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The Starlight Contingency (The Starlight Contingency #1) The Starlight Contingency by Kyoko M.
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“I don’t want to kill you, Sergeant, but you’re standing between me and my sister. I’ll ask you only once to get out of my way.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“I don’t suppose you know what kind of trouble we’ll be facing if we make it out of this mess alive?”

She flashed me a dangerous smile. “Nope. Maybe the death sentence, if we’re lucky.”

“Excellent. I’m glad to have you for a sister.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“Think of me as ammunition. When the clip’s empty, you throw it away.” I stood then, walking toward the bars and stopping when we were only inches apart. “The bullet’s already hit. You just haven’t noticed yet.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“That’s your problem, General. You’re too shortsighted. Protect and serve. That’s my job. No one ever said it was exclusive to human beings.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“I smiled. “Why be difficult when you can be impossible?”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“I touched the side of her face, making her meet my eyes. “Scarlett…I can’t let you do this.” She closed her eyes and the tears streaked down her cheeks. “…alone.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“Part of me wanted there to be an updated version of this fallaciously hopeful virtual manual—one that didn’t have as much emphasis on being a hero because our world was dead. We were no longer heroes. We were walking gravestones. Memorials with pulses.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
tags: heroes
“Why do you need my help? I have no power.”

“You have the power to hear and to speak. Do not underestimate them”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“that’s not what they’re looking for. They want obedience. We’re not here to be independent thinkers, we’re here to follow orders”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency
“The others might have been mindless drones, but he wasn’t. He was dangerous. Like a tiger pretending to be a house cat.”
Kyoko M., The Starlight Contingency