Absolution by Peter Smith

Author:Peter Smith [Smith, Peter]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-04-29T22:00:00+00:00

13

Maria Patterson

New York Spire

She ended the connection with Fitz. What had been a pleasant surprise at seeing her old flame had quickly shifted into a rock hard feeling in her stomach. Fitz hadn’t been contacting her to talk about old times, he had dropped a bombshell in her lap.

She connected to her robotic protector, “Toby, confirm General Kellen’s location.”

“The Satellite tasked with his surveillance has not noted his departure from the London Spire.”

She closed her eyes, took a breath and cursed the man’s capacity for pigheadedness and subterfuge, “Have we had any luck on breaking their encryption protocols yet?”

“Negative.”

She sighed, it made sense given the Director’s past employment that he could keep Marine communications secure and critical personnel from her view. After all, both men had hidden several thousand Marine warriors for over a decade. She now had to contend with the reality that General Kellen had slipped her surveillance. Meaning several things. That first, he was aware or suspected that she was having him tracked. Second, that if he was in Berlin, the build up she was monitoring between both sides in this conflict was the prelude to largest land engagement since her father’s last attempt to conquer the world.

“Toby, increase surveillance over Eastern Germany. Look for Kellen’s security entourage or even Dawsons. We might not find them, but they travel with a lot of gear and personnel. Before I crawl up either of their asses, I want proof they are in the region.”

“Such an activity would be detrimental to the health of both men.”

She smirked, wondering if Toby was developing a dry sense of humor, “That’s their problem. Find them, Toby.”

She closed out the communication line and then looked up the location for her father-in-law. He was in the gym and she mused that she probably didn’t need the Spire’s computer to know that.

She moved from her office and to the gym with purpose, traversing the several floors in the elevator without even realizing it as her mind reeled through the variety of possibilities and options she was now faced with. War was coming, and in one of Earth’s last heavily inhabited areas. Eastern Europe wasn’t as densely populated as Hong Kong had been, but there were still free and enslaved peoples that lived within the lands of the German Spire and the Trotsky Alliance. If she didn’t act, and quickly, many of them would die. She couldn’t let more death hang upon her soul or that of her family name.

The doors to the gym parted and she could hear the sounds of her father-in-law’s feet pounding against the treadmill. She watched as the muscles under his olive green t-shirt shifted, his fists punching into the air before him. They shifted quickly, from strikes to blocks, and never once did his stride fail. She came around in front of him and she could see his eyes tracking her as she entered his peripheral vision.

He raised his chin questioningly as she stood between the machine and the windows. She

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.