Titan: Cruel Moon (Titan: Colonizing Saturn's Moon Book 1) by Kate Rauner

Author:Kate Rauner [Rauner, Kate]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-12-13T07:00:00+00:00

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At supper, the Kin huddled together at four tables and there was little conversation. Fynn sat at the end of a table with his crew, the Ever-Clean coveralls chaffing his shoulders where it trapped sweat against his skin. He caught sight of his mother crossing from the clinic to the tower stairs with a determined rebound from each step. He glanced down the tables but didn't see other medics or his father.

He spooned through mushy chicken and rice quickly, barely noticing any flavor but salt, and picked up his bowl. "I'm going to retrieve our air monitor." His words sounded overly hearty, and he hoped no one noticed, but he had to get away and think.

Rica jumped up. "There's time to enter the data before bed."

Ben followed, and, after a cautious glance at Kin eating nearby, Casper did too. Fynn balled up his fists and led them with the same determined stride he'd seen his mother use. They waited silently in the greenhouse aisle while Rica retrieved the monitor, Ben and Casper watching Fynn as if they expected him to say something.

He didn't know what to say, but he knew what he had to do. He had to get Drew out of the trash bin, and he had a plan.

In the tunnel to the furnace dome, Fynn stopped so suddenly that Ben ran into him. "I think the fans make too much noise in a tunnel for a mic to pick up voices, but let's be sure." Fynn held his flat pad up so they could see and slid the power switch to off. The others did the same. "Now we can talk."

Rica's curls whipped into her face. "What? I can't hear you. I've got a better idea." She dragged Fynn into the furnace dome, the others followed, and they crossed the empty quadrants to the furnace consoles. With a satisfied smile, she tapped a control.

The dome went black and Casper gasped.

"Relax." Rica pulled out a slender hand light and rescued them from the darkness. "I've learned how to simulate a shut-down, and they happen so often no one's going to suspect. All our dome cameras are off now, along with their audio pickups."

Casper pointed silently to the console camera.

"Aimed the other way," Rica said. "And I never hooked up its audio. Now we can talk. So, Fynn, what are we gonna do?"

"You don't have to get involved," Fynn said. "Drew's my friend."

"Drew's Kin." Rica nodded sharply. "Think of him, cramped in that bin, half buried in garbage. He could suffocate."

Ben jerked his chin to match Rica. "I'm in, too. We've got to get him out."

Casper twisted his hands together. "Maybe it's not so bad in the bin. I can't..."

Casper caused accidents when he wasn't under stress, and Fynn didn't trust him. He was too cowed by his barracks mates and too easily intimidated. "The best thing you can do, Casper, is act normal. Follow your usual routine. That'll give us cover."

Rica glared at Casper, but he pulled his hands against his chest and let out a shaky breath without noticing her.

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