Hell's Own: Frontier Wars Book One (System Wars 1) by T.S. Weaver

Author:T.S. Weaver [Weaver, T.S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Final Sword Productions
Published: 2019-06-29T22:00:00+00:00

Stone didn’t turn away from the woman, one he now counted as far more dangerous than he had moments ago. The way she’d gone for his neck, with a grip strong enough to put pressure on his ability to breathe? Impressive. Not an action he’d have believed she’d take. Now he knew better.

“A talk? Only thing you’ll be doing is following orders until we’re safe, then we’ll part ways.” Her voice remained calm.

“Is that right?” His hands itched to do something, anything to be rid of the tension. His temper bubbled, and he took a step away from the racks. “You won’t always be in charge. Flex your temporary muscles all you want, we both know it won’t do any good. Sooner or later we’ll find a Marine of higher rank, and you’ll have to answer for your actions.” The same ones he would have taken had the roles been reversed. Not information he’d share with Lawbook anytime soon.

“I don’t doubt my command is short term. When the Gunny is back to full strength, he’ll be in charge unless we run into an officer.” Her voice cold.

Gunny.

The older man had a core of steel, but he was no fool. He’d seen the way the man lost his color, the blood at his lips and nose. If he made it another hour, Stone would be surprised. “I’m human, remember? Means I have rights. Ones you can’t strip from me.”

“I’m aware.” The two words bland, emotionless. She knew. The way she spoke, the lack of emotion, oh, she was aware Gunny was dying.

“I haven’t signed with the military.” He watched her, searching for a sign of what was going on behind her eyes. “And I don’t have any plans to change. Happy enough with my life, or was until these visitors arrived.”

“I know.”

“Which means you don’t have the right to tell me what to do.”

“Right now I do, you gave me the right by agreeing to follow orders.” Her lips twitched into a smile which vanished a moment later. “Or are you saying you lied? Never intended to keep your word?”

He growled. If there was one thing he held to, it was his oath. A merc who couldn’t be trusted to finish the assignment or a trader who didn’t follow through with their load, couldn’t be trusted. If people believed you’d take their money and run, you didn’t get the chance at the bigger packages or working for the man with the deepest pockets. His word was all he had. “No, I didn’t lie. Not something I’m in the habit of doing.”

“Then there’s no problem. I want you to work with the others, take inventory. If you know where a ready-made one is kept, it’ll cut into the work we have ahead of us. I want to be out of here in the hour. We’ve no idea how much air and heat those kids have, and they can’t stay hidden for much longer, not with the way those things are acting.”

Kids. What

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.