Thieving Women Always Lose by Adrian J. Smith

Author:Adrian J. Smith [Smith, Adrian J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781960221001
Google: 516SzwEACAAJ
Amazon: B0BGMDJ12H
Goodreads: 72622687
Publisher: Ereka Press
Published: 2023-01-18T23:00:00+00:00

They were all crowded into the small galley Yarrow boasted. Jerry’s office was bigger, but it wasn’t as relaxed an environment, and she wanted them to be able to toss ideas back and forth as much as they could. She needed an open conversation for this. She would have preferred alcohol to loosen their tongues and brains, but Jerry didn’t want to share her moonshine with the rest of them. That was something she would keep for herself when it was dark and lonely.

“Vivian,” Jerry started. “You said you had heard a rumor about a stash of vestigen in Potelia?”

“Yeah.” Vivian’s eyes widened. “But I don’t know much more than that.”

“My sources tell me Potelia is medically advanced.” Vivian shook her head as if she didn’t know. Jerry clenched her jaw. Maybe she shouldn’t have brought her to this meeting of minds. “What do you know?”

“That’s it. My ex-boyfriend wanted to go there because he said they hand it out to anyone who needs it.”

“I can confirm they don’t,” Jerry added, pointing at Vivian.

Yafe nodded. “I can as well. That is one thing I don’t think they can keep under wraps from the rest of Penum.”

“Agreed,” Ursula answered.

Jerry shifted her gaze from Vivian to Azar. “You’re educated.”

His brow drew together. “That doesn’t mean anything. I’ve never been to Potelia.”

“No, but you took history, yes? For your certificate?”

“History of engineering, yes. Not political history.” Azar scoffed and crossed his arms.

“I’ve been doing as much research as I can,” Yafe interjected. “It seems Potelia has always led the world in education and in science. It’s rare to find an uneducated citizen there. Everyone is given access to primary and grammar school, and beyond. Whatever they want for free.”

“Sounds idyllic,” Jerry muttered.

No one said anything for a good five seconds. Then Ursula pressed her palm on the small wooden table they were all crowded around. “What’s going on, Jerry?”

“Well, we’re going to Potelia. Yarrow, anyway, and I need you to take our regular runs to Beren Island.”

Ursula wrinkled her nose. “Do I have to?”

“Yes.” Jerry looked over each of them. Azar and Yafe were firm in her decision, but she knew they would be. They always supported her crazy ideas. Ursula would whine because she had to do something she didn’t want to. Vivian didn’t seem phased by the conversation. Then again, she’d known about this stash for a while it seemed. Sacha, however, chewed her nail in the corner. “Sacha.”

“What?”

“Are you in for this or not?”

She shrugged.

Jerry resisted the urge to growl. “I need an actual answer. You’re free to move over to Calluna while we’re gone, or just leave.”

Jerry almost hoped it was the latter. Keeping her mouth shut as she waited for an answer, Jerry eyed Sacha as silence reverberated around them.

“Fine, I’ll come.”

“Great,” Jerry muttered. “Here’s what I think we do. We go to Potelia under the guise of escaping Raegina. The difference in communities is known, so I don’t think there will be much question as to why we’re leaving here.

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