Jon Courtenay Grimwood by Redrobe

Author:Redrobe [Redrobe]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Assassins, Refugee Children, General
Published: 2011-10-07T23:47:43+00:00

‘Still,’ said Kate tightly, ‘it could be weeks before we see them again. If we get lucky.’ There was real anger in her voice.

‘Well,’ said a girl’s voice from the doorway. ‘Is the idiot awake yet?’

‘Yeah,’ said Axl, pushing himself up on one elbow to peer round Kate. ‘He is. And feeling shit.’

The kid from the stables grunted.

‘This is…’ Kate hesitated too long to recover gracefully.

‘I’m Juanita and I found you,’ the half-Japanese girl said smoothing a grey cotton smock across small breasts, as if brushing away crumbs. She looked suddenly furious but Axl found it hard to tell what about.

‘Juanita?’

‘Apparently that’s my name.’

Mai didn’t acknowledge the hard-eyed glance Kate shot her, at least not openly. ‘I shouldn’t be here,’ she told Axl, 'I belong in the kitchen.’ There was such contempt in her voice that Axl thought Kate was about to say something. Instead she just ignored the girl. To Axl it was obvious there was some kind of war going on and he was flat on his back in the middle of it.

‘You found me?’

‘Yeah,’ said Mai, shooting an evil glance at the older woman.

‘Aren’t you lucky?’ Whatever battle those two were fighting, it looked like the kid was capable of keeping up her end of it. What she didn’t look was strong enough to carry a grown man up a gravel path without help.

‘And you just happened to be around?’ Axl asked innocently.

‘I was taking some night air,’ Mai’s accent was a mocking imitation of Kate, her fussy choice of words intentionally irritating.

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