Saw Yatha was stuck. He knew what he wanted to say, but the specific words would not materialize. What awaited him tomorrow was to be the greatest day in the history of the Merlain people and for himself personally. By the time the great star finished its trek across the sky, Princess Lillian of Coellum…
“If this isn’t Lillian’s cell, where are we?” Katherine asked. Try as she might, she could only slightly make out that Amnon was standing in front of her. The darkness felt like a weight on her eyes. “I don’t know,” Amnon said, “I know where I hope we aren’t.” Katherine heard him fishing in his…
Keetha Cata strolled the streets neighboring the safe house. The night air was heavy. She had walked and walked with no clear direction. She walked her course this way partly to avoid suspicion and partly because she didn’t know what else to do with Amnon’s directions to try to locate Evan. In contrast to the…
The star had been below the horizon for some time when Amnon brought his transport to a stop in front of the termination center. He then reached behind him and presented a case to Katherine. “Put these on,” he said. Katherine popped the case open to find a drab government uniform. An unflattering coverall, she…
It had been a long day. Evan was out there, somewhere, and Katherine had no idea if he was alive or dead. She had no way to contact Amnon and alert him and she felt like a used washcloth. When Katherine wasn’t pacing the saferoom, she curled herself on the sofa and fall asleep form…
On and on Evan, led Lillian through the ducts of the termination center until he recognized the room from where he had entered them. He gently removed the vent cover and surveyed the room. Still no guards. The lack of surveillance in this prison was unnerving. Evan lowered himself to the floor and then guided…
It took the better part of the day for Evan Gold to approach the termination center. The cover of the night had been a help as he moved away from Katherine and the safe house. Having a vague notion of the facility’s direction facility from the planning of the botched decoy plan, Evan meticulously zigzagged…
The eastern sky transitioned from gray to blood red as Amnon Saxe tromped into the termination center. The attendants behind the front desk snapped to attention when they recognized Amnon’s rank. “Good morning, Director,” one of the attendants blurted. Amnon could tell he was unprepared for such a high-ranking visit, and he hoped to use…
Evan opened a window as soon as Amnon’s transport was no longer in view. He rested his hands on the sill and breathed in the night air. “Come away from the window,” Katherine said. Evan didn’t budge. “Come away from there and help me clean up. It looks like a tragedy in here.” It was…
The mood was grim as Drex and Katherine eventually entered the safe house. It had been a long, disappointing day, and Katherien’s feet were tired. Not only had the plan, the plan she had never wanted to be involved in, gone badly, but all her known paths of how she would get back to her…
