Drift Would releases on June 23rd! Woot I’m sharing scenes from the first chapter as we wait.
You can read the first scene of the first chapter here:
https://tasteofcyn.com/?p=12015
This week I’m sharing the second scene.
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“We should travel as light as possible.” Decreasing the weight of their load would lessen the strain on the engines.
The heavier the items they conveyed, the harder the cargo-securing mechanisms had to work. That redirected more energy from their key systems.
The incremental power usage was admittedly slight, but every little bit counted when a pilot was seeking to break universe-wide speed records.
Cure stared straight ahead of them. “I’ll need some of my equipment.” His tone was flat.
“You won’t need the Rayan Skin Restorer.” Drift teased the male. “It’s too important to risk on a dangerous mission.”
The Rayan Skin Restorer had been a gift from Power, the leader of the cyborg council. It was huge and heavy, and Cure treated it as though it could be damaged by merely breathing on it. That piece of equipment was one of the medic’s prize possessions.
“My contact’s patients could benefit from the usage of the Rayan Skin Restorer.” Cure lifted his chin.
“That massive machine of yours has already been wrapped with the buffering materials you specified. And it has been securely stored in the modified freighter’s cargo hold.” Repercussion joined them as they entered the docking bay. “Twenty missile blasts couldn’t dislodge it.”
“There’s no need to limit the modified freighter’s speed.” Drift wouldn’t have that restriction.
“Captain relayed that speed was necessary.” The big male strolled with them toward their ship. “We’ve loaded the same assortment of weapons Second took with him.” Strike had located his human female before he could complete the mission they would soon embark on. “Multiplied by two.”
That would double the weight and make breaking modified-freighter speed records a greater challenge.
But Drift liked challenges. His good mood didn’t dim.
“You’re stocked with sufficient nourishment bars for six beings.” Yum slid a container of those treats into the cargo hold. “And beverage sufficient for four humans. Some warriors have two genetic matches.” He winked at Cure.
“You’re fortunate bags of bolts.” One of the other males expressed his envy as he walked by them.
“My contact is not my genetic match.” Cure’s voice raised ever so slightly.
Drift stared at the medic.
With any other being, the fluctuation wouldn’t have been noticeable. But this was Cure. The machine-driven male never showed any emotion.
It was the equivalent of a malfunction.
Regarding his contact. That relationship was crucial to their mission.
The being was a medic on their target planet. Cure had been communicating with him primarily via auditory feed, but that relay happened many times a planet rotation.
Drift, in contrast, hadn’t communicated with the being he was to meet on Cancri B. At all. There had been no rapport, no trust manufactured between them.
He didn’t process if that connection was possible. There was an 84.2577 percent probability the male, from what Drift’d gathered from the intel, was a thief. And beings holding that role didn’t freely share information.
The mission was already fraught with difficulties.
But he said nothing because those were their difficulties to overcome.
And he’d garner no sympathy from anyone else.
The warriors situated around them longed to undertake such an assignment. There would be danger, action, and the possibility of meeting their genetic matches — the beings they were manufactured to protect, love, and fabricate offspring with.
That possibility was extremely unlikely, and it was adding weight to their ship.
Drift watched, powerless, as Repercussion continued to stuff containers into the cargo hold.
“Extra flight suits, in an array of colors and sizes, have been stocked.” The male’s excitement was palpable, and Drift had no impulse to dampen it. “And four lifeform-blocking cloaks are packed. We received another delivery of those. Other essential supplies have been included.”
That list was transmitted to Drift and Cure. There was an excessive amount of medic equipment on it.
You do process our mission is to kill the enemy, not repair them, yes? Drift teased Cure over a private transmission line.
My role consists of repairing. The medic’s reply was devoid of any humor. Your role consists of flying fast. Captain processed our skill sets when he chose us for this mission.
Drift had no answer for that. Because their captain did process their skill sets. And he had chosen Cure as Drift’s mission partner.
He couldn’t push back on the loading of the medic equipment.
But he could have some fun with it. Then you’ll need more pain inhibitors. I plan to put a lot of projectiles into any Humanoid Alliance beings we detect.
Cure said nothing.
Drift grinned.
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Read the next scene (available July 8th) here:
https://tasteofcyn.com/?p=12019
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Drift Would
A cyborg and a spy fly into danger.
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Drift is one of the best pilots in existence, and he has been assigned a perilous mission.
The G Model cyborg must fly to a distant planet, locate the sector-destroying superweapon the enemy is projected to be developing there, and obliterate that threat to the universe.
When Drift arrives at his destination and meets with an informant, he’s distracted by a mysterious human female seated in the shadows. She’s Drift’s genetic match, and she is the one being he’s destined to care for, claim, and protect.
She’s also a liar and a thief. And she might be working with the enemy.
Trusting her could kill him and everyone he cares about.
Liar. Thief. Seductress. Saboteur. Roshini has been called all of those things. And she has earned each label. She’s done some terrible things to safeguard the beings she loves.
A gray-eyed cyborg warrior with nimble hands and a shared need for speed won’t stop her high-risk activities.
She’ll sacrifice everything, including her lifespan, to complete her self-appointed top-secret assignment.
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Drift Would is a standalone, enemies-to-lovers, Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features a cyborg who loves to break speed records, a human spy with a talent for changing her appearance, and a foe intent on killing them both.
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