Broken Ties

"There was nothing unusual about the night everything changed. No flashing lights in the sky, no searing fire in my belly; no sign whatsoever to suggest the shift which was to come...Nora Brice did strange things to me. Strange and awful things..." Paul Colt has a problem, and it is not one most teenage boys face. Yes, he likes a girl; one he's pretty certain he'll do foolish things for, given the chance. But he can't go after her, or any other girl for that matter. That's what he gets for being an Averter; forced to toe the line for the propagation of the collective. He knows some rules are okay to trifle with, and there are some which should never be broken. The gravest of them all? Don't fall in love. Ever. This is the story of how Paul breaks that rule. This prequel novella to the Mentalist Series can be read before or after Aversion, Book One of The Mentalist Series.