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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