The Dragon Corps by Natalie Grey

Author:Natalie Grey [Grey, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-04-27T05:00:00+00:00

It was five days after the transmission, when both hope and panic had blessedly faded away, when Arlon strode into the main cavern in a towering rage.

Samara looked up from where she was poring over the schematics for the district walls, and felt a sudden chill in the air. There was no doubt about who Arlon was glaring at, and she could tell that the rest of the people in the cavern wanted to be literally anywhere else right now.

“Yes?” She was proud of how steady her voice was.

“Is there something you want to tell me?” Arlon spat the words at her.

“No.” It only seemed to make him angrier, though she knew that literally anything she said would have had the same effect.

“What about the weapons deal you tried to set up?” He stalked towards her and the people in his way scattered, looking between him and Samara worriedly. “You don’t want to tell me about that?”

“Not particularly.” She should be more deferential, she knew, but she found she was more angry than anything else. He had come here when the cavern was full on purpose. He wanted to humiliate her.

Dammit, at least she’d tried to do something. At least they would have had a fighting chance if she had succeeded.

“You tried to call off planet.” He pointed at her, and his finger was shaking. “You could have gotten us all killed!”

Samara said nothing. The people here were trying to pretend they weren’t here … but they were listening. And she wanted them to listen.

“You went to the launch pad,” Arlon accused her. “You snuck out of the district, you knew how risky it was! And you tried to call off-planet. And they heard. The clampdown they’ve put on us this week? That was your fault, wasn’t it?”

There was an indrawn breath from the watchers. They had all learned, over the years, to fear the Warlord seeing anything at all of their lives. Even in their own homes, they spoke in whispers. Who knew what a guard might take offense to?

Samara’s fists clenched. She did not look over to where Eytan was wedged miserably in a corner. He had told, that much was clear. She’d done it, though. She wasn’t going to pretend she hadn’t, or get angry at him for tattling like a child. She had done it.

“We don’t have enough weapons,” she said quietly. “You know that. Jacinta knew it.” She gestured to the schematics. “Even when we get the walls down, we won’t have enough, and we can’t count on being able to get them from the guards. It’s too slow, we need to move fast.”

“Forget the walls! I told you not to do this. I specifically told you not to. I said it was too risky.” His eyes narrowed. “And so did Jacinta. Don’t you throw her in my face.”

“Jacinta didn’t think there was a chance,” Samara agreed.

“So? You think you know better than her?”

There was a pause, while Samara tried not to say the truth. It wormed its way out anyway, though: “Yes.

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