End Watch (The Silent Wars Book 1) by Adrian J. Smith
Author:Adrian J. Smith [Smith, Adrian J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2024-04-23T00:00:00+00:00
After cleaning the rifles, Jade sat down next to Ley. The two women looked at each other for an awkward amount of time.
âThanks for back there. You fight good,â Ley said.
âIâm sure you would have done the same if the roles were reversed,â Jade said.
âYou learn to use those ballistic weapons in the military?â
âGuns.â
âGuns.â
âWell, to be technical, theyâre M8A5 rifles.â
âOkay,â Ley said.
Another long, awkward silence followed.
âWe still have these weapons where Iâm from. The agency I work for specialises in infiltration and intel gathering. Part of our training involves knowing how to use every weapon.â
âNice. Pity you donât have one.â
âToo conspicuous. Anyone that saw me would remember. My primary directive is to infiltrate and gather information.â
âHow do we know youâre not doing that to us?â Ley chuckled.
âGood point, but me telling you my mission would be highly irregular. Careless, even.â
âOr a shrewd move on your part.â
âIâm here for Reina, The Nine and their Institute. Nothing more.â
Ley held up her hands in mock surrender. âIâm just yanking your chain. We do that a lot around here.â
Jade grinned. âSo, any siblings?â
âNot anymore. Stone worms killed him and my parents. Itâs just me now.â
âI know that pain.â
âSame thing happen to you?â
âKinda.â
Ley caught the look of deep sorrow that flashed through Jadeâs eyes. âItâs okay if you donât want to talk about it.â
âNah, itâs good. Part of the therapy. Parents died a few years back. They didnât agree with the Echo commandersâ new sanctions, and publicly announced it. Organised a protest. They were executed. I was made to pay for the cost of it.â
âThey invoiced you?â Ley shook her head. âWow, Iâm sorry.â
âReina is all I have. I canât lose her too.â
Ley hugged Jade. The embrace was quick, as if it embarrassed Ley. âHere. You should have a copy of the survey map we got.â She compressed the file and sent it to Jade with a press on the screen.
She stood up and walked away before Jade could say anything. As she grabbed a food pack, she looked back. The woman with the red hair was mysterious. There was something she couldnât put her finger on. Maybe it was like Eli said â Jade was a stranger in a strange land.
Every mining city was different, each having their unique culture or vibe. Same, same, but different. Ley inhaled, catching a stale scent. She sniffed her armpits. Sweaty but not what she was smelling. Taking her commpad from her pocket, Ley took a reading. In seconds, it beeped shrilly. Jade, Colter, Eli and Nox snapped their heads around at the sound.
âNineteen percent oxygen,â she said, showing the numbers on the screen.
There was no need for anyone to say anything. All citizens in every mining complex on the sea floor and deep within the sea mounts knew what that meant. Safe oxygen level was twenty-one percent. Get much lower than fifteen, and they would start to run into trouble.
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