Betrayed: Episode Three of the Sister Planets Series by Leviticus James

Author:Leviticus James [James, Leviticus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Team Awesome Press, LLC
Published: 2020-06-01T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

I am sitting in the Tapestry Room at the senator’s mansion, looking at the tapestry itself: an olive-skinned woman with shimmering black hair standing on that small hill illuminated by pale light. I want her to open her eyes and tell me what to do. Surely, she’s seen something in this room that might help me get out of the situation I’m in. A secret or a piece of information I could use to set myself free.

Her eyes remain shut, though; her face unchanging in the spooky light of the moon in the tapestry.

My hands are ziptied in front of me. Guards stand posted at every corner of the room. They’re carrying guns and clothed in body armor. I’m still wearing the pair of sweats and oversized T-shirt I was in when I went into the virtual reality machine.

I’m barefoot. I’m cold, I’m scared, and I don’t know what’s going to happen. From the moment my VR pod opened and I saw Greenstreet’s face, I’ve been wondering what went wrong. Did I do something that unraveled the entire plan? Was I framed? Did someone else drop the ball, and now I’m suffering because of it? What happened to Esau? I heard him yelling my name right before I was yanked out of the simulation, but I didn’t see him as they were dragging me out of the room.

The door opens behind me. I jump up and spin around. The guards all point their guns at me. I’m very aware that inside those guns are bullets and the only thing keeping them from being inside of me is a tiny trigger next to these guards’ fingers.

Michael steps in, a smug grin on his face. “You lose, Maverick.”

I don’t respond.

“You lose,” he repeats. “I stopped your little takeover from happening. The coup failed. You lose.”

With all my strength, I try to keep confusion from appearing on my face.

It doesn’t work, because Greenstreet starts laughing. “Oh boy! You didn’t know tonight was the night, did you? They sent you to the debate to keep you in the dark.”

He stops talking like he expects me to start talking. I don’t, so he keeps going. “Someone with The Red Hand hacked the house. I’m guessing it was that autistic kid that came with you to your first legislative meeting, right? He’s got hacker written all over him.”

The hairs on my neck bristle. It sounds like I’m not the reason this fell apart, but I’m wrecked that it could be because Esau slipped up.

“Where is he?” I ask.

Greenstreet laughs. “I’m not going to answer any of your questions, you stupid girl. I will say this about your hacker boy, though. He’s good. We never would have caught the breech if it hadn’t been for my informant.”

I have to take a deep breath to suppress my rage. Informant?

Greenstreet walks toward me, maintaining eye contact the entire time. “We were expecting it when a small army of people showed up at my house tonight, planning to storm in and take me by surprise while I was in my VR machine.

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