Border Wars (On Silver Wings Book 8) by Evan Currie

Author:Evan Currie [Currie, Evan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-01-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 13

Hayden’s World

Cassius Aida looped the strap of the rifle around his arm as he brought the old military weapon up to his shoulder, laying his cheek against the stock as he looked down the scope.

The herd was back, moving in their deceptively lumbering motion as they moved through the jungle. His girl’s new city was in their path, but the walls should detour the beasties quite nicely, he was just going to make sure. Not that he really knew what to do if somehow they pierced military grade fencing. But at least he’d be able to report to Sorilla what happened with some idea of what might be needed to accomplish her requirements the next time.

A flash of motion caught his eye and he twitched slightly, shifting the scope to the jungle along behind the herd.

Well hello there, He thought as he spotted the striped and slightly furred bodies of a predator pack. They were tracking the herd, unsurprisingly, but didn’t seem to be in the mood to make a play just then.

Hayden ecology was a fascinating divergence from Earth for Cassius, making him feel like he’d been transported back in time to a period close to the time of the dinosaurs, though there were plenty of smaller mammal like beasties kicking around too.

A hint of a whine in the distance caused him to pull back from the scope, tilting his head to try and pick out the sound a little better.

Sounds like Jerry is back, He decided, recognizing the sound of the electric powered flitter as it came in for a landing.

Cassius packed up his gear and slung the rifle as he turned and headed back toward Sorilla’s personal spread where Jerry would be landing. The Haydenite had left him a couple days earlier, heading back to pick up a class, promising he’d be back shortly.

The jungle was rapidly beginning to feel like home, though Cassius was quite aware that he had a lot to learn about the local flora and fauna before he could quite trust himself to go wandering around the wilds for weeks at a time. He was a quick study, however, and it was a subject he could truly dig his teeth into.

He was halfway back to Sorilla’s biv, a term he still found amusing as hell for a hacienda larger than he’d owned on Earth, when Cassius abruptly realized that the flitter wasn’t coming in at the spread. He shifted, getting a bearing on the sound, and made his way to a break in the jungle.

There were three of them, he realized, and they were settling in over the city his daughter had apparently decided to build for some reason he had no idea about.

Now what is this all about? He wondered, shifting course to head for the APC he knew Sorilla kept nearby. Guess it’s time to head into town.

*****

Gil looked down over the city below, amazed by what Aida had accomplished practically without anyone even noticing.

He checked his pad while the

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