Destiny's Kingdom: Legend of the Chosen by Huber Daniel & Selzer Jennifer

Author:Huber, Daniel & Selzer, Jennifer [Huber, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: TwoFold Press
Published: 2012-06-30T21:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 16

Clea reached up to the cable above her, pulled herself along the track and tripped the ceiling panel to open. She squirmed until her weight was balanced again, then she got to work on the task she'd chosen to pass the time. The ship's program memory needed to be deleted as soon as possible after any contract, so just in case the hidden system were discovered, there would be no trace of where Duplicity had actually been. The mechanism that held her suspended just below and parallel to the ceiling wasn't made for comfort but for easy concealment, and consisted of a retractable cable that spanned one end of the engine compartment to the other, and three wide straps that hung from it. The strap that wrapped around her midsection was beginning to pinch, but Clea was almost finished with the memory wipe so it didn't really matter. Besides, the discomfort helped to keep her mind on something other than the very thing she'd come here to avoid thinking about.

She reached up inside the opening and pointed a small hand lamp to the last connection of the navigational logs. Popping another panel, she plucked the memory pack that stored the coordinates from the orbit of the planet to the designated spot where Duplicity had landed on Tal-Min Vista. The pack that contained the journey from orbit to the outpost would stay…just in case.

The rest of her crew were quietly celebrating in the galley, or what served as a galley for it really wasn't big enough to deserve such a title. But there was food and a bottle or two of wine, and the happy crew had hoped she would join them, as she sometimes would after a successful run from somewhere like Tal-Min. Plus, it was their first ten-thousand chid contract. But Clea didn't feel like celebrating, didn't even feel like eating the modest bowl of food she'd brought into the cockpit then left behind when she decided to clear the ship's coordinate logs. Duplicity, like all ships, always traveled on autopilot when flying within the leylines, and the silent cockpit left too much room for the noise of her thoughts within her head. All she could think of now was the events of the previous day, all she kept hearing again and again in her mind was Quade's voice, all she kept seeing was the confused desperation that flashed in his eyes.

"P'cadia lost, P'cadia found…"

How could this be happening? And exactly how Avalon told her it would, that afternoon so many years ago. Clea could remember every detail of the day, the chill of the breeze on her face, the storm clouds that brewed overhead, above the thick forest trees.

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