Volumes of the Vemreaux Complete Collection: A Dystopian Adventure Trilogy by Twomey Mary E

Author:Twomey, Mary E. [Twomey, Mary E.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Mary E. Twomey
Published: 2014-07-17T04:00:00+00:00

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Departure

The limousine carting six passengers to the airport was tense with apprehension. Frederick’s guards insisted he stay home, but Liam could not be persuaded otherwise. He waved off the note of caution from his night guard about riding home unescorted from the airport. They knew nothing of Baird’s well-earned strength and ability to sniff out any trouble. The prince rode between Brody and Alec, who were sitting erect with no signs of relaxing into the heated leather seats.

Baird had arrived at the mansion around nine that morning, giving the New World One aircraft more than enough time to switch pilots, refuel and get ready for the twenty-four-hour trip to old world Australia that would leave at just after two in the afternoon. This would give them plenty of time to account for time zone differences and a stop to refuel halfway through the flight. If they wanted to explore under cover of darkness, they would have to land after eight o’clock at night on the island. Then they had to kill the predator, liberate Killian and get back to the aircraft before the sun could shine light on their plan.

Frederick, with all of his seemingly infinite connections, found out that the airplane containing Willa Anders, the supposed “Light”, was due to arrive on the island a day later. The emperor made his hope clear to them that Blue and the boys would kill the predator and free any hostages before the misguided young poster child could endanger her life.

The four were dressed in dark brown pants and olive green shirts. Brody suggested army fatigues, but their sweep of the island had to be covert. If they were caught with Blue, they had to look like civilians on a vacation to the most dangerous island for Vemreaux on the planet.

Blue had to be believable, too. Her identification papers were tucked in her dresser drawer, and a black cuff around her wrist obscured her barcode from view. In case she was found, Liam insisted that her eyes and lack of sulfurous odor would lead anyone to believe that she was simply a Femreaux too young to be changed yet, on vacation with the rest of them. On vacation with a mace and a whip in her backpack.

If they thought Baird had been a pain in the training room, it was nothing compared to how he was that morning. He drilled them relentlessly. Currently he was interrogating them on the procedure for contacting the other team.

Alec answered him, since the others were too distracted for the task. “Phones on vibrate once we reach the island. When we run into trouble, we text ‘9’ to the other team.” Each phone had a homing device that, if activated, could lead them straight to it. “The signal for having located Killian or the other missing Vemreaux is ‘1’.” He sighed. “We’re ready, Baird.”

Blue’s head was down as she listened to her brother drone on and on about things they already knew. It was not nerves that were building inside of her; it was grief.

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