Bloodline by Claudia Gray

Author:Claudia Gray
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub, pdf
Tags: Science Fiction, General, Space Opera, Action & Adventure, Fiction
ISBN: 9781101885253
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2016-05-03T06:00:00+00:00

His first thought was that the eye slits were deceptively narrow; visibility was far better within the mask than any observer would first think. Perhaps the designer hoped to instill a false sense of security in those who sought to do the Emperor harm.

“Imagine it, Senator Casterfo.” Hadrassian’s voice had become low and sweet, like a mother encouraging her child to daydream. “You stand at the right hand of the Emperor. Lord Vader himself is with you, and all the moffs. You stand aboard the Death Star, and this time there will be no errors, no accidents, no disloyalty. You will share in the Empire’s power and glory forever. How does it feel?”

The high stone walls surrounding the labor camp. Air thick with soot and smoke from the factory chimneys. Ransolm’s small hands raw and chapped from polishing the blaster casings, the stink of the chemicals absorbed into his skin. Hunger clawing inside his belly. His father trying to explain to Lord Vader the impossibility of the quotas set for them.

That harsh, metallic breathing. The mortal terror that made Ransolm vomit, right there, on the floor—and he’d thought that was it, for sure, now Vader would kill him.

But Vader didn’t care about a small boy’s fear. He only cared about the quotas.

His hand around Papa’s throat. The way he made Ransolm watch his father gasp and gag and plead. How Vader had thrown Papa down like trash.

How he had hated Vader then. If he’d had a force pike like one of the Emperor’s guards, he would have swung it with all his might and claimed Vader’s head for his own.

“Glorious,” Ransolm whispered. “It would have been glorious.”

“Ah, yes.” Hadrassian’s smile widened. “I see my brother’s helmet has found a true home.”

“Indeed it has.” He slipped the mask off again, grateful to be liberated of its weight. “If I only had a force pike, the picture would be complete.”

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