Following Their Heart: A Reverse-Harem Romance by Mira Stanley

Author:Mira Stanley [Stanley, Mira]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dirty Little Secret Press
Published: 2022-10-06T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 17

Rev

Helpless. I am utterly helpless.

The first tank’s gun wouldn’t fire, so I jumped ship. I climbed out and hauled ass to the other tank, ducking beneath the waves of birds swooping overhead. I made it unscathed and dropped inside. A twist of the latch sealed me in, safe and sound, and that was the last thing that went right for me.

There’s emergency lighting in this tight space. Sitting in the dark, I can see the controls, see the ignition button, see the scope screen lit up with - - - SYSTEM MALFUNCTION - - -, and I can’t do shit about any of it.

Forget firing the gun, I can’t even get the computer online to arm the thing. Forget using the scope to aim at shit. I can’t even use it to see outside this hunk of useless metal. To top it all off, my radio won’t receive incoming signals. I have no idea if anyone can hear me when I use it, because I ain’t getting no responses.

In the first tank, at least my radio and the scope worked. I could communicate, spotty as it was, and I could see what the hell was going on beneath the sea of fowl. I need to get back to that first tank, but I can’t. The latch above my head won’t budge. Not even a millimeter.

I’m a sardine in a can. I’m blind. I’m deaf. And I’m stuck.

I change my grip on the wheel-latch and put my shoulder into it, giving that sucker my all. The only thing that gives is my damn shoulder.

I reel back. Stabbing pain shoots from my shoulder down my spine. I’ve pulled something.

With my good side, I wind up and punch the goddamn latch. “Mother fucking fuck! Let me outta here!”

The last thing I saw as I ran to the new tank was Jud putting himself in harm’s way. That fool left the safety of the reinforced lodge and strode on out with a grenade launcher on his shoulder. And when he fired at the low-flying chopper, he nailed the shot like nobody’s business. The projectile flew straight in through the open side door.

I dove inside tank two, expecting the grenade to bring the chopper down, or at the very least take out most of the guys inside. But it did fuck-all. I waited and waited with the latch cracked open, and I waited some more. There was no boom. No nothing!

The grenade must have been a dud.

So, I sealed myself in, determined to use the tank gun to pierce that motherfucker. No such luck.

My tank’s not doing what it’s supposed to do. My radio’s not doing what it’s supposed to. That grenade didn’t do what it was supposed to do.

The fuck is going on? Why the hell is everything going to shit?

I sag into the first position seat, and I rack my brain, because there’s literally nothing else I can do. I tune out my frustration, pull at my hair, and I think back.

All our set-up and testing went smooth today.

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