Acquired Possession (The Machinery of Desire Book 1) by Cari Silverwood

Author:Cari Silverwood [Silverwood, Cari]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-07-21T23:00:00+00:00

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Mako stood in the doorway of the slave room, shaking his head and cursing quietly, before he left her in the care of a doctor-programmed mechling. It fed her hot soup, decided her limbs were fine, though her face was going to peel, checked her lungs and said she had some inflammation from breathing the cold air, then told her she had permission to rest a day.

One day, after being on the spear.

The room was deserted, the house quiet. The others, she realized, slaves as well as Nik and Weln, would be gone for bloodletting.

The house was in disarray and she was almost...if not quite, certain Mako was not functioning well, or as House Master, even if he was here.

Should she wait for the night? Or was now an opportunity? Many people were out and about at this time. All the better to go unnoticed while taking mechlings to the roof.

Her legs might not even hold her.

The heating was turned up to the max and blankets piled on her. Mammoth found her and burrowed under the blanket to her side. He was her unwavering friend, apart from JI-mech.

Be strong, and wait.

But waiting meant they’d return. There was no guarantee tonight would be easier.

She agonized and finally sat up and swung her legs over the side of the bed, staring down at them. They were fine, right?

The stores would have clothes. She could find food. Find some mechlings to take for JI-mech to scavenge.

Mammoth blerted at her in that weird noise he’d been gifted when they made him.

“Not you.” Did he know she planned to escape? She pulled him into her lap, stroked his head, his ears, down his furred trunk. “I’m going to miss you. Stay.”

If she did this and it succeeded, she’d be free. If not, if they caught her... No. That was too black a concept. She couldn’t handle imagining that so soon after what had happened on the spear. Keep going – that’s what she had to do.

She dropped to the floor, rose to her full, if shaky, height. Took a second of holding the bed to get her balance, but...she could stand.

One thing at a time.

She staggered to the door.

Nothing to lose and everything to gain.

It struck her then how ridiculous her efforts to incriminate Mako were. He’d brought her to the house. Basteer would know this quite soon, so the feed from the mechling was useless, might’ve been anyway, since it might not be looked at immediately and on a normal day actually getting it seen by Basteer and not Mako was not simple...

Okay, she’d always known the plan was a crazy one, but it’d been her only one.

Today was her lucky day, if she discounted almost dying and her lungs feeling as if they were burning.

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