Chapter 8 of my new novella Bone Rush is up! (After the Storm already released the first seven chapters. This is the last installment!)
The first few paragraphs are below.
Legs suggested covering her mithrol-coated foot in dirt from the adjacent clearing, brushing it off with her similarly contaminated hand, then rubbing that through a fresh pile of dirt. “That should remove the majority of the mithrol and slow the corrosion. Once we’re off-world, I’ll repair the damage.”
Mika followed the robot’s instructions silently. But after Legs pronounced the “mitigation efforts” satisfactory, she pointed at Desmond. “Would you really have shot him? Despite your principles?”
Legs just stared at her.
Read the rest on After the Storm.
Or catch up by reading the chapters in order: