Forgotten Colony_ The Complete Series (M.R. Forbes Box Sets) by Forbes M.R

Author:Forbes, M.R. [Forbes, M.R.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-06-01T00:00:00+00:00

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Sam rolled onto her side and glanced at the display on the nightstand. Two in the morning, Metro time. She pondered that thought for a moment. Metro time. What did that even mean anymore? What did Metro mean? What did it stand for? What was it going to become?

The start of a new human civilization?

Or the end of the old one?

As long as Governor Stone was running things, she was too sure it would be the latter.

She flopped onto her back, staring up at the top of her cube. When the Governor had told her he wanted her to be a Colonel in his new military, she had been elated. In that slice of time, she had thought it would be a chance to help mold the defense of the colony and ensure Sergeant Card’s ideas would be implemented. She believed in Caleb and his plans, and she agreed their best chance of keeping the citizens safe was to be as prepared as they could.

Even Governor Stone agreed, at least now that he had the full firepower of the hidden armory at his disposal. He had put all of Caleb’s ideas into motion, prioritizing the communications systems and the training of guards and law officers in the new weapons, as well as putting a framework in place to secure not only the city but the entire broken starship from a possible outside attack. What he had accomplished in eight hours was impressive. The Governor worked tirelessly to get everything in motion, calling in numerous people and barking orders at them with practiced ease. It was hard not to respect him for everything he had decided to do.

Except…

He had to throw a wrench in her excitement. He had to exact his revenge against her for helping Caleb in the hospital. He couldn’t forgive and forget. He couldn’t put it aside. That wasn’t his way, and while Sam was expecting something punitive to come, she had thought it would take the form of Stone’s brother. She was single because she was more interested in her job than most of the men in Metro, and it was against protocol to marry someone in the same line of work.

He was single because he was a lazy, unintelligent, adult baby.

As a Colonel reporting directly to the new Governor-General, she should be passing orders down the chain of command, not preparing to be one of the first Metro citizens to leave the confines of the ship. She should be overseeing the organization of the defenses, not getting ready to abandon it.

But that wasn’t how the Governor wanted it to be. He wanted to show her who was boss and put her loyalty to the ultimate test. He wanted to make her do something he knew she didn’t want to do.

Kill Sergeant Card?

She wasn’t sure she could even if she wanted to. He was a trained Marine who had extensive experience in all kinds of hostile environments, against all kinds of opposition. She was a Sheriff who had never seen anything but Metro before the Guardians arrived.

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