Poseidon VII
Chapter One
She looked at the symbol patterns, trying to work out where the skimmers were.
Anis panicked-the symbols weren't making any sense.
She'd gotten herself lost in the Bilges.
Thinking she'd outpaced the soldiers in their cumbersome armor, she paused for a
moment to try and regain the symbol pattern, then had to flee when the
Separatists fired at her. They moved a lot faster than she'd thought possible.
She ducked past a few more corridors, running hard.
She was shocked when a strong arm whipped out and hauled her into a side room.
She tried to scream but couldn't get a sound past the hand clamped over her
mouth. The door slid shut behind her and she heard the slight buzz of the lock
sealing them within the dark. Anis's fear of the dark rose like an ancient
mythological horror and she began viciously fighting her assailant.
"Shhh, shhh!"
Simon?
Anis's fear receded to a distant nervousness and her body betrayed her as it
softened against him. She breathed in his familiar scent, angry that she felt
relaxed in the security he offered. When he took his hand from her ... read full excerpt from Poseidon VII ebook
