Fortune's Folly (Outer Bounds Book 2) by King Sara

Author:King, Sara [King, Sara]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Parasite Publications
Published: 2016-05-19T04:00:00+00:00

A day and a half after Milar’s visit, Anna answered her summons in a stolen Coalition ship piloted by a nondescript man who nodded respectfully when Magali and Jersey greeted them at the loading ramp with grenades and powered-up rifles.

Anna had hesitated upon seeing the Nephyr, but after briefly consulting with her friend, had walked down the ramp anyway. All around them, Fortuners were standing around watching with mixed expressions of awe and trepidation—everyone had heard of Anna Landborn, but few had the dubious pleasure of seeing her in person.

“Well, if it isn’t my backstabbing sister, all grown up and taking over Fortune,” Anna said, clapping her hands together. As Magali stiffened, Anna glanced at the dozens of curious onlookers. “Got someplace private to do this?”

“The flagship,” Magali said. “We’ve got a table set up in the galley.”

“‘Flagship.’” Anna scoffed derisively, but started up the hill, not even bothering to ask which ship was the one in question. The man with her followed close behind, scanning their surroundings with the unmistakable focus of a bodyguard.

She’s gone two weeks and she comes back with a ship and a bodyguard. Caught somewhere between fury and trepidation, Magali followed her, Jersey sticking even closer than usual.

As Anna and her friend were sitting down at the table inside the ship, however, Jersey nudged Magali aside and said, “That guy’s a robot. He’s laced with metal and hydraulics.”

“Don’t forget the top-secret government weaponry and Triton-level processing capabilities,” Anna said cheerfully. To Jersey, she said, “Hello. I hear you’re fucking my sister.”

Jersey froze and looked at Anna like a startled starlope.

“Not fucking her, then.” Anna seemed to find that surprising. “Huh.”

“Anna,” Magali gritted, “they’ve got Patrick.”

“Yeah, I heard.” Anna plucked a sweetpod from the bowl and idly dropped it into her mouth. Chewing, she cocked her head. “So?”

“They’re killing him!” Magali snapped, slamming her fist to the table in rage.

Anna waved that off dismissively. “He was the dumber twin, anyway.”

On an irrational wave of fury, Magali lunged across the table at her sister, only to be caught by the big man beside her, his grip like iron around her shoulder, stopping her like a brick wall before she even got halfway across the table. An instant later, Jersey had his hand on the robot’s throat, preparing to rip its head off.

“Call it off,” Jersey growled, eyes on the robot’s calm face. “Or your pet’s dead.”

Anna just giggled. “Yeah, I’d like to see that.” She tossed another sweetpod into her mouth and chewed it, grinning as she watched the three-way showdown as if it were the most entertaining thing she’d seen all week.

“I’d appreciate it if we can keep this meeting relatively peaceful,” the robot said. “I disdain violence.” He hadn’t removed his hand from Magali’s shoulder.

Jersey narrowed his eyes. “Anna, you’ve got two seconds to call it off.”

Anna just grinned wider. “Show him, Dobie.”

“I’d rather not injure him, if I can avoid it,” the robot responded.

That made Anna frown. “I said show him.”

The robot sighed…then, in

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