Alien Devices: Tesla joins crew to prevent alien zombie apocalypse (The Secret War Book 2) by Raven Bond

Author:Raven Bond [Bond, Raven]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Impish Press
Published: 2016-08-08T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 15

Crow’s Nest Balcony, Wind Dancer, China

Abigail looked out at the false dawn and huddled in her coat. The wind seemed frigid after the heat of her tiny cabin. At least the air here was fresh, unlike the fetid soup of Hong Kong. She found the cold air was gradually clearing the cobwebs from her head.

Abigail had settled Tesla into the cabin across from her. She had been surprised to find that the giant with the fearsome tattoos kept a very neat cabin, hung about with decorative netting draped from the walls, and beautiful pictures showing the sea. Tesla had taken advantage of their aloneness to ask about her knowledge and experiences of the Wind Dancer and her crew. He was a quite good listener and had not interrupted her during her story. When she had finished telling him how she had come to be involved with them, he frowned.

“So,” Tesla said, “Your own experience with them is only a couple of weeks old? I believe that you understand the implications of what we are about. Do you trust them, Lady Hadley?” His gaze had turned intense as he asked the question

“Yes,” Abigail had responded without thinking or hesitation. “Yes, I do,” she repeated. They are,” she searched for the right words in her exhaustion. She came back to the conclusion she had in the hotel dining room with Preemus/Bardon. Had it really only been earlier in the day? It felt as if years had passed. “They are true,” Abigail finished. She brushed the tendrils of hair from her face.

“They are,” Abigail said, “as you have seen. Ruthless killers when attacked. They are not, however, in my experience dishonest or duplicitous. If Captain Hunting Owl has given his word that the Wind Dancer will aid us, we need fear no betrayal.” Her hand clenched as she forced down the memories that others could now say that she was also a ruthless killer.

“Then the Captain's mercenary dealing is only a front,” Tesla's mustache quivered in thought.

“Oh no,” Abigail laughed. “I do not doubt that Cap'n Will means to extract everything that you have agreed to. But he will never give less than full measure on whatever he has agreed to in return.” She paused again. “I have found that he, like the others of the crew, are unexpectedly generous to those of good intentions. As I have said, they are ruthless to those of ill intent.”

“You almost make them sound like knights-errant rather than mercenaries,” Tesla harrumphed.

“Perhaps,” she allowed upon consideration. “Perhaps that is as good a description as any. Although,” she paused to stifle a yawn with her hand, “forgive me. I doubt that any of them would be found in holy orders.” She remembered what Saira had said about being a priestess, but a priestess of what? Abigail was far from superstitious, but what she had seen Saira turn into at the tower terrified some primal part of her soul that she could not quiet. Tesla looked at her with a somewhat softer expression.

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