Rebirth (Fringe Colonies Book 4) by Talia Beckett & Jess Mountifield

Author:Talia Beckett & Jess Mountifield [Beckett, Talia]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2022-04-17T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER FOURTEEN

Dante sat in an office. It was his office, but also not his office. After being on Corsera, it felt wrong to be on Ephren. A few months earlier, he'd been proud to call this room his office when everyone had said it would be so difficult to get a workshop going on Ephren. He'd come so far.

Sighing, Dante pushed past his discomfort. Since he'd returned from seeing Serentin, he'd basically sat there and worried about his crewmates. He didn’t have a clue where to begin looking at the list of ship names Serentin had given him. If they held any information he could use, he didn’t know what. Given how crazy Serentin could be, there might not be anything to be gained from it. Kit was still out, having brought Sky home safely, borrowed Ike, and left again.

Taron and Lexi hadn’t returned either, although they'd gone farther afield, and he worried less when the mates were in capable pairs. It didn't leave many people to look out for since the rest were still fixing ships and taking the basic cargo runs.

Eve had taken a ship of more green mates out, determined to help build their numbers, but they weren't going far and wouldn't have particularly valuable cargo. It was something for him to worry about, however.

It's no good, he thought, getting to his feet. I need to do something. I need to be out there, making things happen.

He went to the door and stepped into the workshop. Immediately his eyes found Ike, the ever-present engineer trying to patiently show another mate how to fix something in the electronics of an Aerie ship. As he came closer, Dante noticed the fresh scorch marks on it and the make and model. It was one of Kayla's unmarked ships.

“Kayla come across some pirates?” Dante asked as Ike came closer, leaving the other engineer to it.

“No. Nora and Garrus. Kayla had been so close to them both that they knew her even in this rust bucket. Took her best flying to get away, and she ended up back here less than fifty minutes after she'd left. I tried to comfort her, but she hurried away. Pretty sure she went to find somewhere private to have a good cry.”

“What did she want?” Dante asked, ready to put it on the alliance board to make it a priority.

“More stuff from Jeb's to make a particular dye, I think.”

“Can we do a bigger run out that way?” Dante looked around, trying to remember what his largest ship was and if it would be helpful in this situation. Ike shook his head.

“Not unless you want to run into the Elysium folks, no. They're attacking anything going through on the grounds of intimidation, or violation of their airspace. Whatever they think they can get away with.”

Dante frowned. There had to be something they could do to help. They had to get goods and not pay through the nose for them.

“That's it,” Eve's voice came from the workshop door as she stormed in, several wide-eyed recruits following.

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