Retribution (Recompense Book 3) by Michelle Isenhoff
Author:Michelle Isenhoff
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 2018-03-25T06:00:00+00:00
SIXTEEN
I wake sometime later to a gentle shake. I fight against the intrusion, pushing it away, my eyes still fused with sleep. It comes again, soft but insistent at my shoulder. Ethanâs whiskers tickle my ear. âJack, Iâm going to try to contact Willoughby,â he whispers. âDo you want to come, or shall I let you sleep?â
I moan, but I answer. âIâm coming.â
I slide Lana onto her motherâs lap and leave them my blanket. Ethan pulls me to my feet and steers me through the reclining bodies until weâre free of any obstacles. I hear him chuckle. âCan you take it from here?â
I shrug off his hands. âIâm awake. Whereâs Will?â
âStill talking to Leo and Tavish. Itâs nearly six.â
I yawn. I couldnât have slept more than an hour, but itâs been long enough to completely fuzz my brain. I stretch my arms and work out a few kinks as I follow Ethan to the playing field and drop heavily into one of the blue plastic seats. My eyes feel swollen from crying, and my rain-soaked hair has dried in tangles around my head. I gather the strands and twist them into a bun.
Ethan enters Willoughbyâs code into his holoband. The signal clicks through and Willoughbyâs face appears in the air in front of us. He smiles at us benignly, as if we just left his office. As if I havenât spent four weeks in a slave camp and Ethan never left Earth. âEthan, Jack. What a pleasure.â
I smile tightly. I am tremendously relieved at finally getting through to him, yet so many fears and questions are pressing against my skull that I hold stiffly upright.
Ethan speaks them for me. âWilloughby, weâve been trying to reach you for days. We couldnât get Padrillo or Opal or Caedmon, either. Whatâs going on?â
Willoughby holds up a hand. âJust precautions, captain. Weâre in the Citadel. Your family is fine, Jack. So are the Ransoms.â
My spine goes weak, and my shoulders collapse in relief.
âA little bored, perhaps, but weâre trying our best to keep them busy.â
âSo why couldnât we get through?â Ethan asks.
âAndromeda has been scouring the area, looking for a way into the mountain. I believe our network is secure, but just to be safe, I temporarily collected all holobands and cut off communications into and out of the Citadel.â
âThen how are you talking to us?â
âIâm not in the Citadel.â
We pause briefly, but Willoughby makes no explanations.
Ethan continues. âThe revolution. Whatâs happening?â
âIt is defunct in all senses of the word. Our Truecoats are scattered and in hiding. Our allies within the Military are lying low. And all contact with the Lowers has been broken. We knew our offensive was a gamble, and we knew the consequences. We are now paying the piper, so to speak.â
âAnd Macron?â
Willoughby looks grimly amused. âShe would be the piper, wouldnât she?â
âPublic opinion is still behind her? After the videos and the martial law?â
âLetâs say she has perfected the use of coercion. The only ones who dared to oppose her have been shut down.
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