Seizing Power, the fifth story in the Rebel Cyborgs series, is releasing next week! Woot!
Today, I’m sharing the fourth and final scene from the very first chapter.
You can read the first scene here:
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The doors to the chambers opened.
Intrepid, one of the warship captains he had contacted, entered the space. He turned his head and looked at Power. The male’s expression went immediately blank. All emotions were purged from his countenance. He backed out of the chamber.
The doors closed and Power was alone once more.
You will not intercept my secured communications. He returned his full attention to Cadet. I am your leader. I’m every cyborg’s leader. And you will respect me.
You’re every cyborg’s leader? The warrior’s tone was incredulous, not respectful. Or are you merely the leader of the cyborgs located on the Homeland?
Cadet pushed him too far. Blast it. Power’s fingers folded into tight fists. I am every cyborg’s leader. Where you’re located isn’t relevant.
You’re every cyborg’s leader. There was a pause. Then act like it, E Model. Send ships to rescue the brethren left behind during the rebellion. Do that before the Humanoid Alliance restarts their universe-domination plans.
The warrior projected he had trapped him with that logic. But Power already processed the cyborgs situated outside the cyborg sector were his responsibility.
He skidded to a stop. The floor tiles dented under the heels of his boots. There are no perfect decisions. Part of his role was to keep as many cyborgs safe as possible. That sometimes resulted in endangering some of them. You would process that—
I would process that if I had more experience. Cadet made a disgruntled sound. I process your decision regarding our constrained brethren is 100.0000 percent wrong. I’ve been waiting for you to realize that, but the duration for waiting is now over.
Power experienced a sense of foreboding.
It was similar to the trepidation he’d suffered when he’d heard Regal, his vat mate, one of his best friends, hadn’t successfully escaped the Humanoid Alliance with his team.
It resembled the pangs he’d endured when Fidelity had followed his orders and embarked on that doomed mission to save Regal, leading their fellow E Models into danger.
And it was akin to the unease of uncovering that the warriors he, himself, had led had done what he was barred from doing and mounted their own rescue efforts.
Fraggin’ hole. That had been a series of disasters.
But the current situation was different. I haven’t authorized any course of action. He wasn’t sending Cadet into peril.
Whether you authorize it or not, it will happen. The warrior sighed. You leave me with no other option, Power. Remember that.
The transmission ended.
Power’s agitation didn’t ease. He tilted his head back and stared at the ceiling, replaying the conversation with Cadet. Every word, every nuance had been captured in his databases.
The warrior had accessed secured communications. Cadet’s own transmissions were untraceable. That implied he had competency with systems. His parting statement contained a warning, signaling Power wouldn’t like the option he was forced to take.
It was a threat with minimal consequences. The warrior’s proficiency with communications wouldn’t compensate for his inexperience. He had few solar cycles. His connections would also be limited.
And he was merely one being.
Power commanded millions of cyborgs. He had fought in battles long before Cadet had been manufactured. His skills had been honed by the harsh universe, had been carved into him by the Humanoid Alliance, their cruel manufacturers. He didn’t hesitate to make hard decisions.
They weren’t equals. Cadet wasn’t a danger to him, to his brethren.
Power shrugged away the disquiet in his soul and returned to his seat. There were decisions to make, a voyage to plan. He hadn’t the time for distractions, misgivings, regrets.
The cyborgs had only one leader.
He was that being.
His jaw jutted. He had tasks to complete.
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Seizing Power
This cyborg believes he’s in control.
Power is the self-appointed leader of the cyborg council. Other members might debate situations. He makes the ultimate decisions.
When a threat to Homeland is revealed, he takes command of a fleet and ventures to the edge of cyborg-controlled space to investigate. He finds a rebellion led by a mysterious upstart he calls Cadet.
The plan Power derives is simple—he’ll quickly quash the uprising and teach its leader a lesson the warrior will never forget.
NO ONE challenges his authority.
Eirene Ours might be called a cadet by Power but she is NOT his subordinate. She is the arrogant E Model’s genetic match.
For much of her mature lifespan, she has desired the male, yearning for his dark-eyed gaze, craving his sure hands, longing for his respect.
That esteem was never granted. And Eirene Ours can no longer wait to earn it. There’s an external threat to their kind, a danger that might destroy them all.
Having lured Power to her home terrain, she now plans to use everything within her means — her fists, her daggers, her ship-destroying missiles — to pound that truth into her stubborn warrior’s thick metal skull.
The future of every cyborg is at stake. She can’t fail them.
Power will believe her. Or he will die.
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Seizing Power is an enemies-to-lovers Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features an epic battle between two equally strong cyborg leaders, plans that go terribly yet passionately wrong, and a love that will shake the entire universe.
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