“You know, we’ve got them trapped. We could play it safe and wait for the satellite to pass over, contact Cosmos, and let the cavalry finish this,” Avery dryly announced when Core appeared by her side.
He looked at her with a raised eyebrow. “Where is the fun in that?” he teased.
Avery looked at the two dead men lying in the courtyard. She knew for a fact that Markham and one other man were still in the fortress, but she didn’t know if there was anyone else inside—perhaps a housekeeper or the chef who’d prepared their meals, or a whole battalion he’d kept in reserve. At this point, she considered everyone hostile.
She looked down at her empty sidearm. She’d taken it off the man that she’d killed with Core’s bow and arrow. Cosmos and Terra had outdone themselves this time. She felt like
