Star Peregrine (Green Zone War Book 2) by Jake Elwood

Author:Jake Elwood [Elwood, Jake]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-03-31T22:00:00+00:00

Déjà vu washed over her as she followed Unger into the station's mess hall. Harper and another marine, looking menacing and indestructible in their armored vac suits, stood at either end of a long table. Nine tired-looking people, helmetless and wearing unmatched vac suits, filled the benches on either side of the table. They kept their hands palm-down on the tabletop and watched the marines with wary eyes.

These same marines had captured Alice with the rest of her crew and had held them in the kitchen of the Free Bird. The scene was so similar that it raised goosebumps on Alice's shoulders, and she asked herself for the thousandth time if she was on the right side.

"Alice Rose."

She scanned the line of prisoners. Seven of them were strangers, but the eighth, a young man with auburn hair and a spray of freckles across the bridge of his nose, was familiar. He was also staring at her.

"It's you, isn't it? You're Alice Rose. You were on the Wild Goose." The young man's brow furrowed. "No, wait. It was the Free Bird."

All the prisoners were looking at her now, with expressions ranging from curiosity to open resentment.

I'm not a bloody traitor. It's not us against the United Worlds anymore. You must be able to see that. Suddenly weary, she sighed and leaned her rifle in a corner. That drew a sharp look from Harper, which she ignored. She pulled out a chair and sat down across from the young man with the freckles.

"You're Jimmy something or other."

"Cartwright. Jimmy Cartwright."

"I'm Alice Rose." She addressed it to the entire table. "I was on the Free Bird when we were captured by a UW Navy ship. Then the war broke out. The crew of the Free Bird is helping the United Worlds Navy, at least until we get out of the war zone." She swept her gaze up and down the row of prisoners. "The way I see it, the Dawn Alliance is our common enemy now. Once we've sent them packing, well, we can go back to fighting these boys if we have to." She jerked a thumb at the marines. "In the meantime, they're our allies."

The woman beside Alice shook her head, but didn't speak. A man across the table nodded, drawing a scowl from the woman beside him. Jimmy shrugged and said, "Maybe you're right. I don't know."

A gray-haired woman said, "I thought the Dawn Alliance was our ally now."

That drew a derisive snort from another man. "When there's a weasel in the henhouse, it doesn't help the hens much to make alliances with him."

"The Council made an alliance," the woman said stubbornly. "We should honor it."

Jimmy looked at her. "Tell it to Garth Ham."

Alice lifted an eyebrow. "Who's Garth Ham?"

"He worked with us," said Jimmy. "Then the Dawn Alliance came storming in here. They started asking us where we were from."

A gloomy silence settled over the table. Alice endured it for a few moments, then said, "And?"

"And Garth was from Neorome. They dragged him away.

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