Depths of Blue by Lise MacTague
Author:Lise MacTague
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub, mobi
ISBN: 9781594934339
Publisher: Bella Books
Published: 2015-04-13T04:00:00+00:00
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They crouched at the edge of a ridgeline. Two days of hiking cross country had gone without incident, and they’d made pretty good time. Jak was relieved that they were so close to the front. When she looked to the night sky to the south, she could just make out the blue glow of the fence. The ground here was harsher than the rolling hills of the grasslands had been. It was broken here and there by jagged ridges cutting across rugged earth. The terrain was made rougher by the crater holes that had been created by decades of artillery shells. Below them was a series of trenches. Beyond those were a narrow strip of no-man’s-land and beyond that Devonite territory. They were almost there. She could see the escarpment as an inky blot, rising into the stars. All they needed to do was get past the trench system and they’d be home.
She snorted. Home. She wondered how long it would be before she couldn’t stand it anymore. Before she had to get out of the camp and back to the woods. The cycle kept repeating itself. She simply couldn’t stay in that place for long. The longer she was cooped up inside it, the more she felt the urge to go back to the forest, to search for her brother’s killer. Homecoming was a little different this time, though. Torrin was coming back with her. She had no illusions that the other woman would stay long, but she felt more at ease in Torrin’s presence.
Torrin had been taciturn for the first day or so after the toll bridge. She seemed to be coming around now. After a day of responding only in monosyllables, if at all, she was now talking in full sentences. Sadness still clung to her, but the dark veil that had descended over her had mostly lifted.
Jak had been impressed with how the smuggler had handled herself during their operation. She’d held herself together until after their task was over and she’d been very effective. She’d chalked up two kills, very impressive for someone who professed little experience with a long-range weapon. She knew better than to congratulate her, however. Torrin seemed content to pretend it hadn’t happened. Jak was happy to oblige her if it meant she got to talk with her again.
Torrin was stretched out on her belly next to her, the night vision scope to her right eye. Jak lifted the binoculars to her own eyes and activated her implant’s night vision.
“There’s a lot of them down there,” Torrin commented.
“Yup.”
“I don’t think we can kill all of them.”
Jak disagreed but kept her peace. Disagreeing was a risky move with Torrin’s mood of late and she sounded like she had more to say.
“We need a way to draw them off somewhere.” The smuggler spoke slowly like she was talking her way through an idea that was just taking form. “If we can get them out of the way, do you think you can get us through the trenches?”
“Probably.
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