Change of Momentum by Liana Brooks

Author:Liana Brooks
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: sfr with strong female lead, enemies to lovers romance, political thriller with romantic subplot, human colonization of space and other planets, military romance with mystery elements
Publisher: Inkprint Press
Published: 2020-04-14T00:00:00+00:00

25

ROWENA

CRACK THE HULL AND FOG THE engine, there was no way Lethe’s being in Kydell was not related to her search for Jae. And the man who had been with Lethe had been uncomfortably familiar.

Rowena ducked into a fetid, narrow alley away from the noise of the docks and ran the face through her implant to verify her suspicion.

It pinged off the name Dr. Malcolm Long of Descent. Sonya’s pet engineer and boytoy.

“Three guesses why they were here,” she muttered to herself. If there was any doubt that the Lethes were up to their armpits in this mess, it was gone now. At least in Rowena’s mind.

Somehow she doubted the lawyers in Tarrin would accept, “I saw Sonya Lethe near a place the murdered man had been three weeks ago,” as conclusive evidence of a crime. This wasn’t enough to tie Sonya to Briceno’s murder or to the deaths of the rowdies in the fighting ring.

The evening air was thick with humidity, as if the rain were falling from the gray sky only to evaporate before it hit the ground. As the sun sank over the jungle swamps, sitting between the heavy clouds and canopy, the air became clammy and grasping. It soaked through the rough fabric of Rowena’s clothes and made her shiver.

At least she’d had a good night’s sleep and Hollis had sent her off after a real breakfast when she promised to report in if she needed help.

Sonya Lethe qualified as trouble, but she was out of the Starguard’s jurisdiction.

And getting in touch with the fleet would mean physically walking outside the shield perimeter the governor had put in place, since Rowena’s implant was as close to null as she was willing to risk just to keep the scans from picking up her tech.

The sensible choice was to run. Sonya’s man had made her.

She needed to report to Tyrling and get another Jhandarmi operative here. Except... Long shouldn’t know she was Jhandarmi.

Rowena’s pace slowed as she considered the implications. Her face wasn’t in the files Lethe had stolen last year. She wasn’t on any of the official databases.

Why else would he stare that intently though?

She turned and saw another man studying her with acute interest.

At least this one, tall with curling black hair, was one she wanted to talk to.

Jae narrowed dark eyes and nodded to her in recognition.

Rowena jerked her chin toward a wall of wooden crates that offered the only illusion of privacy on the crush of the dock where the ships were unloading cargo.

“I know you,” Jae said as he walked up to her. “Can’t remember how, but I know your face.” He grabbed the edge of the vest she was wearing and looked at the black t-shirt, the one Hollis had given her. “Ride a pilot?” He frowned.

“It’s a shirt. Doesn’t mean anything.” Except that the Starguard closet didn’t have anything suitably grubby for dock work and she’d had to scrounge. The shirt was loose and surprisingly comfy. She still hadn’t decided if that was something to tell Hollis or not.

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