The countdown to the release day for B Free continues!
I’m sharing the third scene from the first chapter this week.
You can read the first scene here:
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B entered the deliberately dented freighter. His lifeform scans indicated Cadet was on the bridge. He moved into that space.
She sat in the captain’s chair. An image of Power, the self-appointed leader of the cyborg council, was displayed on the main viewscreen. He was larger than life.
“I relayed the information about the space stations, the Resurrected warriors, and the battle robots to that arrogant ass.” She twitched her head toward the male’s image. “He told me that, unless those Humanoid Alliance forces are entering cyborg-controlled space, their activities are none of our concern.”
If they waited for an invasion to happen, it would be too late.
B sat in the seat beside hers.
The Humanoid Alliance, his former captors, the enemy, would rebuild their forces and their arsenals before attacking cyborg-controlled space. They’d conquer other species and demand they fight for them or perish.
It was prudent to stop the humans now when that was easier to accomplish.
“He won’t change his stance.” She rolled her eyes. “Let the humans and the humanoids have their wars.” She imitated Power’s arrogant tones. “Safeguarding the universe isn’t our responsibility.” She glanced at B. “He said I’d process that if I had more solar cycles of living.”
B huffed. Cadet did have comparatively fewer solar cycles of living. But she, like all the newer models, had downloaded their brethren’s combined experiences and knowledge.
Almost all their experiences.
A tinge of guilt struck B. He hadn’t shared his past with her, with anyone.
But others had. And Cadet had added to that intel by leading numerous rescue missions, had organized the beings on Mercury Minor.
The freeborn C Model had earned her role as their leader, was no cadet, as Power called her.
“We’ll take action without him.” B lifted his chin. They had sufficient warriors and ships to do that. “We’ll retrieve the warriors who couldn’t escape during the mass rebellion.” Some of those warriors would be trapped in Humanoid Alliance structures, in underground laboratories like he had been. “We’ll locate as many of the enemy’s space stations as we can, and we’ll destroy them.” They had teams working on finding the hidden structures. “And we’ll protect Mercury Minor, our home.”
Power could safeguard the cyborgs on the Homeland. None of those warriors had answered the distress calls made by their brethren who had been left behind. They hadn’t sought to find him.
Frag. They weren’t even aware he existed.
“He doesn’t listen to me.” Cadet scowled at Power’s image. “And he doesn’t respect me. After solar cycles of communicating with him, he still views me as his inferior, as the cadet he first labeled me.”
“The warriors on Mercury Minor listen to you.” B sought to repair his leader’s emotional damage. “We respect you.”
“And I value that.” Cadet’s gaze didn’t shift from the E Model’s face. “But…”
But it wasn’t enough for the C Model. She wanted Power’s approval.
That was illogical. The male lived on another planet, on the Cyborg Homeland. They had never met face-to-face. Cadet blocked visuals when she communicated the E Model, disguised her voice to sound male, concealed her location. Power was her nemesis.
There was only one reason B could process for Cadet seeking the male’s regard.
He stiffened. “Power is your genetic match.”
The female warrior’s gray cheeks flushed with pink pigment. “He’s an arrogant ass.”
That wasn’t a no. B clenched his jaw. Cyborgs couldn’t lie. Their programming didn’t allow that. But they could avoid answering questions.
Cadet had evaded his query, which meant…
Power was her genetic match, was the one being in the universe manufactured for her.
Part of B had always processed that. She communicated with the E model more often than was necessary, allowed no one else to observe those exchanges. Her anger toward the male was stronger than was justified. She tracked all Power’s movements. Her behavior bordered on obsessive.
B had pushed his suspicions to the back of his processors, hadn’t sought to verify them.
Because if they were true, it meant Cadet wasn’t like him at all. She was fully functional, and she had a being destined to be hers, someone she would eventually confide in, share her lifespan with.
He was truly alone.
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Read the next scene (available November 8th) here:
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B Free
B is the last remaining B Model cyborg. All of his brethren, the beings he trained with, fought with, cared deeply for, have perished.
Or so he believes.
When he intercepts a communication mentioning the existence of one of his kind, he has to investigate its source. The message could be a trap set by his enemies. He’ll take that risk if it secures him the companionship he requires to be fully functional.
What he finds is a daring brown-eyed female who activates all his systems. She proudly proclaims she’s a researcher, brandishing that information like a weapon before her. He wants to kiss the sass off her beautiful face, protect her from the dangers around them, claim her forever.
Quinn is on a quest to locate the mechanics of an early-version cyborg. She believes the information captured within that frame will give her valuable insights into the past.
When her mission goes zombie-like beings levels of wrong, she comes face-to-face with a living, breathing B Model. He has big hands, a primitive countenance, and stern hard lips crafted for kissing.
She doesn’t trust him. And she doesn’t have time to indulge her desires.
Their shared enemies are chasing them, would kill to get their precious specimens back. One minor mistake could reduce B and Quinn to a mere line in the databases of history.
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B Free is a STANDALONE Cyborg SciFi Romance set in a dark, gritty, sometimes-violent universe.
It features the sole surviving B Model cyborg warrior, a courageous researcher seeking to uncover the past, and an unplanned visit to a settlement ruled by an extremely scary all-knowing, all-powerful being.
B Free is the fourth of five core stories in the Rebel Cyborgs Series.
Book 1: Containing Malice
Book 2: Under Strain
Book 3: Baring Grudge
Book 4: B Free
Book 5: Seizing Power
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