Ack-Ack Macaque by Gareth L Powell

Author:Gareth L Powell
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
Publisher: Rebellion Publishing Ltd

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

DIALLING OUT

WILLIAM COLE STOOD on the Tereshkova’s bridge, watching the countryside wheel around as the old airship slowed and turned, ready to begin its run back to Larkin Hall and the scene of the battle. From where he stood, he could see a black column of smoke rising into the autumn air. Most of the building’s roof was ablaze. And, somewhere down there, beneath that inferno, his wife and child were fighting for their lives.

He scratched fitfully at his wild hair.

“How could I have let her go like that?”

Behind him, Victoria Valois glanced up from her instruments.

“I don’t recall you having a choice.”

He turned on her.

“But I could have insisted! I could have gone in her place.”

“No, you couldn’t. What use would you have been, eh?” She looked back down at her console. “At least Marie’s fought the Gestalt before. She knows what to expect.”

William shook his head. He had a pain in the back of his throat.

“I am such a coward.”

He turned back to the window. The smoke and flames looked thicker than before.

Had he lost her again?

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