Honor Bound: Project Gliese 581g Book 4 by S.E. Smith

Author:S.E. Smith [Smith, S.E.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Montana Publishing

CHAPTER TWELVE

Hutu’s Star Cruiser: Tracer

Julia wondered for the thousandth time if she was doing the right thing. The logical part of her mind was trying to tell her she was crazy for risking everything to rescue a man who was hated throughout the galaxy she had woken in.

Well, not everyone hates him, she defended.

She fingered the disk Roanna had given her with quiet instructions to give it to Roan. She wanted to ask what was on it. Roanna had closed her hands over hers and simply told her to trust her gut. And that was what she was doing.

The metallic hum of the supply bot echoed softly in the corridor as she trailed behind it, clutching a tray of food as though she belonged there. Sergi walked beside her, his movements relaxed, and confident—too confident until she remembered his background on Earth. A wave of envy swept through her and she shot him a glance. He chuckled and squeezed her arm in reassurance. They paused outside a set of double doors when the bot stopped. Her eyes flicked to the alien markings outside the door. She couldn’t read them, but she knew where they were at and what the symbols meant—they were outside the cell block.

“This is going to work,” Sergi murmured. “Cramming him into that supply bot is a brilliant idea. No one will think to look inside. Your Legion General will be a certified contortionist by the time he escapes all of his prisons.”

Julia shot him a dry look. “He isn’t my Legion General. Mei was right, you do have a very sadistic sense of humor sometimes. Hasn’t he been through enough torture? Besides, Roanna believes he is important to the success of the rebellion.”

“Me? Sadistic? You should see some of the tricks Mei played on me! And do not forget that Roanna is Roan’s grandmother. She would be negligent in her duties if she didn’t want him to be successful—and good.”

La’Rue’s voice crackled through their earpieces. “Okay, H has the programming done on the cameras. The guard will have a key card. The fields are independent on that level to make sure that if you have a bunch of prisoners, they can’t escape all at once. Each cell has to be deactivated either at the console or with the key card. H and I will have the Star Runner ready to leave as soon as you get here.”

“Aw, dusha moya, you do not know how sexy you sound when we are breaking the law,” Sergi teased.

The air in the corridor felt too quiet, the industrial lighting too bright. Julia’s pulse pounded in her ears as she followed Sergi, every step a countdown to chaos.

The cell door loomed ahead.

“Five credits he’s already working on breaking himself out,” La’Rue muttered over their commlink.

“He’d better not be,” Julia hissed, pressing a hand against the door panel. “I will be pissed if we are doing this for no reason.”

Julia pursed her lips and shook her head at Sergi when he snorted out a low laugh and winked at her.

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