Venturers by Bella Forrest

Author:Bella Forrest [Forrest, Bella]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Nightlight
Published: 2018-03-10T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty

By the time I’d caught up with her, feeling completely bruised and battered, Pandora had reached the cockpit. Believing we were all trapped on the observation deck, she’d left the door up. She was hunched over the controls, wrapping her finger in a strip of fabric she’d ripped from her shirt. Keeping my eyes on her back, I crept toward the open hatch, praying she didn’t notice the sound of my boots on the metal floor.

The ship lurched forward unexpectedly, the vibrations of the engine juddering through my already-shaky legs. We were taking off. I slipped into the shadows of the cockpit.

Her hands darted across the control panel, the ship swinging to the right, the front windows turning to face the Draconian temple head-on. Any explosion, at such point-blank range, would decimate the site. Glancing back to the controls, I saw the flash of the button that primed the cannons blinking to the right of the screen. She punched it, and I felt the mechanical clunk as they reared up, preparing to fire.

A strange whine filled the air as the blast-cannons charged to full capacity. All Pandora had to do was slam her four-fingered hand down on the auto-fire button, and Freya’s temple would be a pile of dust within minutes. I wouldn’t stand around and wait for that to happen, not after everything we’d promised them. The Draconians were not going to suffer again because of a Vysanthean’s actions.

Gripping the knife in my hand, I took a deep breath. My body was still shaking with adrenaline, but I could make the shot. There was a clear gap between me and Pandora, and she had no idea I was here. If I could make a one-in-a-million shot, I could make this easy throw. Pandora’s gaze was fixed on the control panel, her face twisting into a pained grimace with every movement she made with her injured hand.

Lifting the knife, I felt everything go still. This was it. If I could take her out now, then nobody would have to suffer because of her, ever again. My muscles flinched as I flung the knife forward, the blade leaving my hand, hurtling toward its target.

It was mere inches from Pandora’s neck when she whirled around, knocking the blade clean out of the air, sending it rocketing back in the opposite direction. I ducked, and the knife thudded into the metal wall behind me, propelled by Pandora’s immense strength. I turned sharply to retrieve it, yanking as hard as I could, but the blade was embedded too deep.

“Nice try,” Pandora growled, moving toward me.

I glanced around in a panic. I needed something to defend myself with, but there were no guns, no knives, no bazookas tucked away that I could use. My eyes rested on a blue fire extinguisher fastened to the wall on my left. Lunging for it, I snatched it off the wall and pointed it at Pandora’s face, pressing down on the top button and releasing a dense mist.

Her

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