Darayan by Cara Violet

Author:Cara Violet [Violet, Cara]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9780995366725
Published: 2018-12-21T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Twenty: An Uncompromising Party

Owen embraced his wife tightly.

Her heart beating fast against his chest.

“I heard Janjuc was lost,” she said softly, with concern.

“We will get it back,” he said more confidently. “I have reenabled the decommissioned Felrin Cruisers and I’m sending our Rangers over.”

“But what about Valendean, Owen?” Her eyes were wide with fear. “What about our people? If you take the hundreds that protect us, whatever will happen if we are invaded.”

“There is no-one who will invade us. Not now. Janjuc is in our system, I am responsible for Dowaric. I must help Queen Chastity.”

“What about that Sprite?”

Owen frowned.

“Well, they say he is a godly creature bought back from the Silkri.”

Owen sniffed. “No, that is not true. Levon was a—”

“You knew him?”

“He’s just heartbroken,” Owen said with a soreness aching over his heart, “that’s all.”

“And you go to face him on Janjuc?”

Owen opened his mouth to speak, then finally admitted: “If I have to, I will.”

“You can’t beat a Silkri Drake, Owen.”

“No, but I can wound him as best I can and save as many people as I can.”

“What if …” Her voice trailed off.

What if it all went pear-shaped? What if Owen had never found his Rangers and got on that cruiser to escape Janjuc? What if he had stopped Levon’s father killing Leera? What if? It was all hypothetical, the what if never mattered in the past. It mattered now. What if he spent his whole time debating about what went wrong instead of looking for the solution right in front of him. “Enough,” he said before she could go on, pulling her tighter into him. “I’ll always be here when you need me.”

She nodded, tears slipping from her eyes. “You know I love you.”

“I know,” he said. “I’ll be back before you know it.”

She breathed in her sobs. “And what of the Defeated King?”

“Felrin have requested me. With so little time until the Universal Election I am not certain they will be thrilled with the loss of Janjuc on top of this.”

“They should have helped!” she said angrily. “Sent you a Liege. How were you to know the extent of the civil war!”

“Keep that passion going my love, but focus it here. Valendean is a stronghold for our people’s way of life. Just because I am not here, does not mean you cannot show them our virtuous nature. I must go.”

“Vector safely,” she whispered as he headed back to his refuelled cruiser.

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.