Strike Vector - An Aeon 14 Space Opera Adventure (Perilous Alliance Book 2) by M. D. Cooper & Chris J. Pike

Author:M. D. Cooper & Chris J. Pike
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: The Wooden Pen Press
Published: 2017-08-23T06:00:00+00:00

ESCAPADES

STELLAR DATE: 09.23.8947 (Adjusted Years)

LOCATION: Dauntless, en route to Freemont

REGION: Gedri System, Silstrand Alliance

Prepping dinner with Kylie was an enjoyable way to pass the time. Lana liked hanging out with Kylie and talking with the captain was always fun. Lana didn’t know why she liked Kylie quite so much, but maybe it was because she had saved Lana’s life.

Kylie sprinkled a little water in Lana’s face from the spinach leaves she had just washed. Lana squealed and recoiled. “You’re asking for trouble!”

Laughing, Kylie held her hands up. “I couldn’t help myself. You were concentrating so hard on kneading that bread!”

“Well, someone has to do the hard work here and since I have the muscles for it now…” Sure, Kylie was super-charged now too, but it was a fun joke; one that Kylie didn’t seem to mind, either.

Kylie turned to get some other ingredients from the fridge, and Lana thought about what would happen after they got to Freemont and the testimonies were done. What would happen then?

<Do you think they’ll kick me off the ship?> Lana asked Abby.

<Of course not. Kylie likes you. I doubt she’d make you do anything you didn’t want to.>

Lana agreed that Kylie was nice, but she didn’t want to wear out her welcome. After a minute, she screwed up the courage to ask. “After everything is done with the GFF…am I still welcome here?”

“If you want to stay, yes. If you keep kneading dough like that, hell yes, please!” Kylie’s smile faded and she grew more serious. Lana saw her expression change and prepared herself for whatever Kylie might say.

“Eventually we’ll need to deal with the SSF. If they need this nano to hold Scipio back and keep Silstrand safe…I won’t ask you to volunteer, but I will.”

Lana blinked, not trusting her ears. “You’d do that for me? I mean, what if you die?”

“Grayson says I won’t. Grayson says they’ll find a way.”

“You trust him even after all that stuff he said? And did?”

Kylie shrugged. “You transferred the nano to me and didn’t die. We just have to figure out how to do that without shooting me in the head. Either way, I think Grayson’s right. Your father is very narrow-minded, but I think once he has what he needs he’ll behave…more humanely.” Kylie turned her back to Lana and finished up the salad. “Get that dough covered and clean the counter when you have a second, okay?”

Lana nodded. “Sure thing, boss.” She glanced over her shoulder at Kylie, a smile teasing his lips. She liked belonging somewhere, having something to do other than parties and schools. Life on the Dauntless was hard, dangerous, but maybe Lana had a future here. Maybe she could learn something about being useful.

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