Pirate's Fortune by Gun Brooke

Author:Gun Brooke [Brooke, Gun]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, pdf
ISBN: 9781602825635
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2011-09-20T05:00:00+00:00

Pirate’s Fortune

“Good-bye.” The thin man nodded curtly and left the room.

Escorted by two guards, Weiss returned to the shuttle bay. Once there, she realized Podmer had left without her. She cursed loudly enough for the guards to grip their weapons tighter. “Kyakh to the Salaceos. Come in.” She yanked at her communicator.

“Salaceos here,” Madisyn replied. “I have already sent a shuttle for you. It should be there in a few minutes.”

“Thank you. I don’t exactly feel like hanging around any longer than necessary.”

“I hear you.” Madisyn’s voice calmed Weiss enough for her to stop pacing.

“Prepare the crystals to be moved at once to the Ondamann’s shuttle docks. A crewmember from this ship will oversee the procedure.

No mistakes.”

“Got it.” Madisyn gently cleared her throat. “See you when you get back.”

“Yes. Weiss out.”

Madisyn signed off and Weiss gazed around the shuttle bay. It held an impressive array of shuttles, ranging from small two-seat fighter vessels to large cargo/troop transporters. She might as well send Jacelon this new intel, together with the fact the man everyone thought the Protector of the Realm had killed was very much alive and holding even more power than before.

“Your shuttle is cleared to dock. This way.” One of the guards motioned for Weiss to follow them to an airlock. For a second, Weiss wondered if this was a trick, but then chastised herself. If they wanted to eliminate her, they could just shoot her. Who would stop them? She stepped into the airlock and saw it connected to a Salaceos shuttle.

Entering the small ship, she strapped herself in behind the pilot.

“Get us back to the Salaceos fast.” Weiss couldn’t explain her sense of urgency.

“Aye, ma’am.” The shuttle made a wide pass around the Ondamann before approaching Podmer’s ship. The asteroid belt shimmered like a precious stone necklace in the light of the distant sun. Her loot, her whole future, was hidden on one of those asteroids. It had always been her prime goal to one day be free and start a new life far away from the SC and its surrounding sectors. Now she wasn’t so sure. In fact, she wasn’t sure at all.

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