Girl From Above: Betrayal (The 1000 Revolution) by Pippa DaCosta

Author:Pippa DaCosta [DaCosta, Pippa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2015-07-25T16:00:00+00:00

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Asgard was where people were sent to die. I’d survived. But to survive, I’d left a piece of myself there. I’d left the part that cares, the part that feels. Maybe even a part of my wretched soul.

I barely remember killing Philip. Once inside that room above Tink’s, the raw, most basic of human instincts had kicked in. It’d felt good to be the one in control, the one with the power. He’d deserved it. One less fucker in the nine systems.

When it was over, I staggered toward the door. My boots slipped in the blood. I tried to hook my pistol back into its holster and missed; I tried again and managed it the second time. For a few seconds, the walls tilted and the floor tipped. My heart hammered. I fell against the wall and stayed there, flexing my trembling right hand. Ragged cuts grazed my knuckles. Hot pain throbbed through my hand and up my arm. I pushed against the wall and tried to move forward. I’ll be okay in a second. Just get back to Starscream.

That’s when I heard shouted orders being barked—fleet, downstairs in the bar. I snatched my pistol free and cursed as my fingers slipped on the blood-covered grip.

I walked past the beaten body, back to the window, and ducked outside. The Ganymede’s air stank of decay and corruption. I wanted off this fuckin’ rock. I made it down the fire escape and broke into a jog. If I circled around, I could get back to the repair hangar, to Fran and Starscream. How long had it been? Fran wouldn’t leave. Shit, who was I kidding? She’d leave me high and dry to save her own ass. Hammering boots echoed down the alley. I pushed myself flat into a doorway, pistol ready.

“Cale…?”

“Bren?” I stepped out. “Where you been man? Fleet—”

Bren stood in front of a line of six fleet ground soldiers. All of them were dressed in body armor, right up to the gills. Their steel-like eyes glared at me through their visors. They aimed their rifles, locked and loaded. My brother, back in his fleet uniform, had the balls to look sorry, as if this were some sort of cosmic accident, because it couldn’t be his fault.

“Caleb—”

“Save it.” I lifted my hands.

“Just come in easy. No trouble?”

Disgust and disappointment sat heavily in my gut. My own brother had just royally fucked me. “You’re just like Dad, huh?”

He grimaced as if the thought sickened him and looked away. Good.

“Drop the pistol.” One of the soldiers barked, his voice muffled by his helmet.

I dropped the pistol.

“Kick it closer.”

I gave it a kick in their direction.

“Arm your weapons.”

“Whoa, boys.” A nervous smile flicked across my lips. “No need to get aggressive.”

They shouldered their rifles in unison, eyes piercing. This wasn’t an arrest; it was a firing squad.

Bren turned. “Wait. Don’t—”

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