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Chapters (57)
  1. Cover
  2. PRAISE FOR
  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. EPILOGUE
  55. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  56. ABOUT THE AUTHOR
  57. What’s next onyour reading list?

Stepping around her, Caledonia returned to Tassos’s body. For a moment she could only stare at the blood pooling beneath his head, recalling its slick heat as it had coated her right hand. Then she reached out and, swallowing hard, tugged the black box from his belt.

“Because if you stay here, you’ll get clean and, after that, have a future.” Caledonia turned the box over in her hand as she stood once more. With a twist of the lid, it popped open to reveal a keypad. She returned her gaze to Cepheus. “But if you leave and follow Lir, you’ll lose your drug anyway, and then you’ll see what happens when Lir doesn’t get what he wants from you.”

CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX

There was still so much Caledonia didn’t know. Who had survived the attack at the gun towers? How many civilians remained in the city? Had Lir taken Slipmark as his own? Was he rallying the troops there for a fresh attack? And now what was happening to the Bullets left behind at the Net? Were they as close to withdrawal as the Bullets here? Or were they already in their sweats?

She’d had a plan for discovering the answer to each one, but that plan was gone now. If Cepheus was starting to show signs of withdrawal, the same was true for every other Bullet in the Holster. Caledonia’s claim to leadership was valid but it was also tenuous. There was no time to lose.

“Pi,” she said, letting her focus settle on the most immediate threat. “Go back to the Luminous and put the crew on alert. I need you to direct Tassos’s Bullets to the prison without raising suspicion.” With a sharp nod, Pisces was gone, and Caledonia turned to Oran. “I need you to find Sledge and ready the prison. It’s . . . north from here?” she asked, picturing Heron’s map of the city.

Oran nodded, his eyes marking every one of her cuts and bruises. “Straight north from here,” he confirmed.

“Meet us there,” she said, ignoring the concern in his eyes as she turned to the three Bullets, who appeared to be awaiting orders. From her. “Pick him up.”

As the Bullets raised Tassos’s body between them, Oran moved off at a brisk jog and Cepheus walked at Caledonia’s side. Together, they turned north, following an unbending road. Cepheus glanced over her shoulder once, gaze lingering on Tassos, but she made no sound of remorse. Her eyes remained dry as they passed through the unfamiliar streets.