Caught by Menace by Lolita Lopez

Author:Lolita Lopez [Lopez, Lolita]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Goodreads: 17788835
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2013-06-18T05:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Menace worked his jaws in a rhythmic motion, smashing the citrus-flavored gum between his teeth as they waited for the fixer Vicious had arranged via Hallie’s contacts on the planet. It had been some time since he had been on a live mission off the Valiant but the old, well-honed instincts never really died. He had easily adjusted to the eerie yellow-green night vision projected by the tactical glasses he wore. Keeping the nose of his weapon down, he stayed on alert, ready to raise it and fire at the first sign of trouble.

The life-sign sensor on his wrist shot a signal to Cipher who waited back on the ship Zephyr had expertly and silently piloted into the small clearing outside Harper’s Well. As the tech expert on the SRU team, Cipher monitored various streams of information including team positions, radar bursts of the surrounding vicinity and radio traffic from the Guardian, a small gunship currently in the airspace nearest them. The tech specialist was also a damn good shot and frighteningly good at improvising explosive devices on the fly.

Up and to his left, Venom had taken a sniper position. One of the top three shooters in the entire Harcos force, Venom was exactly the kind of man Menace wanted watching over them. He had seen Venom in action during the Sendarian siege eleven years earlier. The man had gone above and beyond the call of duty to keep the enemy away from the gated city and buy enough time for much needed supply drops to reach their pinned-down forces.

Twenty yards in front of him, Raze waited to make first contact. His relaxed posture hid the tension Menace was certain the SRU team leader felt. The most skilled negotiator Menace had ever met, Raze often fooled people with his easy smile and gentleness. At a moment’s notice, Raze could become one of the most deadly soldiers imaginable.

“Two incoming life signs at the perimeter mark.” Cipher’s calm voice filled Menace’s ear. The specialist spit out a positional reading and Menace adjusted his body accordingly. “Contact in ten, nine, eight…”

“Stop there,” Raze loudly and clearly ordered. “Hands in the air. Face away from me.”

Two members of the SRU team who Menace wasn’t very familiar with came forward from their positions to secure the two and bring them forward. Cipher activated the small hovering lights they had set up earlier to illuminate the area. Menace pushed his night vision glasses on top of his head and blinked a few times to clear his vision.

His gaze fell to the young woman first. She had pale-blonde hair that hung to her waist and wore loose-fitting pants and a tunic. He pegged her age in the same range as Naya’s. From this distance, she looked pretty. He hoped Flare would approve.

The man caught Menace’s attention next. Though he looked short next to Raze, he was actually tall for a Calyx male. He held a bag in one hand. Menace thought it was the woman’s at first but she gripped a brown one tightly.

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