MindSighted: BlackWing Pirates, Book 1 by Connie Suttle

Author:Connie Suttle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: SubtleDemon Publishing, LLC
Published: 2016-10-08T06:00:00+00:00

After the twins were finished, Randl and I left the exercise room. By that time, I was exhausted and hoped I'd be able to sleep. I didn't see the enormous bouquet of flowers on my tiny bedside table until I'd shut my cabin door.

A small, paper note was nestled among beautiful rose buds and lilies. A loss, whether by betrayal, death or both, is still a loss, it read. Condolences—Queen Lissa.

I wiped tears away before touching fragile petals with trembling fingers.

Randl

"Grip the pistol in your dominant hand first, then place your other hand on the opposite side, covering your dominant fingers with the others," Travis instructed. "Hold tightly with the non-dominant hand to reinforce your dominant hand, because you want a firm grip on the weapon. My teachers always said to hold it so hard your hands shake, and then loosen your grip just until the shaking stops. That will give you enough control. Touch here for single fire, here for rapid fire."

I held a replica of a laser pistol in my hands while Travis showed me how to fire the thing after breakfast. We had nearly two full day's journey to Pyrik, and the crew took advantage of the time to teach Sabrina and me.

Somewhere else, Jayna worked with Sabrina on similar lessons while Trent captained BlackWing X. Sabrina and I stretched, did weight training and ran on treadmills together before breakfast, while Jayna supervised.

I looked forward to running outside sometime soon, so I could see and experience new things.

Sabrina didn't talk much during our combined training, but I noticed a new determination in her—to put recent deaths behind her and move forward. She also had a new goal, and that was to find whomever had orchestrated the theft of her design and have them arrested.

I wondered if our opposition realized how angry she'd be, or that a brilliant mind was now focused on finding them.

"Now," Travis instructed, "while holding the weapon firmly with both hands, point it at the target in front of you."

A three-dimensional image roughly resembling a humanoid was directly before me. "Lock your elbows in place," he pushed my arms into the proper position. "Use the sight image the pistol displays above the barrel, to aim at the target. Now, fire once," he added.

The replica jerked in my hand, just as the actual weapon would, surprising me. A harmless laser image was sent out, which the target recorded as the place I'd hit.

"Hmmm, lower abdomen," Travis said with a frown. "You wounded him—not fatal, but bloody. This is why it's important to lock your elbows and keep arm movement at a minimum. Do all that and you'll hit your targets accurately. Don't worry, nobody's perfect when they start out. Practice will make you better. Have you read the information regarding safety standards for carrying a weapon?"

"Twice," I said.

"Good. Lift your weapon, sight your target, lock your elbows and hold your breath before firing this time."

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