They killed her parents while she watched.
Now one of them is her prisoner.
The human resistance nearly killed him. She saved his life—because she has her own plans for him.
But not revenge. Revenge would be easy.
She wants something more dangerous.
She wants to save the world.
This short story is 2500 words long. It was originally published in 2013, in the short story anthology The Adventure of Creation.
Zoe Cannon may or may not be a supervillain out to conquer the world through writing. When not writing, they can be found perfecting their schemes for world domination, plotting against their archenemies, and staying up too late reading a book. Their secret lair is rumored to be located somewhere in southern New Hampshire. They also write as their mild-mannered alter ego, Z.J. Cannon.