Warped (Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)
Chapter One
Look-"
A hand darted into the water, through the
ribbons of green weeds streaming in the current,
into the darkness between the stones smooth as
black pearls. A fist came back up, with flashes
of silver wriggling from either side, a clear
rivulet dripping from the elbow.
Jake Sisko regarded the fish in the other boy's
grasp. As before-since the first time-he was
filled with both admiration and a
stomach-knotting unease at the other's lightning
quickness. Too fast, he thought. Like a knife
piercing the water without even a splash. That's
not right.
The two boys hunkered knees-to-chest on the
largest rock in the middle of the creek, the
yellow sun above drying the wet marks their bare
feet had left behind them. The water churned
white a few inches away. Jake squinted against
the glare, turning his gaze toward the
tall-grass fields that rolled up to the stand of
trees that served as a windbrea ... read full excerpt from Star Trek: Deep Space Nine: Warped ebook
