Rescue (The Alliance Chronicles Book 2) by SF Benson

Author:SF Benson [Benson, SF]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NA dystopian
Publisher: Avanturine Press LLC
Published: 2016-08-08T04:00:00+00:00

“What’s right with the New Order? Nothing! Our illustrious leaders created a government which lacks a representative amendment process. It lacks a system of checks and balances. The leaders altered the limits of federal power. Everything about this government stands against our original constitution. The New Order is evil masquerading as good! Restore our country! Abolish the New Order!”

—From The Alliance Manifesto

Zared

The rich scent of roasted coffee beans wafts past my nose as I shuffle my ass into the frigid living room. Four o’clock in the fucking morning. I hate starting my day before the sun rises. Hopefully, Asher found something other than cans of spaghetti for breakfast. I plop down on the sofa and tug a musty smelling blanket over my shoulders.

“Morning, dude.” Asher greets me wearing his usual fatigues. The guy can’t give up the attire even being AWOL.

I scrub a hand over my prickly jaw. “Not yet, man. Moon’s still out.”

He grins lopsidedly. “Best time for planning.”

I glance at the ceiling. Riza has an unhealthy obsession with wanting to plan every facet of life. I suppose it’s essential in certain circumstances, but I don’t like it. “Have you spoken to Mark today?”

“Not yet, but I did get a message from my contact on the inside. Tru’s getting help to escape. There’s some big event going down in the next few days,” he explains. “She has to get out before it happens.”

I narrow my eyes. “Who’s the contact?”

“No clue. We’ve never met. Not my pay grade.”

Asher hands me a mug of coffee. I savor the warmth on my hands before taking a gulp.

“What’s the event?” I ask.

“Don’t know that either, dude. Contact didn’t say anything else.” He sits across from me.

“You can’t tell me the contact nor the event. Can you trust your intel?”

Asher takes a sip from his mug. “Without a doubt. I do know my contact’s with the Alliance.”

The muscles in my face tighten. “Then, it’s a trap. I don’t trust any of them.”

“You can trust my contact.” He takes another sip.

I down the last of my coffee. “What’s our next move, Ash? We can’t sit here forever. We gotta reach North Woods before Leon and Griffin.”

“I hear ya. Sunrise, we head out. Ko’s still asleep.”

How the hell…

I raise an eyebrow. “What’s the plan for her? She needs to rehab.”

“In time.” Asher drops his eyes for a moment and then looks at me. “Listen, Ko’s kind of fragile right now. It’s going to be some time before she can rehab.”

“You talking PTSD?”

“Maybe. Doctors told me to go easy with her. Back in the hospital, she was having nightmares. They were pretty bad. I started staying with her. If I’m there when she wakes up, she seems okay.”

I rub a hand over my face. What the hell can I say to that? “You sure she should be here now?”

“She’ll be fine. As long as I’m with her.” Asher’s gaze bounces around the room.

We’ve been friends for years. In all that time, he never hid anything from me. Even when I left the Corps, he kept me informed.

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