Athena's Ashes by Jamie Grey

Author:Jamie Grey [Grey, Jamie]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: itunes
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

TWENTY-THREE

Renna crawled into the speeder, not protesting when Finn took the driver’s seat. As they drove off, she stared out the window, unseeing. Her skin crawled, and all she wanted was a hot shower and a stiff drink.

And some way to erase the images of the warehouse from her mind.

Samil had done some horrific things, but this attack had changed everything. She’d made Renna look like a traitor and tortured an innocent man.

Each scene in the warehouse had been specifically created to taunt Renna. The men hanging from the rafters mimicked a job gone wrong back on Baeno, where her team had been beheaded and hung when they’d been caught. Wall’s positioning had been the exact same as Myka’s. And the hand in the safe… She bit back a shudder. The Seralline Star Sapphire job on Treze.

Samil wanted Renna to suffer. To let her know that she knew more about Renna’s past than anyone. Every nerve ending in her body twitched. What else did she know about Renna’s life? Who else was in danger?

Finn pulled the speeder to a stop in front of the Eris’s hangar. He cut the power, but didn’t move to get out of the car. Instead, he shifted so he could look at her.

Renna’s stomach lurched. She’d never seen that expression on his face before.

“Renna, I need to ask this. What happened back at MYTH? What were you doing in that room?”

“You still don’t trust me?” She couldn’t hide the disbelief in her voice. Hadn’t they just had this conversation? Hurt made her lungs ache, but she forced herself to look him in the eye.

“I do trust you. That’s why I need to hear it from you.” He smiled. “MYTH is going to throw everything it has at you if Samil leaks this. I want to be able to protect you.”

Her tension eased a bit. “I don’t need your protection. I can take care of myself.”

“We all know that, Ren, but we’re a team.” Finn squeezed her hand. “Let us help.”

From the back seat, Viktis nodded in agreement. “Never thought I’d say it, but pretty boy is right.”

Renna took a deep breath. “Fine. Dallas got me into the archive. I told him I needed to look for information that would help me track the Athena down. I accessed all the personnel files for everyone on board, but before that, I did a sweep of the system for information on Pallas. Exactly what we discussed before I left you guys.”

“I remember,” Finn said. “But how did she get footage of you planting a bomb?”

“I told you. I dropped my OSD, but somehow Samil edited the footage to make it look like I was planting something. The bitch has more resources than the devil.”

“What game is she playing?” Viktis asked with a frown. “She doesn’t seem like the kind of woman who does anything without a reason.”

Finn tapped his fingers on the steering controls. “I have no idea, but whatever it is I don’t like it.” He pushed open the speeder door.

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