Miscreants: Next Generation by Natalie Bennett

Author:Natalie Bennett [Bennett, Natalie]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BB Books
Published: 2021-02-23T18:30:00+00:00

“We’ve got to find Poet and get the hell out of here,” Takara monotoned.

I pulled my gaze away from the lines of light beginning to creep back in and took a quiet breath to keep myself calm. I knew we needed to get out of here; that was a redundant statement.

Snapping at her wouldn’t help us any, though. Given where she came from, she was handling this exceptionally well. I wasn’t a mind reader, so I couldn’t tell what was going through her head, but I knew this had to bring back memories of the time she was at A.R.C.

Before Mal and Amo had infiltrated them, her old faction had been running a strict regimen that kept their women severely oppressed, branding and bartering them. Those who didn’t meet whatever ridiculous standards they had were killed.

A lot like…livestock.

“We’ll find a way out, Kara. We just got away from one of the most powerful factions in the Badlands. This should be nothing.”

“Did we?”

I stretched my arms out on either side. “Do you see Mal anywhere?”

“That isn’t what I meant. I’m asking—” She cut herself off and glanced in the general direction of Cherry, cautious of what was being said in front of a stranger.

I expected this girl to be somewhat emotional over her friend being punched in the face and hauled off, but nope. She’d been eerily silent since Hannah was dragged away.

Come to think of it, neither of these women had uttered a word about the guy who’d been shot in the back. I was sure Hannah was overly hysterical due to a personality flaw, not because whoever that man was in Phobos had been killed. So Cherry was either intently listening to everything we were saying, or she’d gone into shock or something.

“Hey, are you all right over there?” I asked.

“As okay as I can be.”

“I’m sorry about your friends,” Takara said softly.

“They weren’t really my friends. We just met six days ago.”

Well, now I had questions. Why had she been travelling with two strangers, and how did they end up in Phobos of all places?

The barn door suddenly slid open, causing sunlight to blast into the building’s poorly lit interior.

I squinted, watching the silhouette of someone approach.

“Good morning, girls,” Knox greeted us cheerfully. “Ma’s got your breakfast nearly ready to go. I need to borrow her for a few.”

The ‘her’ he was referring to was yours truly. He lacked the bandana he’d had on the day before, but the ridiculous goggles were back in place. And, of course, he had his gun cradled in the crook of his arm.

I wondered where he was going to take me. Hannah had yet to come back from wherever Tyson had dragged her off to. Something told me she wouldn’t be.

An apprehensive energy zinged down my spine, but I kept my mouth shut and held my composure. When he grabbed hold of the padlock to let me out, I could tell Takara was going to say something in my defense. I shook my head to deter her.

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