Hera by Chrystalla Thoma

Author:Chrystalla Thoma
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: adventure, young adult, science fiction, suspence, novelette, parasites, chrystalla thoma, rex rising
Publisher: Chrystalla Thoma

Chapter Two

Two hours later, Hera was prepared to meet the truth. She had scouted the complex, taken stock of the placement of security cameras, and managed to disable the one overlooking the southern fence. Wearing her long leather coat, longgun holstered at her hip, steel cable wrapped around her waist, she was as ready as she would ever be. Now she had to hurry before someone noticed the lack of feedback on their monitors.

She sneaked around the guard’s cubicle and found her distracted, having a chat with a pretty hatha, Moira – a dark-haired, slanted-eyed Gultur. Good, no need to engage Plan B, which included lots of improvisation, shots being fired and a bright future in a prison cell.

Hand resting on the grip of her longgun, Hera strode out into the yard, keeping her gaze straight ahead and hoping she looked like a Gultur with a purpose, which was, after all, the truth.

Not expecting the gate to be unlocked – and it looked padlocked even from afar – she turned and headed to the south side. She eyed the tall chain link fence, which was topped with barbed wire, and smirked.

This would have been a bloody mess, had she not come informed and prepared.

Shrugging her coat off, she threw it up and over the barbed wire, covering it. Grinning, she reached up with her gloved hands, finding hand- and footholds in the mesh fence, and climbed up. With careful movements, she gripped the wires through the thick leather. Once she was sure she would not be sliced to pieces by the sharp barbs, she pulled herself up and passed one leg over the wires, then the other.

She was outside.

With a flip of her hand, she freed her coat and jumped down to the hard cement, wincing at the echoing thump. The unpainted, concrete wall surrounding the complex stood easily fifteen feet tall – almost three times her height. She glanced over her shoulder, making sure nobody had seen her, and took a deep breath to steady her nerves. Unwinding the thin steel cable from around her waist, she stepped back. Then she threw the grappling hook up the wall, pulled on it to secure it, and started climbing.

She’d done similar exercises on the training grounds in Bone Tower, but then she was not facing charges of – what? insubordination? treason? What was the penalty for that?

Forcing her mind back on track, she climbed higher, the cable scorching furrows into her palms and fingers even through the gloves, until she reached the top and breathed out. Artemisia spread in rows of narrow buildings and dark alleys. A sour stench hit her nostrils.

With no more time to take in the view, she pulled up the cable, threw it on the other side and quickly descended until her boots hit the sidewalk.

She was in the harbor suburbs of Artemisia.

A jerk on the cable freed the hook and she wrapped the wire around her waist once more. Keeping a steady tread, she walked into the shadows of an alley, shrugging her coat back on and drawing her gun.

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