Tanis Richards: Masquerade by M. D. Cooper

Author:M. D. Cooper [Cooper, M. D.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction
ISBN: 9781643650180
Amazon: 1643650181
Publisher: Aeon 14
Published: 2018-08-29T23:00:00+00:00

DISCOVERY

STELLAR DATE: 02.23.4084 (Adjusted Years)

LOCATION: The Golden Gazelle, Hunting Lodge

REGION: Ceres, Terran Hegemony, InnerSol

<I guess that will work,> Darla said, as Tanis drank her coffee at the hotel’s breakfast café. <Seems…too easy. Just kill the IC, and show it to Alden’s security goons?>

<Has to be done today, too. From what Sawyer said, the oligarch arrives bright and early tomorrow morning. Or…dark and early, I guess. This four-hour day is nuts.>

She watched as two of the Jovian Combine leader’s advance security detail sat down at a table on the far side of the café. These two weren’t dressed like ominous security goons, they looked just like vacationers here for hikes in the mountains, but Tanis could tell from their demeanor that they were paying very close attention to their surroundings.

The fact that they were on Sawyer’s list of Jovian security goons helped too.

<If we just take out other-you, we won’t get a bead on who has set this whole thing in motion. You know that, right?>

<It can’t be helped,> Tanis replied as a server came by and refilled her coffee cup. <I’m not willing to risk the Jovian oligarch getting killed on my watch just to find out who was trying to use me as a pawn. The tradeoff’s not worth it.>

<Yeah, you’re right. I just don’t like being used.>

Tanis gave a sharp nod. <You and me both.>

<I do wonder, though,> Darla continued. <Was the mission to find Simon a red herring, or was he really here?>

As she drew a long sip of the hot brew from her cup, Tanis wondered about that. How much of this mission was real, and how much was just a red herring to get a shot at the Jovian oligarch?

With luck, she’d find out in a day or so.

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