Chapter Seventeen
April 22, Neo Southern California Metroplex, Invisible Tower
Jia looked down and shook her head, surprised that her stomach and heart were calm.
The visible guide rails marking the swirling path didn’t do much to convince her brain that she wasn’t about to topple to her death. Transparent metal and clever holographic feeds gave the impression she was standing on thin layers of clouds and would soon fall to the dark parking platform far below her.
She’d never had a fear of heights, and as she stood on the world’s most bizarre tourist attraction, she hoped it wouldn’t birth a new one.
Would that affect her flying?
Curiosity pushed out any fear that dared creep inside. She lived in one of the huge towers of Neo SoCal. If she brought someone from even a couple of centur
