Veil of Deceit by Judy Lynn
Author:Judy Lynn
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Infinitely Wandering Books LLC
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âThatâs a lot of blood.â
âWhereâs Sans?â
âGet her to the security wing of the hospital. I donât want anyone near her without security there.â
âYes, sir.â
***
âHeart rate good. Blood pressure good.â
***
âNo real damage⦠Minor concussion⦠Any time.â
***
âNot her⦠Medical history doesnât match.â
***
âCommander Heap?â Jayla asked, becoming more alert to the voices around her.
âYou said you were bringing Sans.â
âI did, sort of.â
âWhen your medical history from your vitals chip didnât match your medical scans, we scanned your fingerprints,â he growled.
A colonel stood in the room next to Heap. Short, bald, a scowl she could easily imagine being permanent. âHow could you have been in contact this whole time without knowing you were speaking to Sans?â
âI donât like it any more than you do, sir,â Heap said. âI want to put a warrant out for Chext and the other Sans.â His voice faded as the two men left the room. A security officer came in and attached restraints to the sides of the bed.
Jayla stared at the ceiling as the restraints closed around her forearms. She was in custody again. Sheâd be going back to prison, probably to the Riviera. She didnât want to think about it. And she didnât want to consider that Craig and Frankie would now be wanted fugitives. They were on their way to Earth and didnât know what waited for them.
She shouldnât have come straight here using Bundlesâs name, but she had no other safe place. If she died, her intel would be lost, and Davenport and his cohorts would never pay the price for the war they started. This way, at least she could pass it on.
A groan escaped her lips as she realized the intel was in her quarters, on the ship. If they didnât bring it with them, sheâd sacrificed Craig and Frankieâs freedom for nothing.
***
âWhoâs there?â Jayla asked. In the dark hospital room, something had woken her, though she couldnât pinpoint what. Her head still hurt, but at least she could think straight. She felt, more than heard, someone in the room with her. âI know someoneâs here.â
Both arms were restrained. She couldnât sit up. The call button was at her fingertips, but as she tried to grab it in the dark, she knocked it off the edge of the bed.
It shouldnât be this dark, she thought. It wasnât a power outage. She could still hear various electronic noises from the hallway.
Her breath came out raspy as she pulled against the restraints. Someone was here, and friends didnât hide in the dark.
When the person finally came into view, he was right next to her bed. Jayla had no time to scream for help before a leather-gloved hand covered her mouth and pinched her nose. Someone else restrained her legs, so she couldnât bring her knees up.
Jayla tried to scream. She tried to move out from under the hand. She tried to free her legs. The darkness grew darker. With his free hand, the man yanked the plug to the machine tracking her vitals.
Davenport would be
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