BattleTech: The Burdens of Honor: A Battle of Tukayyid Story, Part Four by Blaine Lee Pardoe

Author:Blaine Lee Pardoe
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub

COMSTAR FIELD HEADQUARTERS

TUKAYYID

7 MAY 3052

The ComStar ROM agent Christine Rosenfeld stood with crossed arms, glaring down at Adam, who was sitting in the sterile isolation room. Her black hair was devoid of any sort of style, worn short. Her white uniform was the only thing that gave her face any color, and even then, it was pale.

“So, you claim you are Tai-i Adam Kaningamu of the Draconis Combine, and that you’ve been living as a bondsman for the last two years to the warrior you brought in with you?” Her voice was calm, level, but oddly threatening.

He almost answered, “Aff,” but caught himself. “Yes.”

“This…creates a problem for ComStar,” the agent replied. “We have an arrangement to repatriate any prisoners taken during this battle to their respective Clans.”

“He is not your prisoner,” Adam corrected. “He is mine.”

She nodded curtly once. “So you say. The problem is, we do not know for sure that you are really you. Adam Kaningamu is listed as missing in action, presumed dead.”

That thought disturbed him only for the impact it must have had on his family. All this time they thought me gone…dead…having joined my ancestors. He had not thought much of the grief and now relief they would feel with his return to the ranks of the living.

He eyed the ComStar ROM agent with a sneer creeping onto his face. “Who would claim to be a Ghost Bear bondsman who was not?”

The question gave Agent Rosenfeld a rare moment of pause. “An intriguing question. To be blunt, someone from another intelligence agency attempting to perform some sort of deep-cover infiltration. It is not my job to discern a motive—only to find the truth.”

Truth is always a matter of perspective. “You may take my blood if you desire it.”

“Not necessary. We have already made arrangements to validate your identity.” There was a slight, ominous tone in her voice that Adam presumed was designed to intimidate him. It failed.

I have been through more than you can comprehend. It has not broken me—it has only made me stronger…

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