Lost Little Lamb

by Kaida22

Shepard has finally gotten free of Cerberus, but the Illusive Man never planned to let go of her so easily. Now he holds a bargaining chip too big for Shepard to ignore, and its origins have the potential to overturn her life...again. Slight AU. Set after ME2 but before Shepard returns to Earth for court martial. Quasi-sequel to Searching for Shepard, but is a stand-alone story.

1. Prologue

I outlived my mother by thirty seconds. Together we were sucked out of the Normandy's breached hull and into the vacuum of space, and together we plummeted to the surface of Alchera. A part of me hopes that for a brief moment after her heart stopped beating, she noticed me for the first time, and in those final moments, I made her happy.