Isaac sighed heavily and shook his head. “Haven’t we seen enough already? Everyone is dead—that much is abundantly clear. We can refuel the ship from the external tanks, so there’s no need to investigate any further.”
“Yeah, but don’t you want to find out what happened to these people? Maybe if we go up, we’ll find some sort of—”
“No.”
Even through the copper-tinted faceplate, Isaac could see his brother’s scowl.
“Come on! Why are you always the one who decides these things?”
“Because I’m the oldest.”
“What does that have to do with anything?”
Isaac didn’t answer. Now was not the time to get into another argument about who was in charge and whether Aaron could take care of himself. Stars knew they had far too many of those arguments already.
Aaron took a deep, raspy-sounding breath. “Well, fine. You do what you want down here. I’m going to go check out the upper levels.”
“What? Hey, stop!”
But Isaac was too late. His brother was already heading toward one of the narrow stairwells leading to the upper decks of the station.
“What the hell are you doing? You come back right now!”
“You’re not my captain. I don’t have to do what you tell me.”
“Dammit, Aaron! We’re supposed to stick together!”
“Then come with me. It’s not so bad. If everyone’s dead already, then what’s there to be afraid of?”
Take a look around, you idiot.
Isaac took a deep breath and clenched his fists. “Aaron, please. Think about what you’re doing. This isn’t the time or the place to throw a fit like this. This station isn’t safe. We should go back to the ship and get ready to leave the system.”
“You’re not going to stop me, Isaac. I’m going.”
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Brothers in Exile (Sons of the Starfarers: Book I) is now out on Amazon, Amazon UK, Smashwords, and Barnes & Noble. In a couple of weeks or so, it should be out everywhere else. Right now, it’s available for $.99, but the price will go up to $2.99 at the end of the week.
I really hope you guys enjoy reading this book as much as I enjoyed writing it. 😀 If you do, please writing a review so that someone else can enjoy it as well!
Here are the links to the other excerpts I’ve posted on the blog so far. As always, thanks for reading!
