The Stolen Sky by Heather Hansen

Author:Heather Hansen [Hansen, Heather]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781542046817
Publisher: Skyscape
Published: 2017-12-04T22:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE

Dade had gone with Saben to help construct his family’s temporary residence and to see what else they could collect—albeit illegally—to help ease the struggle of the other displaced families.

They hadn’t been gone all that long. A couple of hours at most. Not long enough for all hell to break loose.

He’d meant to sneak into the compound even though Mina knew where they had gone. She’d helped them acquire building supplies. Still, he’d wanted to avoid any pointed questions about their disappearance from the others. Saben wasn’t ready to share about his family, and Dade respected that.

They’d just stepped into the living area when the yelling stopped Dade short. He focused all his attention on trying to figure out what was going on, trying to decide whether to investigate or avoid it. Mina’s crew members bickered as much as they joked. Usually, it wasn’t too bad, even though Dade had made a pointed effort so far to stay out of it. But now their voices were loud and harsh, carrying down the halls. This wasn’t the usual skirmish.

Dade and Saben looked at each other. Saben’s eyebrows shot up, and he shook his head. In response, Dade shrugged before he jerked his head toward the direction of the noise, indicating that he thought they should check it out.

They slunk down the hall, not wanting anyone to know they were there. It sounded as if the yelling originated from the command center. They’d already made it halfway down the hall before Dade heard Arden’s voice. It was at full tilt and raging.

His body locked up at the sound. He had never heard her yell, not like that. There was a wobble to the sound that indicated she was beyond furious but not out of control. She knew exactly what she was doing.

Then he began to run the rest of the distance, desperate to see what was going on. Heart pounding, he stopped at the threshold to the command center. Dade didn’t bother to hide his presence. Everyone was too caught up in the argument to notice him anyway. The anger in the room instantly put Dade on alert. His hand strayed to the phaser at his hip.

His gaze darted as he took in the scene as fast as he could, trying to process what was happening. The fight looked to be between Roan and Arden. Though Venz, Coco, and Annem were there too.

Roan gestured to the wall of visiscreens behind where Venz sat. He was in Arden’s face, yelling, “Didn’t you think you were being monitored?”

Clenching her jaw, Arden yelled back, “Of course I knew, and I didn’t care.”

Venz looked distinctly uncomfortable. He slumped in his chair, trying to make himself appear as small as possible as he watched Roan and Arden with wary eyes. His hair was all over the place, as if the night had been particularly troublesome and his hair had suffered from the wrath of his hands.

Coco and Annem stood by the door. They hadn’t turned when Dade and Saben arrived.

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