Malfunction by Nina Croft

Author:Nina Croft
Language: eng
Format: epub
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Publisher: Entangled Publishing, LLC
Published: 2019-12-29T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

“Dios, I don’t like this.” Rico paced the galley, running his hands through his long hair, which had come loose from its ponytail. “A few dead Chosen Ones, a malfunctioning shuttle—those I can get my head around. But an exploding ship. Nope. Not one bit. Makes me feel a little…vulnerable. And I don’t do vulnerable.”

No, she could see that. She hadn’t often seen Rico rattled. In fact, she might never have seen it. “And you weren’t even there.”

She wasn’t sure what she was feeling. The buzz from the alcohol had gone. Unfortunately. If someone could destroy the Trakis Three just like that, then the same could happen to the rest of them. Not a comforting thought. Maybe it had been a malfunction. A really big one. But she wasn’t buying that. No, she was definitely moving toward the someone didn’t want them to get to the Trakis Three scenario. What would they have found? They’d never know now—all the evidence had disappeared with a bang.

So they had to think around the issue. What could they be hiding? If they assumed the malfunction to the central database was the killer covering their tracks, then that took them back to her original theory—that the first victims would have given them a direct link to the killer. They were somehow connected.

Were they crew family? And if so, why would someone want them dead?

She needed the details of the victims from the other ships—they’d already been requested, but she would chase them up. And a visit to one of the other ships would be good, if they got the chance.

And a list of all those who had access to the central database would also be useful. Surely the list couldn’t be that long. Something else for Jake to look into. Though he hadn’t got back to her with the other stuff yet.

Her stomach rumbled. At least she was getting the hang of the food dispenser in the galley. She flicked through the screens. So many choices. She finally settled on a vegetable curry and rice. Then added bhajis and naan bread—double portions of each. The hot, spicy scent filled her nostrils, and her stomach rumbled some more.

She took the piled-up plates to the table and sat down, trying to ignore Rico’s pacing at least for the first few mouthfuls.

Trouble was Rico didn’t like to be ignored. “Describe what you saw,” he said, dragging out the chair opposite and plonking himself down.

She shoveled in another mouthful then sat back and thought while she chewed. “It exploded. What more can I say?”

“All in one go? Or a small explosion followed by a bigger one? Think.”

She closed her eyes and tried to envisage the explosion. She’d been staring straight at the screen when it happened. Though she’d been a little distracted by Logan, who’d been hovering by her shoulder at the time. “I think a smaller one somewhere near the back of the ship, followed by a super big one almost immediately after.”

“Sounds like the engine room went first.

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