Battle Queen: Red Ruler Series (Book 1) by Kahaula

Author:Kahaula
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2021-02-26T00:00:00+00:00

L’Ryx

R’Tok had done a planetary wide search but the Pxylar female I had seen talking with the Battle Queen had disappeared. Disappeared off the face of the planet, disappeared. That more than anything else bothered me. R’Tok’s words kept ringing in my ears, “Nothing, and I mean nothing, that I know of has the power to cut off the life signal of a High Command General.”

Ding!

I was back in my suite at the Pleasure Palace after another day spent killing time at the poker tables. There was really no point in trying to snoop when my every move was monitored. I frowned deeply as I leaned down to pick up my holoscreen. What more bad news could R’Tok give me?

“General L’Ryx.”

“What news?”

“Nothing good,” he cringed. I could see he was sitting in my private captain’s office just off the main bridge of my ship. He blew out an exhausted breath, “We’ve been watching the transport lanes. Tagging any ships of interest.”

“And?”

“More central government representatives are either already on planet with you or are in the cue waiting for permission to land.”

“What?” My brow furrowed in confusion and apprehension. Did they know what I knew? Were they after the same thing?

“It’s like a damn symposium of leaders,” I narrowed my eyes at R’Tok, “Sir,” he tacked on quickly.

“How many?”

“20? Maybe 30?” He scratched his head nervously, “To be honest, General, they’re coming in too fast to keep up. They’re not upper echelon but they’re still official representatives or proxies.”

“What about their communications? Any word they might be on the same mission as us?”

“So far, not that I can see,” he shook his head, “But most of these ships either have basic jammers or official encryption. If I try to touch it, our own central government coding will leave a trail,” R’Tok growled in frustration. I bared my teeth in a grimace. He wasn’t the only one reeking of frustration and failure.

Central Government reps and proxies... could they have just followed in our footsteps or did they know more than we did? The uncertainty was tearing me apart. Faced with the waves of competition, my mission seemed less like insanity and more like a race to some unforeseen yet impossibly possible goal. “R’Tok, stay hidden and keep monitoring everything coming in and out of the system,” I tapped a few things on the holoscreen and set him a data packet.

“General,” he asked in confusion.

“Have that sent in on the next available shuttle down here to me.”

“You’re serious,” R’Tok’s face was carefully blank.

“Like you said, it was my fault,” I said begrudgingly, “I intend to have it rectified before the Battle Queen calls for me. It has to be done as quickly as possible, I don’t know when that will be.”

“You’ll have it within the hour, General.”

“Have it escorted with an accompaniment of men,” I ran my thumb along my jaw in thought. I had to play this right.

“Um... Do you think that’s wise, General?”

“The rzzok is out of its den, we either

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