Race to Terra (Book 10 of The Empire of Bones Saga) by Terry Mixon

Author:Terry Mixon [Mixon, Terry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yowling Cat Press
Published: 2019-02-22T07:00:00+00:00

19

Kelsey woke the next morning a little sore but knew that was from her excursion to Razor yesterday. It had been more… exciting than she’d told Talbot, and she was grateful that he hadn’t pressed her too closely. They’d already left orbit, so hopefully he’d never find out what had really happened down there.

Oddly, she’d had the strangest dream. She wasn’t sure what her subconscious was trying to tell her, but she’d never look at bars the same way again. Or nachos.

Talbot was already up and off for his morning physical therapy. She had to admit he was making better progress with his arms than she’d expected. He might be back up to speed in three or four days.

She dropped into the officer’s mess and ate a large—even for her—breakfast. Then she headed for the confinement area where they were holding the crew of the Q-ship.

They’d learned their lesson with Veronica Giguere. This time they had them all in a cargo hold, in what amounted to a large barracks layout. Even the washrooms were in the cargo hold. Food was delivered to an adjacent room, and they served themselves.

There would be no spectacular escape.

They also had a makeshift conference room that she could use. Anyone else would have gone into the room and let the marine guards escort the prisoner there for a conversation.

She just waved at the guards as she went into the cargo hold. If they mobbed her, she’d be able to get clear of them. If not, the guards would stun everyone and sort them all out.

Not that she expected that kind of behavior, even with the hostile looks she still got. Commander Sommerville would make sure of that.

He was who she was here to see this morning. It was time to settle this issue of whether he would help them or not. Kelsey spotted him just finishing his own breakfast and waved.

He raised a cup of coffee in answer, cleared his tray, and got more coffee. Then he came to join her.

“Highness, what can I do for you?”

“Let me get some coffee and we’ll go into the conference room. We need to talk.”

She found a cup, filled it, and followed him into the conference room they’d opened next to the cargo hold. It was monitored, of course, just like the rest of the hold, and the exterior door was locked to prevent escape.

Once they had both sat, she took a sip of the bitter brew and looked over the rim of her cup at him. “I realize that we’ve talked about this before, but I need to convince you to help us find a way to Terra. We can search this system for other flip points, but you could bring us to where we could talk with someone that can help us.”

He smiled, though it was a bit lopsided. “I have a responsibility to the resistance to protect them from discovery. I’ve come to believe you aren’t part of the Empire as we know it, but I still don’t feel comfortable taking these powerful warships where we live.

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