Resist (The Mir Chronicles Book 2) by Leisa Wallace

Author:Leisa Wallace [Wallace, Leisa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Leisa Wallace
Published: 2017-01-18T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty-Three

Gideon, Evren, Ollie, and Bates stood around the hologram of the Port. Evren beckoned to Lena and Suki to join them. Tern stepped next to Lena causing her to jump. She hadn’t even noticed him in the room.

“This device can get us through the shield at any location,” Gideon explained to Lena. “Our problem is that the Priestess has increased her security around the Port’s shield. There is no spot we can sneak through without a soldier seeing us.”

Ollie was brimming. “We cun get ya in The Port, no problem,” said Ollie. “The trick, ya see, is not gettin’ caught. But Bates un I come up with a plan to distract.” Ollie smiled.

Bates had never really warmed to them since their sudden initiation. But Suki was right, he was loyal and took his job protecting the Zoons seriously. Lena respected him for it. Ollie puffed out his chest as he explained the plan. Some of the Zoons around him rolled their eyes, but Lena could see their excitement as well.

“Once we get into The Port, we’ll go to our safe house. The Genosee Consulate is having a gala which I happened to procure an invitation to. We’ll be able to get in without a problem,” Suki said. “Sneaking into their control room should be easy.”

Gideon nodded. “We’ll go to the Genosee Consulate, help Tern find Birdee, then contact Tarek. Eves will leave with him,” Gideon instructed.

Suki gave Lena a sideways glance, reminding her of their earlier talk. Lena straightened her shoulders. She could do this, she told herself. She could find a way to stay.

***

Merchants crowded the streets with carts selling food, clothes, and house goods. She’d heard about markets. She hadn’t imagined them smelling so bad. Lena blinked. Bits of information floated above almost everything she looked at. Lena wasn’t sure if she liked the lens Evren had given her. Mostly it just displayed names, but every now and again a person she looked at had information about transactions with the Zoons, or offenses against them. It fascinated her and made her mind swim with all the extra information. One person Lena looked at had so much information floating above him that Lena forgot to look where was walking and tripped over the edge of the sidewalk. Gideon’s hand caught her arm and he waited for her to regain her footing. She gave Gideon a sheepish look before blinking the information away. Gideon had refused to put his lens in. She hadn’t ask him why but now she wondered if she should take hers out as well. Suki was right, it was distracting. Refocusing on where she walked, she watched scrapped-together bots floating around, acting as servants to their masters.

Lena reached into her pocket and pulled out the money Suki had given her before they left the old opera house. Lena had resisted taking it and said she’d be fine, but the Zoons around them had laughed. “She’ll just steal it back,” one Zoon had said.

She walked along the street.

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