(eng) M. R. Forbes - Forgotten 02 by Forsaken

Author:Forsaken [Forsaken]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Natalia sat on the edge of the bed, staring straight ahead, trying to think of some way out of her predicament.

Ghost was gone. He hadn’t made it into the bunker with the rest of the Scrapper convoy, effectively proving with ultimate finality that his delusions of being a god were just that, and leaving her trapped alone with Oversergeant Grimly and his crew.

The Oversergeant hadn’t done anything to her yet, but there was no part of her that felt comfortable he wouldn’t. He had passed her off to Mable with orders to bring her to King’s quarters. That’s what the driver had done, and that’s where Natalia had been for the last four hours.

A soldier had stopped by earlier, delivering a hot meal of stew with chunks of meat in it. Natalia had smelled it, remembered Pig’s proclivity for human meat, and dumped it in the toilet, along with what little she was able to vomit up. Then she had put herself in her current position. Waiting for the moment she was sure would come.

She had no idea what was happening in the bunker beyond the suite. The walls were thick here, the door a heavy slab of steel that slammed open and closed after squealing on a track that desperately needed lubrication. Very little sound was able to penetrate, which she supposed was probably more to keep the inside in than the outside out. Judging by the overly plush nature of the suite and the hint of a smell that seemed to linger within it, the leader of the Scrappers used the space most often to sleep and have sex, though with who, what, or how many she had no idea. And she didn’t want to know.

She drew in a strong breath and closed her eyes again. Every time she did, all she saw were the trife, charging toward the transport, killing soldiers. It didn’t matter that they were Scrappers. They were still human. Watching them cut down by the aliens was hard for her to reconcile. She knew she needed to. She had to adjust to this world and all of its realities if she was going to survive long enough to assassinate King.

At least Ghost had been taken care of. If Grimly did attack her, she would survive, and despite his size, she was certain he was the less powerful of the two men. Ghost had gotten unlucky, Grimly the opposite. The outcome would benefit her in the long run.

It had to. It was the only way she could stay strong. The only way she could accept what she knew was coming. She had to stay alive. She had to keep fighting and not give in. For Hayden’s sake. She owed him their revenge.

She opened her eyes when someone knocked on the door. The pounding only barely made it through the thick metal, but she heard it all the same. She stood up as the door started to slide open, howling along its dry tracks and pausing halfway.

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