(eng) M. R. Forbes - Rebellion 03 by Tides of War

Author:Tides of War [War, Tides of]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

THIRTY-THREE

TEA'VA HURRIED THROUGH THE back passages of the Ishur, his mind racing as he worked to adjust his strategy.

"Druk'shur, Shielle," he muttered to himself, angry. Trust. Risk. Why did he always wind up on the wrong end of it?

He had been trying to find an excuse to sneak back down to the cloning facility for hours, desperate to confront the un'hai clone and find out what exactly she had been thinking, sending an encrypted message to the Domo'dahm on the back of the humans' message to their brethren.

She had betrayed him; that much was clear. She had chosen the Domo'dahm over him. What he didn't understand was why?

He had offered her everything, just as he had offered it to Zoelle. Power. Control. A standing in the bek'hai ranks that was beyond what any lor'hai had achieved. There had to be some kind of malfunction with the un'hai. Bad programming that made them do things which defied logic. He couldn't comprehend her reasons, and he didn't care.

He would find out what she had sent to the Domo'dahm, and then he would kill her.

He had lied to the humans, telling them it was nothing. He thought he had gotten away with it until he ran into Gabriel and the female, Miranda, in the corridor. He saw the way she was looking at him. Suspicious. Uncomfortable. He had worked so hard to earn the Heil'bek's trust, and Shielle had forced him to break it.

It was discouraging, but not the end of the world. He could recover from that lie. He was sure of it. They would ask questions, and he would answer them. He had always been ready for Shielle to double-cross him, only not this soon, and not in this way. It was infuriating.

He had to reach her before they did. If they questioned her first, she would have the opportunity to implicate him, to blame him for her actions. Perhaps they wouldn't believe her, but it would further any doubt they already held in their minds. And with only one more day until the clones matured, he couldn't afford for them to be watching him closely or limiting his movements out of their mistrust.

He slipped across a corridor and into another back passage, nearly colliding with a drek'er on the way by. He shoved the small clone aside, knocking him into the wall with a grunt. He was practically running now, racing to reach her before they did.

Gabriel would ask Zoelle what the symbols meant. She would tell them, and then they would suspect. Not him, at least. Zoelle was smart enough to know he wouldn't go crawling back to the Domo'dahm. No, they would guess it was her. She was an un'hai, the highest ranking clone on board after Zoelle herself. When they did, they would confront her, as he aimed to do now.

The race was on.

He came out of the passage right beside the transport beam, stepping in and heading down, coming out and skipping back into the hidden maintenance corridors.

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