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her mind as she spoke. “It has to be. They’re the only cohesive ‘force’ here in the valley that might actually stick up for us.”
“This is way bigger than just some misuse of money and power. If we’re following this right, it sounds like all-out war is coming to Genesis Valley,” Kierra said, holding her head in her hands as she stared down at the table and the damning letter.
“I still don’t understand why though,” Hannah said, and Jenny nodded her agreement.
“I bet you it has to do with whatever it is the miners dig for up there,” Kierra said after a moment of thought. “I’ve never seen such tighter security measures over something before. They all seem to know what they’re searching for, but think about it: in over two hundred years, that information has never come to the light of day. Now you have an army being formed to take out the miners? It’s gotta be to replace them with people who they—whoever ‘they’ are—want to do the mining.”
Hannah blinked rapidly as she tried to follow Kierra’s rapid-fire voice as she continued to speak, outlining what she thought.
“These ‘bad guys’ I guess we’ll call them, for lack of a better word, come in. They basically take over the LMC from the inside. But they won’t be able to make the mining crews do what they want. So if they want to keep mining, they need more manpower. These enemies also need manpower to eliminate the crews in the first place. It’s like killing two birds with one stone almost.”
“I dunno,” Jenny said. “That seems like a hell of a lot of work, and very convoluted at that. Couldn’t they just train their own men outside of the Valley?” She shook her head. “I can’t believe this is what we’re contemplating.”
“Me neither, but while it seems intricate, it does make sense,” Hannah said. “As little as I like to admit it. This is some pretty deep shit Kierra,” she said seriously. “We are in way over our heads here.”
“I know. Nothing is going to happen tomorrow—I hope—so let’s take the day to think about it, and decide what to do with this knowledge tomorrow, okay?”
“Where are you going?” Hannah asked suspiciously.
“I’m going to tell a very nice and handsome man that I’m a fucking moron and I would love to have dinner with him,” she said, aggressively standing up and slamming a hand on the table.
Hannah started to protest, but she saw the decisiveness in Kierra’s eyes and instead just hung her head and groaned.
Outside it was snowing like crazy. Kierra hit the remote start on her SUV and began cursing the weather as she cleared off the snow that had accumulated over the day. Driving conditions in the Valley were already horrific come winter. The last thing any of them needed was some idiot driving down the road with six inches of snow on their roof. All it would take was one gust of wind to lift that off and slam it into the car behind them. People had been killed over such stupidity.
Because of it, the entire Valley had effectively come together and decreed that anyone who did that would lose their vehicle for a week. It had taken all of three weeks to get everyone on board with that plan. That had been over a decade ago, and it made such a difference in the safety of those who were forced to drive on days like today. Kierra hated spending so much extra time out in the cold, but it was just one of those things that you got used to after having grown up in the Valley. It snowed in the winter. A lot.
Shivering despite her parka, Kierra finally slid into the driver’s seat and relished the joy of technology that was heated seats. It was a luxury she wasn’t sure she could ever do without.
Wipers flicking back and forth constantly to keep her vision clear, she headed out into the city. Although she wasn’t sure where Darren might have gone, she had an idea of what might be a good place to start.
After all, anytime she dealt with a bad situation she wanted
“This is way bigger than just some misuse of money and power. If we’re following this right, it sounds like all-out war is coming to Genesis Valley,” Kierra said, holding her head in her hands as she stared down at the table and the damning letter.
“I still don’t understand why though,” Hannah said, and Jenny nodded her agreement.
“I bet you it has to do with whatever it is the miners dig for up there,” Kierra said after a moment of thought. “I’ve never seen such tighter security measures over something before. They all seem to know what they’re searching for, but think about it: in over two hundred years, that information has never come to the light of day. Now you have an army being formed to take out the miners? It’s gotta be to replace them with people who they—whoever ‘they’ are—want to do the mining.”
Hannah blinked rapidly as she tried to follow Kierra’s rapid-fire voice as she continued to speak, outlining what she thought.
“These ‘bad guys’ I guess we’ll call them, for lack of a better word, come in. They basically take over the LMC from the inside. But they won’t be able to make the mining crews do what they want. So if they want to keep mining, they need more manpower. These enemies also need manpower to eliminate the crews in the first place. It’s like killing two birds with one stone almost.”
“I dunno,” Jenny said. “That seems like a hell of a lot of work, and very convoluted at that. Couldn’t they just train their own men outside of the Valley?” She shook her head. “I can’t believe this is what we’re contemplating.”
“Me neither, but while it seems intricate, it does make sense,” Hannah said. “As little as I like to admit it. This is some pretty deep shit Kierra,” she said seriously. “We are in way over our heads here.”
“I know. Nothing is going to happen tomorrow—I hope—so let’s take the day to think about it, and decide what to do with this knowledge tomorrow, okay?”
“Where are you going?” Hannah asked suspiciously.
“I’m going to tell a very nice and handsome man that I’m a fucking moron and I would love to have dinner with him,” she said, aggressively standing up and slamming a hand on the table.
Hannah started to protest, but she saw the decisiveness in Kierra’s eyes and instead just hung her head and groaned.
Outside it was snowing like crazy. Kierra hit the remote start on her SUV and began cursing the weather as she cleared off the snow that had accumulated over the day. Driving conditions in the Valley were already horrific come winter. The last thing any of them needed was some idiot driving down the road with six inches of snow on their roof. All it would take was one gust of wind to lift that off and slam it into the car behind them. People had been killed over such stupidity.
Because of it, the entire Valley had effectively come together and decreed that anyone who did that would lose their vehicle for a week. It had taken all of three weeks to get everyone on board with that plan. That had been over a decade ago, and it made such a difference in the safety of those who were forced to drive on days like today. Kierra hated spending so much extra time out in the cold, but it was just one of those things that you got used to after having grown up in the Valley. It snowed in the winter. A lot.
Shivering despite her parka, Kierra finally slid into the driver’s seat and relished the joy of technology that was heated seats. It was a luxury she wasn’t sure she could ever do without.
Wipers flicking back and forth constantly to keep her vision clear, she headed out into the city. Although she wasn’t sure where Darren might have gone, she had an idea of what might be a good place to start.
After all, anytime she dealt with a bad situation she wanted
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