The Exodus by Marissa Farrar

Author:Marissa Farrar [Farrar, Marissa]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sci-fi fantasy, sci-fi romance, post apocalyptic, Reverse Harem, RH, Why Choose, Romance, complete series, alien contact, alien invasion
Publisher: Warwick House Press
Published: 2019-05-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Casey

“CASEY! THEY’VE RECOVERED the ship.”

I turned away from the computer screen, which I’d been staring at hopelessly for the past couple of hours, sick to my soul, to find Mike standing in the doorway, his blue eyes wide. He hadn’t shaved for the past few days, and the dark shadow across his jaw was getting to be more scruff than stubble. I figured none of us were going to care much about our appearances now. It had been hard enough during this whole ‘end of the world’ bullshit, but now that Camille was gone, everything felt utterly pointless.

I sighed and shook my head. “So what? We knew it went down.”

“The fire-resistant shell of the ship meant it didn’t burn up when it came back through the atmosphere, leaving it reasonably intact.”

Excitement rose the tone of Mike’s voice, but I didn’t understand the reason behind it. What was the point in getting excited about anything anymore? “It doesn’t matter. No one could have survived that impact.”

His tone dropped down a notch, and he raked his hand through his messy dark hair. “No, you’re right, they didn’t. The captain and crew all perished.”

I lifted my eyebrows. “We knew that already. Get to the point, Mike.” I couldn’t help the low growl in my voice. I just wanted to be left alone, to wallow in my misery and contemplate a world that not only no longer had Camille in it, but that had also made us the Trads’ little bitches. There was no way we could defeat them—they’d proven that to us, which I guessed was their point all along. Now we just had to bend over and take it.

“My point is,” Mike continued, that hint of excitement in his voice again, “that Camille’s body wasn’t on board.”

That got my attention.

“What?” I straightened in my seat, shoulders down, suddenly alert. “But we know she was on board. We heard her voice over the communications system.”

“Yes, all the records are showing she was on board, too. Poor Irus is beside himself, since he was the one who gave her the green light to board. I wanted to punch the guy in the face for allowing it, but I don’t think I could hurt him any more than he’s punishing himself.”

I shook my head. “It wasn’t Irus’s fault. It was ours. We should have realized we had no right trying to control what Camille did. She should have been with us this whole time, right by our sides. We were the ones who pushed her away, not Irus. This is all down to us.”

Mike pressed his lips together and glanced down. “Yeah, you’re right. I fucking hate myself for it. If I hadn’t opened my big mouth, she’d have been with us and never would have gone down in that other ship surrounded by strangers.”

“What happened to her body? Did it get thrown free of the wreckage when it crashed?”

“Not that the inspectors can find. And all the doors were sealed when it hit.”

I frowned, confusion—together with a different spark of something else.

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