERCORP TOWER ROSE SEVENTY-TWO STORIES INTO THE SKY.
There it stood, beyond the narrow window of the nightclub where I sat.
It was a mile away, but still, it dwarfed every other building in the city—a
constant reminder that I couldn’t escape it.
I kept trying though.
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I sucked down half the cocktail in my glass. My boyfriend Jackson sat
beside me on a black loveseat. He pulled a flask from his pocket and added
more alcohol to my drink.
“You okay, Lena?” He tipped his head toward the tower looming
outside the window.
“It’s fine.” A thrill tiptoed up my spine and burrowed at the base of my
neck. Maybe from his touch, which always made me giddy, or maybe from
the alcohol. The more I drank, the less I thought about CyberCorp staring
down at me, and that could never be a bad thing.
The first semester of our senior year in high school had wrapped today,
and my friends insisted we celebrate by hitting the city’s hottest new
nightclub. This nightclub.
Lit from below, the glass floor revealed a hollow space beneath where
drinks and food zipped under our feet on white conveyer belts. Flashing
red-and-blue tiles formed the ceiling. The colors winked off each black bar
top and table.
Jackson fit in perfectly among the bright lights and the black decor, with
his deep-blue eyes and night-dark hair. He lounged across the cushions with
a liquid grin like he belonged here, like he belonged everywhere.
The club’s manager ambled past as Jackson tucked the flask away, but
her gaze stayed straight forward. My parents owned CyberCorp. And one of
the few perks of being their daughter was that, despite my age, no one
questioned my right to be here—or my right to drink. That extended to my
friends too.
Melody raised her bright-yellow drink into the air. “Cheers to winter
break and being almost done with high school.”
We hooted our approval. Melody, her twin sister Harmony, and Jackson
clinked their glasses together.
“What are you guys doing with your time off?” I asked.
“Absolutely nothing.” Melody reclined back into the couch cushions.
“And looking forward to every minute of it.”
Harmony glowered down at her now-empty glass. “We can’t go on
vacation because Daddy’s working on the Model One androids. Lena’s
father calls every ten minutes.”
“It’s not my fault,” I said. “If I could get my folks to scrap the whole
project, I would. Trust me.”
In fact, if I heard the term Model One one more time, I would scream.
CyberCorp’s androids would ship in less than two months. They’d be
the first humanoid, artificially intelligent androids for household use. Every
other word out of my parents’ mouths these days was about their precious
creation.
Melody rubbed her sister’s back. “Only two more months.”
Harmony raised her arms and gestured in the air. Her brown eyes
darkened as shadows moved over the irises. The shadows shifted each time
she waved a hand. Thanks to her networked contact lenses, she saw a
virtual drink menu floating in front of her. I didn’t understand the point of
seeing things that weren’t there, so I’d never bothered to get lenses of my
own.
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