The Engineer (The Last Horizon, #2)

by Will Wight

“Try it!” Lemon shouted. “When you hold onto a lemon, you’ll find that it burns!” Omega staggered in place. “Lemon, are you single? I think I may love you.”

“I will duel for you, sweet Lemon!”

Omega clapped a hand to his chest. “Where were you a hundred years ago, Lemon?” “Frozen in a glacier,” she responded. I turned to the other Advocates. “I’m going to address you two instead. I can’t help but feel that talking to Lemon is only going to raise more questions.”

Omega’s eyes blazed with orange light as he scanned me. “My scanners are detecting a boring captain. You’re boring, Captain.”

This was far closer to an even fight than Starhammer ever wanted. To win, he would have to slaughter the enemy, which could ruin his reputation on the Subline.

The snap itself wasn’t great. It’s hard to snap in gloves; I’d have to find a better material for them if I wanted to repeat this performance in the future.