Clone World (Undying Mercenaries Series Book 12) by B. V. Larson

Author:B. V. Larson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2019-09-07T06:00:00+00:00

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When I got back to Legate, Graves was waiting for me. He didn’t look even half as happy to see me as Drusus had been.

“Great to be back with Varus where I belong, sir!” I told him, giving him my heartiest grin.

Graves shook his head. He was watching something on his tapper—it looked like the destruction of the team he’d sent down with me to Clone World. He glared at the flashes of fierce combat.

“All right,” he said at last. “Drusus claims you’re not a traitor. I’ll take his word for that. But if you’re not a traitor, you’re an idiot.”

“Uh…” I said.

“Follow me, Centurion.”

I walked after him unhappily. I’d kind of hoped to sneak away and get some much-needed bunk time. “No time for a shower, huh?”

“No, dammit. Come on!”

I walked after him, with my new body feeling all sticky inside my uniform.

“Uh… what’s the hurry, Primus?”

“The hurry is that we’re not getting anywhere. This mission has stalled. We’re in enemy territory and every move we make fails.”

I thought about that. Turov and I had come up with a list of plans of action over the preceding weeks. So far, she’d only tried the tame moves. I knew that it would soon be time to try something more drastic.

“How many revival machines do you think Claver has in this system, McGill?” Graves asked me suddenly as we reached the lift and stepped into it.

“Well sir, I only saw the one—the one I came out of.”

He nodded. “That makes sense, but it’s too bad you didn’t see more details while in his fortress. You’ve been here several times, as I understand it, and you’ve never done a good job scouting the place.”

I recalled those prior visits vividly. Every time, the security had been tight. Claver-Threes had literally glommed onto my arms. I hadn’t been able to take a step on my own to investigate the place.

Graves looked up as we reached Gold deck. He gave me a hard stare. “What has Turov got planned?” he asked me.

Shrugging, I blanked my face. “How would I know anything about that, sir?”

Graves snorted. “Come on, give me a break. What’s next on the menu?”

“Well sir…” I began reluctantly. I was thinking of some of the crazy things we’d come up with. “I think that’s better heard coming from Turov herself. After all, she’s the mission commander.”

Graves looked pissed. “McGill, has it occurred to you that I’m second in command of this legion, and yet you seem to know more about our commander’s plans than I do? Doesn’t that seem odd to you?”

“Well sir… we’ve had loyalty problems. Not with you, of course, but the more people who know what’s coming…”

I trailed off, and he gave me a hard look. At last, he nodded. “All right. I get it. She trusts you to keep quiet—which seems odd on the face of it, until I consider all the times you’ve kept a secret by lying and playing the fool… All right.”

That was the end of it.

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