Treason by Kevin McLaughlin & Elizabeth McLaughlin

Author:Kevin McLaughlin & Elizabeth McLaughlin [McLaughlin, Kevin & McLaughlin, Elizabeth]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2020-07-29T22:00:00+00:00

19

Captain Dalton

Despite the setbacks, the mission went far better than expected. The gas had done its work and my men reported that they encountered only a few aliens who were awake. Between the complexities of invading the ship and the sheer amount of crap he had to organize on the fly, Captain Dalton was exhausted. They weren’t expecting any kind of a fight and getting to the bridge had taken more brute force than tactical strategy. The beasts had fought with more ferocity than he expected. Losing a third of his force in the first ten minutes of the mission only fueled the rage inside him.

The threat was neutralized, however. The traitor pilot and the alien captain had disappeared. He had sent men to search the nearby areas of the ship but they were nowhere to be found. He could only hope they had found their way to a short and preferably painful death. He shook his head. The bridge was theirs, and that was what mattered. There was only one more thing to do.

He strode into the command center of the ship with his hands linked behind his back. A couple of the more experienced soldiers were tapping away at terminals, trying to unlock the firing sequence for the interstellar drive the aliens had started. Two alien bodies littered the floor, blue blood pooled beneath their still forms. He wrinkled his nose at the smell. Disgusting vermin. He slid the legs of one out of the way with his boot and jerked his head up at the sound of a scuffle. Kneeling before a group of two of his men was a woman, her hair disheveled and her clothing torn in places. One of the men had his fingers wrapped in her hair, pulling it just hard enough to keep her from moving. Dalton strode up to him and wrested his other arm behind his back. The man yelped and dropped his grip.

“Private,” Dalton growled. “This is not how we treat prisoners. Especially women. Get out of my fucking sight before I decide to let her take your balls for treating her like an animal.”

“But sir—“ the man griped.

“GET THE FUCK OUT, NOW,” Dalton yelled. The private scuttled away, mumbling under his breath the whole time. Captain Dalton turned to Alex. “My apologies for my man’s conduct, ma’am. He’s a little pigheaded but that’s not an excuse for touching you in such a manner.”

She spat at him, a gob of saliva hitting Dalton on the cheek. He closed his eyes and wiped it off with one hand, the other toying with the handle of his pistol. “Are you finished?” he asked sweetly. “I’d say I could do this all day, but we’re on a schedule, miss.”

“Fuck. You,” she snarled.

“How sweet. I assume you’re the famous Dr. Alexandra King, savior of mankind and lover of all aliens great and small?”

“I’d love to tell you, but it won’t matter anyway. I hope you and your men really like the view of

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