Trade Circle: A Space Opera Adventure Series (The New Dawn Book 3) by Valerie J Mikles

Author:Valerie J Mikles [Mikles, Valerie J]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Valerie J. Mikles
Published: 2018-01-11T22:00:00+00:00

20

Amanda lay on the floor of the infirmary, wrapped in her warm, maroon jacket, cuddled next to Danny. She’d been trying to feed him soup from a thermos, but he kept zoning out and choking on it. Sky was having even less luck with Saskia. Sky had put on a biosuit reluctantly when Saskia had another seizure, and she kept holding her medical rod next to Saskia’s face. The last twenty minutes, that was all she had done. After three back-to-back seizures, Saskia slipped into a coma.

Whenever Danny went too long without moving, Amanda peeled open his eyelids, checking the pupil response, making sure he wasn’t gone too. Danny had a square face and manly features. When he slept, he looked like a statue of a general. His face was calming, gentle, and strong. Petting his rough stubble, Amanda spoke quietly, telling him the news, somewhat less dramatically than the way he used to share the news with her. There wasn’t much news here. She told him about the strange mist, Tray’s odd breakfast foods, and a song that had been stuck in her head for the past three days.

Danny’s body twitched angrily as he read the morning news. The bulge of his muscles, barely contained under his deep brown skin, showed that he had spent most of his life on Aquia. Amanda envied him for that.

“Did you see what they’re writing about us?” Danny spat, pushing away from the console. His chair rolled half-way across the room before running out of momentum. He covered his face with his hands and pushed off the floor again, sending the chair into a spin. “Of course you won’t have seen it yet! Come have a look at this!”

Danny pulled Amanda into his lap, then pointed at the monitor. Amanda shivered at the physical contact, unable to focus on the screen. Last night, he’d attacked her when she’d broken into his bedroom to escape the Guard.

“What am I reading?” she asked nervously.

“This!” Danny pointed to an article and began reading aloud. “Fifteen terrorists were captured last night during a Terranan Guard sting operation in Dome 3. Two committed suicide after failing to escape. Those captured are believed to be part of a larger terrorist network on the Terrana, blah, blah, blah . . .”

Amanda’s jaw dropped. “Sting,” she whispered. “Suicide? Terrorist?!”

“I know,” Danny said. “They’re calling the Patriots terrorists!”

“But I was there,” Amanda said, stunned. Her teeth chattered at the recounting of the ambush that had claimed the life of her godmother.

“They mention you, too,” Danny said, scrolling down the screen. Amanda went rigid. There was a warrant out for her arrest, complete with a vague, inaccurate description, and a sketch. They didn’t know she was a minor. Why had she waited for the Guard to spot her? Why hadn’t she just run?

“Girl, you’re shaking,” Danny said, placing his hands lightly on her waist and leaning to get a look at her face.

Amanda flinched and inhaled sharply. It was more than the outright lies of the article that disturbed her, it was the truth hidden between the lines.

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