First Words: September 02, 2018—Mack ‘n’ Me: The Wolves of Alpha 9

Today’s First Words find Cutter finding trouble, because where’s the fun otherwise?
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“It’s not something we can afford to miss,” he said. “As it is, we’ve stayed too long already.”
As if his words were a signal, the others shifted, melting back into shadows, and taking side tunnels. Varian’s gaze flitted around the cavern, and mine followed it. I caught movement at the top edge of a corner his men had avoided, just as turned and bolted.
“This way!”
I didn’t ask why. I just ran after him. The movement had looked bulky enough to be something man-shaped zip-lining down through a narrow crack in the cavern ceiling—and who knew that had been there? I guess the spiders had to have come from somewhere.
Varian ran back the way we’d come, and I ran after him, bitching at Tens and Case as I went.
“You didn’t think to warn a girl?”
“You’ve only just come back on-line. We were getting ready to pull you out. Now, move your ass!”
Well, someone had gotten up on the wrong side of the bed today!
“What’s a bed?”
Oh. Well. That explained it.
It didn’t take us long to realise we’d picked the wrong tunnel.

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The first three books and two short stories in the Mack ‘n’ Me ‘n’ Odyssey series: Mack ‘n’ Me: Origins, The Depredides Dance, Mack ‘n’ Me: Blaedergil’s Host, Mack ‘n’ Me: Arach and Cloud Door, are also available. The fourth book, Mack ‘n’ Me: The Transporter’s Favour will release shortly.



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