Opalesk City, Markin’s camp, and then the coastal city up the coastline. Most of the landscape was desert and small rocky mountains like the Blades. Maybe 200km, we could make that in a day with ease.
“That city, it’s Cinisesk. Close to the Phoenix Headquarters.”
“I know,” she replied, zooming into the local area around it.
“Hometown of the people that want to kill me.”
“Scared?”
“I might be crazy but I’m not stupid.”
“We’ll be out of sensor range. I’ve been up there before, they don’t even use ground transport. The odds of us being found are minuscule. The odds of them caring we’re there is near nil. Trust me.” The floor creaked as I stood up. Lilith stood up in front of me, barring the way. “We both need to find out what’s going on. I want to know what the fuck happened to my family, and you’ll never forgive yourself if you don’t know why your friends were killed, Commander!”
Gritted my teeth, clenched my fists and bristled from head to toe. Lilith was eye level with me and glared.
“Read your file, remember?”
“Stupid fucking file. I’m going to sleep. And yes, you’re right, I do want to know what happened. But we can’t go charging into there like a pack of hungry wolves.”
“I don’t intend to,” she said. Lilith found a blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders. “Go to sleep.”
To be continued. Keep up with new stories from Torchworld at http://www.torchofprometheus.com
“That city, it’s Cinisesk. Close to the Phoenix Headquarters.”
“I know,” she replied, zooming into the local area around it.
“Hometown of the people that want to kill me.”
“Scared?”
“I might be crazy but I’m not stupid.”
“We’ll be out of sensor range. I’ve been up there before, they don’t even use ground transport. The odds of us being found are minuscule. The odds of them caring we’re there is near nil. Trust me.” The floor creaked as I stood up. Lilith stood up in front of me, barring the way. “We both need to find out what’s going on. I want to know what the fuck happened to my family, and you’ll never forgive yourself if you don’t know why your friends were killed, Commander!”
Gritted my teeth, clenched my fists and bristled from head to toe. Lilith was eye level with me and glared.
“Read your file, remember?”
“Stupid fucking file. I’m going to sleep. And yes, you’re right, I do want to know what happened. But we can’t go charging into there like a pack of hungry wolves.”
“I don’t intend to,” she said. Lilith found a blanket and wrapped it around her shoulders. “Go to sleep.”
To be continued. Keep up with new stories from Torchworld at http://www.torchofprometheus.com
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