Delivery (Star Line Express Romance Book 3) by Alessia Bowman

Author:Alessia Bowman [Bowman, Alessia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eclipse Ink
Published: 2018-09-10T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 16

Niya

Right before the intermission, right during my favorite scene in the first part of Parst, the scene where the bomb that Joston’s set to explode fails and he’s forced to go back to the site and detonate it by hand and you’re almost rooting for him except you’re also wishing that he’ll fuck up and get killed—right before the most exciting part of that scene, Aymee jabs me in the ribs and motions for me to follow her. Then she grabs my hand and starts pulling me out of my chair.

I look at Aeryen, who’s so intent on the vid that he doesn’t even notice I’ve gotten up, but I catch Draybirge’s eye—he’s sitting right next to Aeryen—and he nods. He’ll look after him.

I can hardly see, but Aymee’s Chorynean, so I let her lead the way, guiding me through the pitch-dark room and out into the corridor.

“I thought we were meeting them at the intermission,” I say once we get out of the theater.

“It’s Lasson,” Aymee says. “He hasn’t been able to get through to anyone until now. He just commed me, said the palace is being attacked, he’s trapped inside, and could I send Joston down to get him out of there.”

“This has been brewing for a long time,” I say. “Even back when Chlo was still on Engra. Did you comm Joston yet?”

“I can’t!” Aymee says. “His comm’s off.”

“Hell!” I say.

Aymee is charged up. And even though I’d thought she could barely get up from her chair, she’s now half running down the corridor toward the flight deck, one of the few places on the Marinax whose location I know.

I try to raise Joston on my comm, but his comm is still off. So is Nik’s. And Chlo’s.

I can tell that Aymee’s doing the same thing, since every once in a while she says, “Damn you!” then starts running faster.

We get to the flight deck, thinking we’ll see everyone there, since it’s almost time to meet them, but not only are none of them here and not only do none of them have their comms turned on, but Aymee has a look on her face that tells me that something is dreadfully wrong.

“What is it?” I say.

“Transport raft three,” she says.

That was the raft Joston used. The raft Joston, Aeryen, and I used. Except I look at the docking space where Aymee’s looking and I see what she’s seeing—or not seeing.

The raft’s gone.

“Damn you, Nik Arca,” Aymee says. “What the fucking hell are you doing?”

“They left without us,” I say. “I cannot believe they left without us!”

“Okay,” Aymee says. “Can you get through to any of them?”

“No,” I say. “I’ve been trying since we left the theater.”

“The three of them,” Aymee says. “When we find them I’m going to lock them in the hotbox and throw away the key.”

“What is the hotbox?” I say as I eye the flight suits hanging on the wall next to me.

“A temperature-controlled storage locker,” Aymee says. “It’s about two billion degrees in there.

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