Genesis Rising by Eliza Green

Author:Eliza Green [Green, Eliza]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Eliza Green Books
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

20

Harvey had flitted in and out all day, doing God knew what. He talked to the guards, asked them how everything was going, dropped spent guns back on the table. Not once did he look in Marcus’ direction.

Marcus was done with the silent treatment. Done with being treated like he didn’t matter. Why wasn’t he out there, on the frontline, fighting alongside the other men? He’d had training. He’d been Gaetano’s righthand man for Chrissake.

Okay, not exactly righthand, but he’d been a vital cog in the wheel of a criminal organisation. And if their long list of enemies was anything to go by, they’d been top dog on the east coast of America.

Okay, not exactly vital, but Marcus had been important. And he’d managed to escape an Earth on the fast track to failure. None of his peers still trapped there could boast that achievement.

But sitting outside the room that held a kid he’d rather kill than keep safe had given Marcus plenty of time to think. He’d almost gained notoriety among the Elite. Their plan had been successful, if success meant gaining entry into District Three. He couldn’t be blamed for their failure to see it through to the end.

Again, Marcus had survived that shitshow.

‘You can’t kill a cat with nine lives,’ he muttered as he stood up.

Harvey lingered by the trestle table a moment, checking the gun supplies, then his own. If Marcus did nothing else today, he would at least learn why Harvey wanted the kid here. And learn why Marcus was the only one capable of watching him.

He walked over to the table, slowly. He didn’t want to spook him.

‘Hey, Harvey?’

Buchanan didn’t turn around.

‘Can I talk to you a sec?’

‘Talk.’ Harvey studied one of the guns.

‘How long do I have to keep watching the kid?’

‘For as long as I tell you to.’

‘Well, that’s not the arrangement we had.’

Harvey turned sharply. His eyes were cold, hard. ‘And what arrangement do you think we had?’

Marcus steeled his nerves. ‘That I was going to be useful on Exilon 5. That I would be given an important role on this planet similar to the one I had on Earth. Better, even.’

Buchanan smirked. ‘And what makes you think you watching the kid isn’t important?’

‘Because...’ He coughed away some nervousness. ‘Because I think there’s more to this operation than one stupid kid.’

Sitting on his ass had given Marcus too much time to think.

‘Yeah? And what do you think’s going on here?’

The only thing he could think of—a fight for power. ‘I’m guessing you want Bill to come for the kid.’

Harvey returned his gaze to the table. ‘I do.’

‘Well, you know I used to command people like him on Earth. You know what I did. I can do more.’

Harvey stared at Marcus. The biting look remained.

Buchanan lunged for him suddenly, causing Marcus to yelp in surprise. Harvey dragged him out of the main hangar through the set of double doors and into the corridor.

He shoved him up against the wall. ‘You do what you’re told, nothing more.

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