Outlaw Trigger by Lee Stephen

Author:Lee Stephen [Stephen, Lee]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Science Fiction, War
ISBN: 9780978850814
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Goodreads: 2332109
Publisher: Stone Aside Publishing
Published: 2007-01-01T19:15:47+00:00

He never saw the airbus taxi onto the runway. He never saw it lift off into the sky and rocket into the horizon. His eyes were open; his gaze was steady. But all he saw was her. By the time he remembered where he was, she was already gone.

She was already gone.

…goodbye…

He felt his muscles weaken. Then he felt hands on his back. He couldn’t count them all, but he knew who they were. They were Galina’s. They were Varvara’s. They were David’s, Becan’s, Jayden’s, and Travis’s. They were even Max’s.

“I’m sorry, Scott,” Max whispered.

They all repeated the same words. From one to the other, then to the other, then to the other. There was warmth in their intent, but he couldn’t feel it.

“I’m sorry, Scott,” said Clarke.

A million apologies wouldn’t bring her back. A million more wouldn’t ease him.

“I’m sorry, lieutenant,” said Esther.

She was gone. She wasn’t even a dot on the horizon. She was completely gone. She would never love him again. He wanted to cry. He wanted to scream. But he couldn’t. There was something holding it all back, relegating his sadness to silence. Overpowering it like a predator to prey. It was a question. One single question—and his burning desire for an answer.

What was the Silent Fever?

His eyes opened as he registered Esther’s voice. It was the very last voice he’d heard. She was the one he had tasked. She was the door to his answers. As soon as he turned to face her, she froze in place. “Esther…what do you know?”

A tear dripped down her cheek. She shook her head in silence.

She knew something. She was fighting to keep it away. “What do you know?”

She couldn’t say a thing. But she didn’t have to. In a fleeting moment—one that Scott wasn’t meant to notice—she glanced purposefully at David. But Scott did notice. And in the next second, his own gaze turned to his friend.

“Dave?”

“Not now, Scott,” David whispered. “Not here.”

“Tell me something.”

“Please, Scott. Don’t do this to yourself right now.”

“…I’m not doing this for myself.”

David’s stare locked with Scott’s. On the runway, just meters from where they stood beneath the hangar, rain continued to slam to the ground. Lightning reflected in the puddles. But David still didn’t say a thing.

“For her,” Scott uttered. “For her.”

David lowered his eyes in hesitation, then rose them to meet Scott again. The look they exchanged was mutual. It was understanding. There was something Scott needed to be told. And Scott wouldn’t find rest till he was told it. David’s lips parted, and he mouthed a single, silent phrase.

The Murder Rule.

Scott’s eyes squeezed shut. His fists clenched. Every emotion in his body evolved. The sadness was immediately gone, replaced by something much darker.

The Murder Rule. The rule they used to christen their recruits. The Nightmen.

He had known it. The second her death was identified as the Silent Fever, he had known it. He had known it was something else. And now he knew what that something else was. It was a brand new Nightman, clad in his new armor as he marched proudly through the halls of The Machine.

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