Prodigal: A Military Sci-Fi Series (The Acheron Book 2) by Rick Partlow

Author:Rick Partlow [Partlow, Rick]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Aethon Books
Published: 2020-10-26T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twelve

Sandi hadn’t known what to expect from Borges’ home. She’d had images ranging from a medieval tower fortress out of some adventure movie to an opulent mansion akin to the ones she’d visited as a child at the parties her father’s Corporate Council friends had invited him to. The reality was something in-between. The residence was inside the city walls for security reasons, which restricted just how large and opulent it could be, but it was a fortified house, with its own surrounding walls with weapons turrets mounted every fifty meters or so.

The gate opened automatically to Brunner’s car, and swallowed them up behind, as armed and armored guards walked the vehicle along the driveway up to the main house. You couldn’t have gardens here, not with the frigid weather that lasted over half the year, but the space between the walls and the house was as close as you could come, with firs and pines towering over them and interrupting anyone’s line of sight if they tried to spy on the place via a drone or even a satellite.

She and Ash were alone with Brunner in the back seat of the ground car, and she tried not to stare at the woman. They’d ridden in silence, uncomfortable on her part and probably Ash’s but not so much from the cartel enforcer. Her demeanor was more of a stalking predator, waiting in utter stillness to pounce, biding its time. When the car jerked to a stop under the cover of the multi-vehicle garage, Sandi had the door open before it settled back on its shock absorbers, and only the sight of the closed gate and armed guards behind them kept her from making a run for it.

Ash climbed out behind her, his motions slower and less panicked, but showing the same foreboding in his expression that she felt in her gut. She’d felt trapped and helpless ever since Donnelly had dragged her down into the cargo bay, and the fact that Fontenot had saved her hadn’t changed the sense of vulnerability. She found herself feeling resentment towards Ash about the whole thing, though that made no sense at all and made her feel guilty and angry on top of everything else.

Poor Ash was totally confused by the whole situation, and she wished she could talk to him about it; but every time she tried, everything inside her seemed to get twisted up and the words wouldn’t come, and now it might be too late. She couldn’t escape the conviction that they were about to die, about to walk in like cattle to a slaughterhouse, never knowing what was about to hit them until the bolt struck between their eyes. She found herself walking shoulder-to-shoulder with Ash as they followed Brunner through the arched doorway, putting aside her conflicted feelings for the sake of the sense of having a friend close by.

I’ve got to start carrying a gun, she thought inanely. All the time, not just when she knew she was heading for a fight.

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