Undaunted (Battle Born Book 6) by Cyndi Friberg

Author:Cyndi Friberg [Friberg, Cyndi]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Anything-but-Ordinary
Published: 2016-06-22T18:30:00+00:00

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“Cut the kaunashit, Milanni. Why are you really here?” Garin pushed his chair back from the small metal table and crossed his legs. Milanni had been talking in circles for almost two hours and his patience was officially exhausted.

Resentment sparked in her gaze, making her green phitons shimmer. “If I’d escaped with Chandar, would we be having this conversation? I know how much you risked trying to rescue her. Nicole’s a lowly human and I’m a worthless whore, so we must have some evil motivation? That’s twisted.”

She was a fabulous actor. Her pleas and flares of temper would just about convince him she was telling the truth, and then he’d see cunning flash in her eyes. Well, he could be strategic too. If she had actually been a prisoner, it was unlikely she’d know about recent developments. However, a coconspirator would need to be apprised of current events.

“We contacted the IG,” he began, carefully baiting the hook. “Javin agreed to—”

“Did you hold a séance?” She laughed, the sound light, yet annoying. “I know Javin’s dead.” She leaned back in the chair and crossed her legs, mirroring his relaxed pose. “Now who’s full of shit?”

He ignored her provocation, more convinced than ever that she was not the victim she appeared. “All the IG wants is the ship. If it’s returned to them, in working order, they’ll drop all charges against you.”

She gasped and shook her head. “That ship is the only thing I own that’s worth anything. It’s no use to anyone else.”

“You don’t, and never have, owned the ship. It was always the property of the Integration Guild. And we both know it can be retuned to someone else’s DNA.”

She just stared back at him in silent defiance.

“Now.” He uncrossed his legs and scooted closer to the table. “Are you ready to start cooperating?”

“I’ve done nothing but cooperate,” she snapped. “You’re clearly determined to find fault with me regardless of what I say.”

This was a waste of time. “You’re out of options and so am I. Cooperate and I’ll help you relocate so you can start over. Continue with this pretense and I’ll have you transferred to a detention center.”

“For what crime?” She came up out of her chair, shackled hands splayed against the tabletop. “I haven’t done anything!”

Ignoring her outburst, he calmly walked from the interrogation room.

“She’s guilty as sin, but how do we prove it?” Kaden Lux was waiting in the corridor.

Garin moved farther down the hallway before he explained his plan. The interrogation rooms were soundproof and he was relatively certain Milanni couldn’t read minds, but carelessness was not in his nature. “She targeted the Intrepid. We need to know why.”

A sly smile curved Kaden’s mouth. “So we let her show us?”

“Exactly. Keep her cooped up for another few days until she’s climbing the walls. Then have whoever is treating her inject her with a nano-tracker—tell her it’s vitamins or whatever—then reluctantly tell her you have no choice but to let her go. Do not give her access to her ship.

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