The Complete Fugitive Archives (Project Berlin, The Moscow Meeting, The Buried Cities) (Endgame: The Fugitive Archives) by Frey James

Author:Frey, James [James Frey]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Published: 2017-04-25T04:00:00+00:00

Ariadne

The last thing I expected to be doing on the first day of the new year is driving to France in a stolen car with the Cahokian Player after stealing from my own line, but that’s exactly what I’m doing. Boone is slumped against the door of the Citroën, snoring as I navigate the roadway. We’ve been taking turns driving, and I’m supposed to wake him when we reach Belgrade, so that he can relieve me and I can sleep. However, I am not tired. Even if I were, my thoughts would make it impossible to rest.

I have committed treason. By now this will have been discovered. Ianthe will have returned to Crete and told everyone what happened. Hopefully, she will also deliver the message I gave her when we left her tied up in the boat at the dock on the mainland. “Tell them that there’s another way,” I said as she glared at me, her eyes filled with both anger and sadness. I know she thinks I’ve turned my back on my line. She’s wrong. I still hope there’s a way for us all to use the weapon for our mutual benefit. But will anyone believe that? And even if they do believe that it’s what I want, will they ever agree to cooperate with other lines?

I don’t know. And they will come after me. I know that. I do have an advantage in that they don’t know where I am going. Depending on how much they know about Sauer—and I assume they know as much as I do—they might surmise that Lottie is the person with the most knowledge of the weapon. They might also think that the weapon is heading for the United States with the Cahokian Player. Either way, they will be looking both for the weapon and for me.

I wonder if I will ever see Crete again, or my family. I fear that I have made this impossible. As far as they are concerned, I might as well be dead. Perhaps they even wish me so. Cassandra, as our new Player, is the one most likely to be tasked with hunting down the stolen weapon. If so, she will also be told to get it at any cost, including, if necessary, my life. We are still sisters, still share the same blood in our veins, but we might as well be strangers.

Maybe we have always been enemies. At any rate, we have not been friends for a very long time. Now Cassandra has what she’s always wanted. She’s the Player. If the cost of this is our sisterhood, I believe it’s a price she would more than willingly pay. Truthfully, I’ve often wondered why the council chose me over her. I imagine they are now asking themselves the same question. Particularly Ursula Tassi and Nemo Stathakis. Having declared their belief in my innocence, they will undoubtedly be even more disappointed. They might even find themselves suspected of disloyalty.

My mother and father I cannot bring myself to think about.

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