Rebel (The Adventures of a Xeno-Archaeologist Book 3) by Jenny Schwartz

Author:Jenny Schwartz [Schwartz, Jenny]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-12-14T16:00:00+00:00

Norah scrunched her toes as she mentally debated the pros and cons.

Zac had his own agenda, his own dream. Everything he did post-war was to fund an expedition to the Beta black hole to open up the opportunity to get the heck out of the Human Sector.

She nodded slowly. She could work with that.

He needed the fuel cells from the blaze she’d discovered on Beaconditch, but his was a long term plan. Till it was underway, he required a base on Border Station. If he and Ben and their people stayed in Nora’s clan house, Zac would save money on accommodation.

She had money. He had skilled people.

“All right. Let’s see what Zac thinks of the idea.”

Zac thought she should stay out of his business, and away from the current contest as to who would control the border zone’s black market.

“We both need allies, Zac.” Her argument was interrupted by the opening of the hatch to the bridge.

Jonah lurched into the hatchway, his hands pulling at his gray, metal hair.

Nora hastily wrapped up her conversation with Zac. “Think about it.”

She hit the end call button before he could question her sudden, wide-eyed expression.

“Yuri got a sample of your DNA,” Jonah blurted. “He’s—”

“Where? When? Oh.” Her hand went to the back of her head as she vaguely recalled her scalp stinging when Yuri had uncharacteristically patted her on the back. “A hair sample.” He must have tugged a hair free from one of the wisps that escaped her braid.

“He stole it from you at the scrapyard and stowed it in a clean glass. I didn’t guess what he was doing. At the time I was concentrating on direct threats to your safety, and afterward, my focus remained on Timothy and attempting to discover if he had any concealed allies. I completely missed Yuri’s actions, till now.”

Nora ran a hand over her hair and down the length of her braid, unconsciously tugging it forward to check the end of it. “Even if I stole back the sample, he’d try again. Or try to order me to provide my DNA. What?”

Jonah was shaking his head. “He’s already run your DNA through a database he brought with him to Border Station. It’s a Royal Guards’ resource, one shared across the six realms.” The six planetary governments that comprised the Human Sector. “Willow has returned to the scrapyard—without Lucas, and Yuri is telling her who your father is.”

“Now?” Nora clarified.

“As we talk.”

“Oh, fudge.” In the limited space of the bridge, she got up and walked in a tight circle.

Jonah got out of her way by dropping into the pilot’s chair. His android body tracked her restless pacing even as he, himself, concentrated on events at the scrapyard. “Willow’s suggesting you could be a Palantine plant.”

“Me?” Nora’s voice uncharacteristically squeaked in protest and panic.

“Yuri disagrees. Vehemently. He says the Palantines wouldn’t risk a royal as strong as you being lost in Capitoline space.”

“Lost?” she muttered. “Is that a euphemism for something, like assassinated?”

Jonah ignored her to continue his report.

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