Broken Wings by Melanie Nilles

Author:Melanie Nilles [Nilles, Melanie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Science Fiction, cookie429, Extratorrents, Kat
ISBN: 9781452818023
Google: 3Tt0cAAACAAJ
Amazon: B003YRIKL2
Goodreads: 8835188
Publisher: CreateSpace
Published: 2010-08-07T00:00:00+00:00

position at the back.

[" Shorun section,"] Leksel said. The computer

beeped.

Cris leaned close to her. ["Transport tube."]

She figured something like that.

Leksel turned, the muscles in his neck tightening

like his wings. ["They're onto us. We make this fast

and we get out. No questions. No staring.

Understand?"] His eyes fixed on her with a

momentary shift to Cris.

Then she was right; the Shirukan were closing in

on them. Her heart pounded at the narrow escape.

That was close, closer than she thought possible.

They had almost been caught. More than ever she

wanted to get out of that city and off that world. She

would never argue with Dave again if she found her

way home.

How did they know where they were? Unless…

["Your computer access alerted them."]

His expression lightened. ["No. We have current

access codes. It was you."]

["Me?"] How? Was it her behavior? What had

she done?

["The Starfire gives off a unique trace radiation.

Another scan and they'l know where we're heading.

They don't know we're dressed as them. We'l have

to hurry,"] Leksel said.

Cris moved close to her. ["You're thinking like

one of us. I must be rubbing off."]

In his delusional dreams.

The computer double-beeped and the doors

opened.

["Let's go."] Leksel led them through another

corridor.

Raea cringed at the number of men and women

in uniforms, many of them Shirukan. The glass wal s

over the walkway gave her a view of towering,

rounded city structures, one of them ahead. From the

view of clouds below and around them, they strode

through a tunnel connected to a smal section of the

city separate from the large city proper. Through the

glass ceiling, she made out a flat area ahead where

a large, sleekly curved ship rose straight up. Some

of the ships like she had seen in the docking bay

they had left flew among the clouds outside.

A grasp on her arm pul ed her attention ahead.

Cris let go when she hurried to catch up.

Leksel and Corsa led them into a different

docking bay, this one with three tiers on each side

and a dozen open doors to the sky around each tier.

The smel of fresh air fil ed her lungs, despite the

crowds of plain-clothed people and Shirukan. The

smal est ships resembled oversized beetles with

windows and smal wings.

Leksel rushed them past several empty, red

cross-hair sections on the main deck where there

should have been ships. He stopped at a panel on

the wal next to one of the shuttles. At his touch, a

holographic display lit up before him in a pattern of

colors.

Corsa tapped her shoulder and pointed.

Raea's heart froze. Oh, hel no.

["Uh, oh."] Cris stepped up beside her. He could

say that again.

A large group of Shirukan entered.

A large group of Shirukan entered.

["Leks,"] Cris said.

No answer.

["Leks, you better see this."]

["Crystal fire!"] Something pounded behind

them.

Leksel tapped on the colored keys in a air, a

scowl on his face.

["Leksey, we have trouble."] Cris grabbed his

arm.

["Leave me alone!"] Leksel yanked his arm

away. ["It's not taking the code."]

["Leks. Shirukan?"]

At that, the big man looked up.

A large number of Shirukan fol owed a woman

with her dark hair pul ed back. Those already in the

bay lined up as if for an inspection.

Corsa pul ed Cris forward with her. What was

she thinking?

Raea caught her breath at a sudden jerk on her

arm.

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