Lunar Eclipse by Gun Brooke

Author:Gun Brooke [Brooke, Gun]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781635554618
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2019-11-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Sixteen

Before they boarded to take off in the Rapidfire, Beaux and her small team walked over to the edge of the Ilienta camp. The mayhem that met them made Beaux change her mind. One shuttle had already departed, and the other was about to. She engaged her communicator. “Lestarion to Veyar. Hold the launch.”

“Sir?” Veyar answered instantly.

“We’ve crossed into the other camp, and they need our help, no matter what. We can’t leave them like this. Bring all the volunteers from your shuttle that you can, and take the wounded back with you. Doc’s on your shuttle, right?”

“She is. Just continue your mission, Captain. We’ve got this.” Veyar, who Beaux relied on most to keep her grounded, clearly agreed.

Not wanting to leave until she saw her crew streaming out of the shuttle to assist the ones that had given them so much grief for months, Beaux stepped into the camp and crouched next to a tall, muscular man. He had horrible gashes left by long claws, and his left arm was nearly severed.

“I see at least twenty more with equally bad wounds,” Tracks said as he pulled the man’s belt from his pants and attached it above the injury. “And several fatalities.”

“Most of the miners seem to have left the camp,” Somas said. “These are maintenance staff.”

The crew from the shuttle, now among the wounded, were clearly shocked. Beaux hated leaving them to deal with this situation, but they needed to learn what was going on and find out what had happened with the mining crews.

“All right. Our crew’s handling this,” Beaux said and turned to the ones she’d selected to join her and Moon. “Let’s go to the Rapidfire.”

The Rapidfire sat in the center of the crew’s camp, where the medical tent once stood. The three men had already fetched the scuttle, and it hovered a few meters off the ground. Beaux nodded and saluted them before gesturing for them to take off into orbit, where they’d dock with the Empress.

After opening the hatch, Beaux motioned for the others to enter. They climbed in, but when it was time for Dancer, the animal stopped and refused to budge.

“Come on, Dancer. It’s all right,” Moon said and came back to the opening. “It’s not dangerous.”

Dancer puffed out his cheeks and gave a “offt” sound.

“Please. We need to do this, little man. And we’re going home.” Moon reached out for him. “Come on. I promise we’ll be fine.”

Beaux took two steps closer to Dancer. “Hey, big guy. We need you, especially Moon, since she’s still not quite okay after the blast. You have my word you’ll be all right.” Feeling utterly idiotic for talking to an animal and knowing full well that her crewmen were looking at her under raised eyebrows, Beaux didn’t take her eyes off Dancer. She carefully placed her hand just behind his neck, massaging lightly. “I’d never lie to you,” she murmured.

Dancer turned his big head and gazed at her, his beautiful, expressive eyes regarding her as if he probed her soul.

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