The Concordia Deception by J J Green

Author:J J Green [Green, J J]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Publisher: InfiniteBook
Published: 2018-09-16T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Cariad’s face was vivid in Ethan’s mind. He was glad he’d invited her to spend a day planetside with him, but he was also conflicted. The building of the new settlement in the ocean-side caves was progressing rapidly, and he knew the secret would weigh heavily on him while he was with Cariad on their planned excursion.

He wasn’t comfortable about hiding what the Gens were doing from someone who had grown to be a close friend. The problem was, the secret wasn’t his to tell. It was something that involved all the Gens. He couldn’t betray them by telling a Woken about it, even though he personally trusted her not to act on it.

It was inevitable that Cariad would find out. There would come a time in the not too distant future that all the Woken and Guardians would discover the old settlement was nearly empty and most of the supplies gone. What would she think then? She would know he had deliberately withheld the truth from her. Would she understand? Or would she be hurt that he hadn’t trusted her? He didn’t know. All he could do was hope that one day he would get the chance to explain, and that eventually she would forgive him.

The only alternative was to avoid seeing her for weeks. He couldn’t bring himself to do that. She was the one person he’d felt close to since Lauren and Dr. Crowley had died.

The shuttle from the ship wouldn’t arrive for another hour, but Ethan had nothing else to do, so he went to the flitter shed to borrow a vehicle. He planned on taking Cariad out to his farm to show her the green shoots sprouting in his fields and the small progress he’d made on the pre-fabricated farmhouse. In truth, Cherry had done most of the field work on his farm as she had turned out to be extremely adept and efficient at using the machinery. Perhaps that was one secret he wouldn’t need to keep.

The flitter shed was nearly empty. Most of the vehicles were being used to ferry equipment and supplies to the caves, with the Gen in charge, Verney, turning a blind eye to the practice. Ethan took one of the few remaining vehicles and flew it out and through the streets to the shuttle field. An office had recently been constructed there to process shipments and passenger arrivals and departures. A step in the settlement plan that had been too prominent to avoid, the Gens had built the office, but it was to be their final construction on the settlement.

Ethan parked the flitter in the lot and leaned back in his seat, putting his hands behind his head. He settled in for the wait, enjoying the pleasant anticipation of the afternoon with his friend. He looked up in the direction of the shuttles’ usual approach. The sky was unusually empty of clouds. In a while, he would see a glint of light, the first sign of the descending shuttle as the sun reflected from its metal skin.

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