Freedom Dawns (Free Worlds Book 6) by Kevin Mclaughlin & Michael Anderle

Freedom Dawns (Free Worlds Book 6) by Kevin Mclaughlin & Michael Anderle

Author:Kevin Mclaughlin & Michael Anderle [Mclaughlin, Kevin & Anderle, Michael]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2023-05-23T16:00:00+00:00


CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE

“Apparently, it’s our last chance.”

“Apparently? What other choice is there?”

“We could hide out. Move to another spot on the planet.”

“That’s no choice. That’s only a delay.”

“Still, it’s an option.”

“No, it’s not!” Liam Bell stood and accidentally flipped his tray of food onto the two people who had been doing nothing more than having a conversation.

“Excuse me?” the woman who was now covered in kelp protein and Varuna’s version of ketchup expressed.

“You need to apologize to her,” her partner added. He had escaped most of the sauce landing on him, though there was a speck of it on his cheek that he did not seem to have noticed. He didn’t sound all that sure, though. Liam realized he must look like a crazy person.

“Sorry. I shouldn’t have been eavesdropping.”

He turned and walked from the cafeteria. He wasn’t actually sorry about eavesdropping. There were less than two thousand people on all of Varuna. If there was ever a world to gossip, it was this one. Practically everyone on the planet was only a few degrees away from everyone else. And there was a new rumor going around.

A week ago, Liam would have been able to ask the group of conspirators what everyone in the colony was talking about, but since cutting ties with them, he was more isolated than he had been since coming to Varuna. Not that he necessarily minded. Liam was coming to realize his father had been right. He had picked some bad groups of friends. He wanted to be more careful next time.

If there was a next time.

Given what Liam had finally put together from snatches of conversation stolen from the cafeteria or people chatting in the hallways as they headed to work, this was not the time to be careful. Dane was putting together a mission to return to Alpha Centauri.

Liam wanted to be part of it.

He knew his father didn’t approve of him using his position as the son of a senator to get what he wanted, and Liam mostly tried to live by that. Yet in this situation, he was more than willing to use his family to get what he wanted.

He walked into his dad’s office unannounced.

“I want to help with the mission to Alpha Centauri,” he proclaimed without preamble.

His father had always been good at hiding his emotions, but not from his own son. Liam recognized the twitch of a frown that was supposed to hide a smile and the way his eyebrows scooted up in surprise.

Ron sighed. “How did you find out about this?”

“So it’s true, then?” Liam continued.

Ron smirked at that. “I guess I should have played that closer to the chest, but you’ve always been able to read me. It’s classified, though, so I need to know how you know.”

Liam snorted. “We’re not on Alpha Centauri anymore, Dad. Everyone on this planet knows everyone else. I put it together. One of the captured ships is being outfitted for a longer voyage. I know that because all the food handlers have been complaining about having to load it up.



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