Saved By Valor: A Kurtherian Gambit Series (Reclaiming Honor Book 7) by Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle

Author:Justin Sloan & Michael Anderle
Language: eng
Format: mobi, azw3, epub
Publisher: LMBPN Publishing
Published: 2017-08-31T06:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWELVE

The Badlands

If there was one thing Diego hated, it was betrayal. Lady Woo had said that if they got El Diablo on their side she would join them. Well, sending people to attack you and make you think it was El Diablo wasn’t exactly a sign of good will.

The betrayal hadn’t been entirely unexpected, but that didn’t make him like it any better. In fact, it irked him even more. At least if it had been unexpected, he could have been mad at himself for not seeing it coming. As it played out, however, he was fully focused on his newfound hatred for this lady and his desire to see her fall.

“You did well,” he told Clara and Platea.

Clara scoffed. “I always do,” she countered, but then paused, gave him a nod, and added, “Thanks.”

“I guess being a pirate comes with a certain amount of knowhow in a fight,” Garcia said. “Good thing, too, because it’s about to be put to the test.”

Wallace let out a deep breath. “Shouldn’t we head back to the city and gather more forces for something like this?”

“Not if we want to keep the advantage. Right now they’re not sure if their plan worked. They might be sitting there thinking they succeeded, that either we’re dead or the people of El Diablo are. If we go back to New York first, they’ll have time to check it out before we get back here. Then they’ll be ready, and you saw that place. We’ll take it, sure, but might lose good soldiers in the process.”

“But these two—” he started, pointing at Platea and Clara.

“Stop right there,” Platea said, checking her rifle, then holding it close as if he were going to try and take it. “If you’re going to say that because we’re women you don’t see us being part of this, you might just have an ass-kicking headed your way.”

Wallace turned to Diego for help, but he just shook his head. “I’m with her on this one, Chief.”

“Thank you.” Platea glanced at him and smiled. “Nice vest. It suits you.”

“He’s spoken for,” Garcia warned, jealousy clear in his voice.

Platea laughed, moving her foot to touch his. “It’s not that nice of a vest.”

Garcia blushed, and it was Diego’s turn to laugh.

“Hey, you two, we’re about to go into a fight. No time for that.”

“But if we’re about to go into a fight and possibly die, maybe—”

“Don’t say it!” Clara glared. “Let’s just kick some butt and get out of here. When we get back to New York, you can do whatever the hell you want.”

Platea smiled and shrugged. “Oh, well. Next time, Sarge.”

Diego tried to ignore the googly-eyed look the sergeant was giving her, focusing instead on the quickly approaching base. A flash of light caught his eye from the hill past the base, and then the crack of a sniper rifle caught his attention. The bullet pinged off the Pod, reinforcing Diego’s belief that Pods were pretty damned badass.

“Get us down, out of sight of those hills,” he ordered, but he saw movement as he scanned the area.

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