Alien Warrior's Secret by Mina Carter

Author:Mina Carter
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Mina Carter

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“We should storm their ships!” a gruff voice announced vehemently, cutting off what Danaar, the commander, had been about to say. “Give them a taste of their own medicine. Take some females.”

Riis exchanged a glance with Sardaan, who stood next to him. The speaker was Rohn K’Saan, his relationship to the emperor evident in his appearance. He had the same height and build, his features K’Saan through and through. A cousin, twice removed or something. Riis wasn’t entirely sure of the relationship, apart from the fact it was distant enough that Rohn’s claim on the throne was weaker than that of Tarrick or Laarn K’Vass.

Danaar looked across the table in the briefing room, his gaze as hard as aronian steel. To his credit, Rohn didn’t waver in the face of the hard look.

“Your opinion is noted,” Danaar replied in a clipped voice and then held his hand up when Rohn started to speak again. “Last time I checked this was my bridge and my command, not a K’Saan one. If the emperor finds my leadership deficient, he can replace me. Unless, of course, you wish to offer challenge?”

The big warrior’s measured tone had become harder, a dangerous edge in it that stilled every warrior around the table. Challenge fights weren’t unheard of, even at Danaar’s level. Winning your position in the fight circles was a viable promotional tactic but a risky one. You always ran the risk that those loyal to the male you’d just beaten would rise up and you’d end up the loser in a subsequent challenge. Riis himself had never tried it. But then, his immediate superiors were males of honor and worth, so he had no need.

Rohn’s gaze didn’t waver from Danaar’s but Riis knew in that split second he’d already analyzed the warriors around the table, working out which were likely to support such a challenge and which would not. Hard faces watched him make his decision. Even with his K’Saan blood, he would find no backers on the Veral’vias. It was a K’Vass ship right down to its substructure and nano-molecular rivets.

“My apologies, Commander,” Rohn inclined his head gracefully. “I meant no disrespect. I am simply... frustrated with the Terran attitude. They seem to think we are fools. We should teach them a lesson.”

“The emperor will be the one to make that decision,” Danaar said firmly, his expression set. “And if he does, others will be tasked with that mission. We, however, have been tasked with another.”

The interest in the room spiked, all eyes on Danaar at the head of the table.

“We will proceed to this location…” His hands moved on the console in front of him and the display laid out on the table in the middle of them all changed to that of a small system. “Long-range sensors picked up some unusual readings a few days ago, and a recon team was dispatched. They haven’t reported in, so the emperor wants us to check it out.”

His manner was tight and Riis could practically feel the frustration rolling through him.

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