Alone on Earth (Signal Bend Series) by Fanetti Susan

Author:Fanetti, Susan [Fanetti, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Susan Fanetti
Published: 2014-02-28T00:00:00+00:00

~oOo~

When they came out of the Keep, Vic was talking to Sam and Shiv.

Vic, who was supposed to be back in the Room with Wallace and Grady. Sam turned to Isaac, and Bart understood everything. Ceej and Vic. Both of them. Holy fucking shit.

Staring at Isaac, Sam called, “Howler!” And then he turned and walked down the hallway toward the Room. A short, compact Scorpion, bald (it occurred to Bart that most of the Scorps were shaved or close-cropped), with a thick ring through his septum and several small ivory skulls braided into his beard, followed after Sam and Shiv.

Isaac took two quick steps, as if to try to head them off, then pulled up. He looked at Show. Show nodded. Then Isaac checked the piece in his shoulder holster. They were all still carrying, from the night’s earlier—and continuing—excitement. “Hav!” he called, and Havoc, who was standing at the bar, walked over.

“I saw it, boss. Vic came couple of minutes ago, went right up to Sam. What’s goin’ on?”

“I’d say the Scorpions are not our allies—or if they are, we have ourselves a fucking uneasy alliance right now. Looks like Vic and Ceej've flipped. You get a shot on Vic—any one of you—you take it. I want him on the ground, but I want him breathing. Anybody got a problem with that?”

No one did. Bart was usually queasy about the violence, especially against their own, but he saw the scene unfolding, and, yet again, Vic was bringing heavy shit down on the club. Bart would have voted for him to meet his Maker, if that had been the question before them.

Isaac turned to Bart. “They gotta go. And they gotta go now. I’m calling Lilli. You call your girl.” He turned. “Show, call Shannon. Len, call Badge. Make it quick. Let’s get ‘em moving.”

Bart nodded and, while the Horde were clustered together in a huddle, he dialed Riley.

She answered on the first ring, wide awake. “Hi. Everything okay?”

“No, babe. We’re getting you all to the airport, right now. Pack and move. Everybody. Shannon, Lilli, and Badger are on it. Do what they say, and get moving.”

“Bart—what’s going on? I don’t understand.”

“I’m sorry, princess. You gotta go. Remember how I said I wouldn’t hurt you? This is me keeping my promise. You gotta go.”

There was a pause. Then, “No—I need to see you first.”

“I can’t. I’m sorry.” The thought of not seeing her, maybe ever again, made his heart feel flat and his chest ache.

“But—Bart. No. I—we need to talk. I don’t want to go without seeing you. I can’t.”

There was something happening between them, something more than a fling. He’d been setting it aside, not wanting to deal with it, but he could hear it in her voice now. It hurt him to hear it and know he couldn’t give her any ease about it. “Babe, you have to go. It’s not safe. You have to go. We’ll work it out, but right now, you gotta move, and so do I.

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