(eng) Michelle Diener - Verdent String 01 by Breakaway

Author:Breakaway [Breakaway]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22

Night was falling, and from her hover, Dee signaled to him that they should start looking for a place to stop.

He signaled back his agreement, and they both shifted out of auto drive and lifted the hovers up to get a better vantage point.

Up until now, the hovers had flown three feet above the ground, following the route that had been created by the massive transports that moved the ore from Phansi to Tether Town. Years of using the same route had blasted the soil from the rocks, creating a road lined with high dunes of dust on either side.

There was no way they'd spend the night next to the road, though.

Besides the real possibility of being hit by a transport, the Cores sent people up and down this route weekly.

Leo didn't need a Cores snoop coming upon them and asking questions.

The mountains looked close, but from long experience, Leo knew they were another six or seven hours away at least. They would have to find somewhere to camp out on the plains.

Without the need to discuss it, he took the right hand side of the road, and Dee, with Carver hanging on behind her, took the left, and they both rose even higher.

Behind him, Sofie shifted.

Since they'd left Tether Town four hours ago she'd been tucked up against his back, hanging on with arms around his waist.

It was a feeling he could see himself learning to crave.

As Dee rose up, Carver stood and twisted at the waist, looking back to check if they had anyone coming up on them from behind.

They could have had a scanner fitted, kept better track, but that worked both ways. Scanners were easy to pick up, bright and clear as a hello wave.

Most people took their chances without one, including the Cores.

They'd mostly stamped out the hijackers--the Cores weren't averse to dealing with crime when it affected them directly--but there were always a few mad or desperate enough to try and take a transport for the riches inside it. If they could sell the ore, in most cases it was enough to set them up for life.

That kind of one-off score inspired some to take the risk.

None had managed it for a while, though. Or, not that Leo had heard.

Still, no sane traveler would risk spending the night beside the road.

Dee peeled off with a wave of her arm, and Leo followed her as she led them up a slight rise and down the other side.

It looked like everywhere else at first glance; choppy, uneven ground that was too exposed, but when they got to the bottom of the incline, he saw there was a rock overhang and just around the corner, lush greenery that suggested water.

“Been here before?” he asked as they parked the hovers between two massive bushes tucked close to the hillside.

Dee nodded. “My mom found it back when she worked the transport crews. She showed me years ago when I worked with her, but it's tricky to find.”

“Ever have to run off hijackers when you worked a transport crew?” Sofie asked as she slid to the ground.

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