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Chapters (61)
  1. Cover
  2. Praise for SEAFIRE
  3. Dedication
  4. Before
  5. Chapter One
  6. Chapter Two
  7. Chapter Three
  8. Chapter Four
  9. Chapter Five
  10. Chapter Six
  11. Chapter Seven
  12. Chapter Eight
  13. Chapter Nine
  14. Chapter Ten
  15. Chapter Eleven
  16. Chapter Twelve
  17. Chapter Thirteen
  18. Chapter Fourteen
  19. Chapter Fifteen
  20. Chapter Sixteen
  21. Chapter Seventeen
  22. Chapter Eighteen
  23. Chapter Nineteen
  24. Chapter Twenty
  25. Chapter Twenty-one
  26. Chapter Twenty-two
  27. Chapter Twenty-three
  28. Chapter Twenty-four
  29. Chapter Twenty-five
  30. Chapter Twenty-six
  31. Chapter Twenty-seven
  32. Chapter Twenty-eight
  33. Chapter Twenty-nine
  34. Chapter Thirty
  35. Chapter Thirty-one
  36. Chapter Thirty-two
  37. Chapter Thirty-three
  38. Chapter Thirty-four
  39. Chapter Thirty-five
  40. Chapter Thirty-six
  41. Chapter Thirty-seven
  42. Chapter Thirty-eight
  43. Chapter Thirty-nine
  44. Chapter Forty
  45. Chapter Forty-one
  46. Chapter Forty-two
  47. Chapter Forty-three
  48. Chapter Forty-four
  49. Chapter Forty-five
  50. Chapter Forty-six
  51. Chapter Forty-seven
  52. Chapter Forty-eight
  53. Chapter Forty-nine
  54. Chapter Fifty
  55. Chapter Fifty-one
  56. Chapter Fifty-two
  57. Chapter Fifty-three
  58. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  59. Excerpt from STORMBREAK
  60. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  61. What’s next onyour reading list?

“You’re defected Bullets. If Lir or any of the others got their hands on us, our fates would be the same. The only difference is that I’m out there doing something about it.”

“Were. You were out there,” Pine corrected her. “Now you’re here, doing nothing but bringing your troubles to our shores.”

Her teeth crashed together. Her temper was rising in a way it so rarely did, but there was something about Pine and his shadowed jaw that made her want to hit it.

“You aren’t safe. You never were.” She fought to keep her voice low, directing her next words to Sledge. “Why do you stay here? The only way to evade Aric is to keep moving.”

“If you’d like to keep moving, be our guest.” Pine cast an arm out wide.

She ignored him, holding her focus on Sledge. “You must know this village is an illusion. And it won’t last.”

“Enough.” Sledge commanded the space with a single word. “We aren’t going anywhere,” he said to Caledonia, and turning to Pine, he added, “and she stays.”

That was the end of it. Sledge turned on his heel and left the tent with Triple following in his wake. Caledonia’s head buzzed faintly, and looking at Pine made it worse. She shouldn’t care so much. She was grateful to the Blades, but the instant she found an opportunity to get back on the water, she intended to do so. She would find her crew. It didn’t matter to her what the Blades did or didn’t do.

Pine took a small step toward her, coming close enough that she could feel heat radiating from his body. He didn’t speak, didn’t touch her, didn’t do anything but look into her eyes, and there she saw Pine the Bullet lurking just beneath the surface. The violence in his past was within easy reach, and he wanted her to know it.

“I see you,” she whispered.

He blinked, and for a second his features were kissed by sadness. Then he nodded almost imperceptibly and left.

Chapter Seven

CHAPTER SEVEN

“Wake up, Caledonia.” The voice was hushed and very near her shoulder.

Caledonia opened her eyes to a dark tent lit by a small, handheld sun pip. Triple crouched near, the blue light giving her tawny skin a cool glow.

“What’s wrong?” Caledonia kicked her blanket away, senses skimming quickly toward battle. “Colonists? Bullets?”

“Neither.” Triple paused. “Or both. There’s something I need to show you. Get up.” She dropped her sun pip on the cot and left the tent.