Day Of Honor 6 (DS9) by Diana G. Gallagher

Author:Diana G. Gallagher [Gallagher, Diana G.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: General, Fiction, Science Fiction
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2011-02-12T00:00:00+00:00

made it

much easier for him to control the persistent rage.

The twinges of annoyance he had felt during the day

had quickly been suppressed.

On the other hand, he had avoided Suzanne.

In spite of his father's impression, he wasn't at

all sure her reaction to his unwitting display of

Klingon affection had been positive. Maybe she

had run out of the building because the very idea made her

sick to her stomach. If so, he didn't want that

terrible truth confirmed. It was enough to know that she knew

he had not deliberately been rude.

Yep, Alexander thought happily. All things

considered, it had been an extremely good

day.

And it wasn't over yet.

Anxious to get home, Alexander walked toward

the soccer field to take the shortcut through the woods

on the far side. As part of their Day of Honor

celebration tomorrow evening, he and his father were going to stage

an Honor Combat for his grandparents. When one

Klingon challenged the honor of another, they fought the

Suvbatlh to decide whose honor would be preserved.

It was similar to the medieval practice of trial

by combat between knights in that a warrior's character and

courage were thought to determine victory as much as his

skill. Wielding bat'leths and wearing full

Klingon armor, he and his father would battle it out in the

backyard, hopefully to the delighted horror of the

elderly Rozhenkos. Although Worf wouldn't admit

it, he had never quite outgrown his own mischievous

delight in trying to shake his adopted parents"

unruffled acceptance of his "brutal" Klingon

nature.

Eager to practice with his batleth, the

traditional curved sword of honor, Alexander

started to run. He

didn't want to waste what was left of the warm,

sunny afternoon. Halfway across the playing

field, he realized he had made a gross

tactical error.

Jeremy Sullivan darted from the edge of the forest

onto the field in front of him. Bernard

Umbaya and Kim Ho jumped out from behind the goals

and raced toward him from the base lines.

Alexander's near-perfect day turned as sour as

a bunch of rotting Argelian grapes.

The boys were launching an attack even though he

had protected them-from the principal, detention and

himself.

His initial dismay was instantly dragged under a

rising tide of outrage. Even he had his limits,

and it wouldn't take much to push him over the edge of

reason into a ferocious, fighting madness.

Keeping a tight rein on the aggressive

impulses, Alexander stood his ground as the boys

slowed and stopped about five feet away.

"So what's the deal, Klingon?" Jeremy asked,

regarding him warily.

"No deal," Alexander said shortly. He was

only guessing that Jeremy was referring to his

silence, but asking a question, even for clarification, would

imply that he was uncertain and intimidated. He was

neither.

was You don't expect us to believe you're going

to take the blame for smashing that bookcase without

trying to get back at us, are you?" Kim's eyes

narrowed in a dark scowl.

"Believe what you want," Alexander countered.

"Don't play dumb with us, Alexander,"

Bernard snapped. "No self-respecting Klingon

would let us off the hook."

"That's right. Don't you Klingons have this thing about

defending your honor."

Bernard put a ridiculing emphasis on the word

that made Alexander bristle. Still, he held his

temper even as the tension in his muscles mounted and the

impatient fury sparked. "You don't know anything

about honor, Bernard.

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