Double Cross: From the Athena Lee Universe (Smuggle Life Book 1) by T S Paul & Nathan Howe

Author:T S Paul & Nathan Howe [Paul, T S]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Double Cross
Publisher: T S Paul
Published: 2018-01-15T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

After the jump, the ship slowed, and Lindsey came running into the bridge. “Not good,” she said.

Rea turned to her. She hated hearing that. This was her ship and her baby. Nothing could happen to it. That little kid had brought an army of fighters. How he had so many was confusing. Just one more thing to figure out.

For a brief moment, Rea wished she had turned down the one pirate at the beginning and never took this job. It had been nothing but trouble so far. Going to Celtica, O’Malley, and Drake and now this little kid pirate, it was beginning to be too many little things for Rea. Add in that they carried a precious stone that was sacred and holy to New Detroit that they were supposed to smuggle to a planet that, if Rea remembered correctly, had some of the best anti-smuggling technology around.

“What?” Rea asked. She turned to Lindsey, fearful of what she was going to tell her. This might delay them and cause the mission to fail. Not what Rea wanted to hear.

“We took damage to the aft of the ship. Damage to the navigation system.”

“Is it fixable?”

Rea could see that it troubled Lindsey, and that wasn’t a good sign. If they couldn’t fix it, they would be stuck here maybe forever. It would depend on if they got lucky, and another ship just happened to jump here.

Lindsey shrugged. “I can’t. Hopefully, B113 can.”

Almost as if it was listening, the droid appeared and buzzed around before leaving.

Nicole nodded. “He is confident he can.”

“Good,” Rea said. That was a relief and some good news. At least they would be able to get out of this mess. “You two are worth your salary.”

“We are,” Nicole said.

The CATT was never modest about what she brought to the table. Rea didn’t mind. She really was worth her salary. Even if she and Aldis didn’t get along. Even with the fighting those two did. Both Nicole and Aldis were invaluable to the Rossi and to Rea.

“Though, it will take two days to fix,” Nicole added.

Rea couldn’t believe her ears. That was a big letdown. This job was on a tight schedule, and Rea didn’t like to fall behind. “We don’t have two days to waste.”

That wasn’t necessarily true, they did, but that was pushing it. Since Rea took over the Rossi, she had never been late. Even when she first joined a crew as a smuggler, Rea turned it right around, and her team earned a reputation for being the best. It was why she was able to take over and have her own ship.

“We’ll be fine,” Steve said.

Even to Rea, he didn’t sound like he truly believed it. Rea wished she hadn’t known about the cargo. She wished she was like Steve and didn’t truly understand how dangerous it was. They might not leave New Detroit or be seen from ever again.

There was a very good chance they would be thrown into a prison and the key lost.

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