Garnets or Bust by Joanna Wylde

Author:Joanna Wylde [Wylde, Joanna]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Tags: Programming Languages, Computers, Contemporary, Fiction, Romance, Adult, General
ISBN: 9781419915291
Publisher: Ellora's Cave
Published: 2008-01-10T14:00:00+00:00

Joanna Wylde

opened his mouth to speak. Before anything could come out, a hail of drugged

flechettes rained through the air.

Daaron went down first, tranquilizers blazing through his system in a mere

heartbeat. His last sensation as he fell was the punishing hit of a blaster bolt. She’d done

it, he marveled. Soft, sweet Tessa had just shot him in the back. He heard her shriek and

the world turned black.

* * * * *

Tessa awakened slowly, her mouth tasting metallic and bitter. She took a deep

breath. The air smelled odd, recycled, like the air on a space station—or in the deepest

reaches of the Warrens. Not the fresh, clean breezes of her camp, certainly. She opened

her eyes and looked at the ceiling, finding bare metal punctuated only by endless rows

of rivets. The bed upon which she lay was soft but far from luxurious, although the

fabric of the covers had the smooth, perfectly inviting feel that only natural fibers could

create. Expensive, like everything else Daaron had ever owned.

Daaron.

Memory flooded back. Dear Goddess, she’d killed Daaron. Shot him point-blank with

his own blaster. Tessa felt sick, completely disgusted with herself. She’d killed a man

over a handful of stupid garnets.

Daaron had given his life for a pile of fucking rocks.

How could she live with herself? Of course, her continuing survival probably

wouldn’t be a problem, not after his people got through with her. She’d enjoyed

threatening Daaron, liked the idea of him feeling uncertain and scared, the way he’d

always made her feel. But dead? No, never that. For long moments Tessa lay back on

the bed, trying to think.

Finally she sat up listlessly, wondering when her executioners would arrive. Her

cell was sparse. Bed, metal basin with water spouts and a fresher. Some drawers with a

mirrored surface on the wall above them. A small table beside the bed. Everything one

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