Broken Episode One_A Galactic Coalition Academy Series by Odette C. Bell

Author:Odette C. Bell [Bell, Odette C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: aliens, science fiction, light romance, space adventure, space opera
Amazon: B00U2520TC
Goodreads: 25040479
Published: 2015-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 12

Where the hell had she gotten to? He was starting to get worried now. Not for her safety, but for his. If word spread that he abandoned the daughter of Theodore Chester on a hostile planet, he’d be a goner.

His hands were slicked with sweat, and the damn stuff was pooling between his shoulder blades, making his top stick to his skin. Even though night had set in, and that familiar icy cold you always found in deserts like this ate into his exposed skin, nothing dried the sweat.

He was nervous. He’d given up a lot to get to where he was now, and he wasn’t going to lose it on a girl like her.

A while ago he’d ditched his casual clothes for something more fitting: a vest, pants, a top, and heavy desert boots. Oh, and guns. Lots of guns. As a special commander, he had access to an unlimited supply of Coalition credits, meaning he could buy his way out of any problem, if it came to that. Okay, it didn’t work that way – the credits were there when he needed emergency supplies or transport – but sometimes it felt like he’d been given a blank check, as the old humans used to say. He had an unlimited credit chip in his pocket, and today it had come in real handy.

He had a desert rifle strapped to his back, and two short-range rock razors on his hips. Both types of guns were optimized to work on planets like this. From the heat to the constant abrasive sand, they were designed to last for years, with proper care.

He’d also invested in a scanner. A certain type of illegal scanner. Or at least illegal if you didn’t work for the Coalition Army. Strapped to his wrist was a gene tracker. Give it the right data, and it could track someone for thousands of kilometers. While it was a crime for an ordinary punter to procure one, they were used in the Academy and the Army, but even then you had to justify their use.

Well, he was a special commander, and the word “special” was there for a reason. Not only would the Coalition not give a hoot that he bought one, they’d probably never question what he used it for. He had a lot of freedom, but it came with a lot of responsibility.

“You better not have wandered far,” he muttered under his breath. He’d been repeating that same statement for about a half hour now. He still hadn’t found her, though, hence the sweaty fingers.

Gripping his chin and letting his dirty fingers dig into his stubble, he shifted his jaw from side to side as he tried to eke out the tension.

It didn’t work.

Only getting off this hellhole would.

He tried to manipulate the scanner as he walked. It was tricky – considering it was a sophisticated piece of equipment – but he managed it.

It wasn’t too hard to find a few fragments of Mimi’s DNA – she’d

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