Sentinel: Galactic Gladiators: House of Rone #1 by Hackett Anna

Author:Hackett, Anna
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-20T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Cursing, Jax untangled the child from the goods spilled across the market floor.

“Let me go!”

“I’m trying to help you.” Jax set the boy on his feet.

Nearby, the storekeepers were busy trying to tidy up the mess. Shaking his head, Jax scanned for Quinn.

He stilled. The market heaved with people, but there was no sign of her. He drew in a breath. Even inundated with the scents of so many people, he should be able to detect her. But his enhanced senses came back with nothing. Absolutely no sign of her.

Spinning, Jax grabbed the child about to dart away.

“Hey!” The young boy glared at Jax. He had dirt streaking his cheeks, and his ragged clothes were stained, as well. He’d spent time on the streets of Kor Magna.

The boy tried to kick Jax, and Jax lifted him off the ground.

“Who hired you?” he demanded.

The boy’s black-and-brown eyes went round. “How did you know? Did you read my mind?”

“No.”

“But you’re a cyborg. You can crack my head open like a shell and pull out all my thoughts.”

The boy had a colorful imagination. “Don’t make me show you what I can do.”

The kid looked more intrigued than afraid.

“Who hired you?” Jax repeated.

The boy shrugged. “Some guys. They were pretty weird. Wore full masks over their faces, so you could only see their eyes.”

Edull. Ice moved down Jax’s spine. “Where did they take the woman?”

“No idea. But they paid us a lot of credits, so they must really want her.”

“Hey, let Ton go,” a voice cried out.

Jax turned his head and saw another kid, this one slightly smaller, looking at him belligerently.

The kid kicked Jax’s cybernetic leg, then winced, hopping on one foot. “Ow.”

“I don’t plan to hurt you.” He looked at Ton. “But those aliens will hurt my friend.”

Ton’s face twisted. “Drak, I don’t want no woman hurt. But I don’t know what they had planned.”

“I saw them.” The younger child muttered. Jax suspected it might be a girl under the dirt and tangled hair. “They went that way.” The child pointed to the other side of the market.

Jax set the boy down. “If you need food and shelter, go to the House of Rone. Tell them that Jax sent you.”

Two sets of huge eyes looked at him.

“Really?” Ton asked.

“Really. I have to go.” Jax whirled, jogging across the underground market. He elbowed through a crowd, and several people rushed to get out of his way.

With each step, blood pounded through his system.

He had to find Quinn. He’d promised to protect her.

He barreled into a side corridor. A group of people was huddled nearby, talking in low voices.

“A woman?” he called out. “Did you see some men taking a woman?”

The people looked at him for a moment, sullen and suspicious. Then a woman with a mass of dark curls stepped forward and pointed. “She didn’t look very happy.”

He nodded his thanks and spun. He sprinted down the corridor, accessing his system communicator.

“Toren, several Edull took Quinn.”

“I’ll track your location,” came Toren’s cool response.

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