Jack would have expected his world to change after bonding with a symbiont, but aside from a strange awareness of everything around him, he felt very much as he always had. His fingers flexed when he ordered; his legs moved on command. When he sent a questioning thought at the Nassai, all he felt was a mild sense of amusement.
He watched the taillights of a white Nissan Versa flaring bright with red light as it pulled to a stop at the intersection. Tall buildings rose up on either side of the road, and pedestrians crowded the sidewalks.
“So, an alien…”
Lauren bit her lip as he stared through the windshield, sweat glistening on her thin face. “You"re carrying an alien,” she said, nodding. “You let it…merge with you? Bond with you? You let it inside you?”
Jack smiled, his cheeks flushed
