Legacy (First Colony Book 3) by Ken Lozito

Author:Ken Lozito [Lozito, Ken]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Publisher: Acoustical Books LLC
Published: 2017-11-23T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Two

Noah returned to the mobile Command Center at Sanctuary. They’d received notification that Phoenix Station had gone offline after its engagement with the Vemus Alpha ship. Not a good sign, but Noah knew that the CDF soldiers serving aboard Phoenix Station wouldn’t be declared dead until the area was thoroughly investigated. Sean refused to believe Connor had died. Even if massive pieces of the space station had been destroyed, there were still pockets where people could survive. The official CDF update communication had come from Sean, who was commanding the CDF ground troops. Noah found himself looking at Colonel Cross for some reaction to tell him why she wasn’t in command of the CDF ground forces.

“I see you looking at me again, Captain Barker. Is there a problem?” Colonel Cross asked crisply.

“No, ma’am, no problem at all,” Noah said and turned his attention back to the latest analysis for the power converter. He’d tweaked the controller’s sensitivity for the power regulator so that it could handle the greater range of fluctuations that the alien power station was prone to producing. These settings would greatly hinder the converter’s life cycle, but he didn’t need the equipment to last forever; it just needed to survive a few engagements with Vemus ships if they ever found Sanctuary.

After a few moments, he glanced over at Colonel Cross and she sighed heavily. “Since you can’t seem to concentrate, I’ll answer the question that’s been burning in your mind since I arrived,” Colonel Cross said.

“I’m sorry, Colonel. I really am. I’m trying not to think about my wife. She’s stationed at Lunar Base,” Noah said.

Colonel Cross raised her brows. “There are a lot of significant others serving on Lunar Base.”

Noah frowned in confusion for a moment. “Oh, I hadn’t realized.”

“What? That I’m a woman as well as a colonel? Yes, there’s someone important to me up there as well, so you’re in good company,” Colonel Cross said.

“Does that have anything to do with why you were sent here?” Noah asked and then immediately wished he hadn’t. Idiot, he thought.

Colonel Cross glared at him and then a bitter half smile crossed her face as her gaze lost most of its venom. “Once again, if General Gates hadn’t warned me about you, I’d have you dealt with severely.”

Noah looked away, feeling embarrassed. He should have known better, but sometimes his brain just latched onto an idea and refused to let go.

“You know what? Fine, I’ll tell you. General Gates sent me to Sanctuary because I’m pregnant and there are regulations against me serving in an active combat zone,” Colonel Cross said.

Of all the reasons Noah had thought, Colonel Cross being pregnant hadn’t been among them. He looked at her. “Congratulations, Colonel,” he said.

Colonel Cross snorted and shook her head. “I think you’re the first person who’s said that to me. Thank you.”

“I mean it. It’s nice to have something like that to think about rather than always . . .” Noah’s voice trailed off, and he pointed up toward the sky.

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