The World of Beasts: She's Got Their Hearts novel Chapter 74

A custom pocket drive?

Was that the same kind of pocket drive Scott mentioned before? So, Gideon created these?

"Wait for me. This time, we're going to catch him," Finlay said, ending the interstellar call.

Outside, the bird-feather starship began to move again. Several smaller starships detached, fanning out to surround Sean's starship.

The formation tightened, forming an impenetrable ring around his ship.

They approached cautiously, even hailing him, but there was no response.

The encircling ships closed in, but the starships at the center remained eerily still.

There were no warnings, no desperate struggle, not even a sound.

It simply hovered, silent and motionless.

"Scott, be careful. What if Sean is setting a trap and planning to use a diversion to escape?"

Analise sent a voice message to Scott through her interface.

"Mm."

Scott responded with a short hum.

"Sean, there's nowhere left to run. You might as well come out now," Gideon announced, speaking through some kind of device. Analise could hear his voice echoing inside her starship.

"He sounds awfully sure of himself," Analise remarked with a smirk.

"I heard he's the youngest scientist in the Shadowhawk Alliance," Finlay said. "A bit eccentric, but supposedly brilliant in his research."

"Oh? Is he really that talented?" Analise glanced down at the bracelet on her wrist.

"Yeah, I think so," Finn admitted, his gaze also drifting to the bracelet. A flicker of jealousy flashed in his eyes.

Finlay hugged Analise, pouting like a child. "He's trying to seduce you. He just met you, and he's already trying to seduce you!"

"Traitors? Who is it?" Scott's expression darkened as he gripped the controls of his small starship. Without hesitation, he gave chase.

Gideon let out a dry chuckle. "So, that's his game. I was wondering why he was being so cooperative. It turns out he was just biding his time."

Clearly, even Gideon hadn't anticipated this turn of events. But fortunately, he'd planted a tracking device earlier. Sean wouldn't be slipping away so easily.

"I underestimated Nelson," he muttered under his breath before switching from the small starship he'd used to board the main starship to a specially modified pursuit starship.

Both small starships locked onto the same target.

Gideon pushed his ship to maximum speed and crashed it into the massive starship.

The impact sent a tremor through the larger ship, tearing a small hole in its hull.

Amidst the shower of sparks, a sleek silver starship emerged from within.

Analise could barely make out the silhouette of a figure in the front cockpit.