Galactic War (The Pike Chronicles Book 9) by G.P. Hudson

Author:G.P. Hudson [Hudson, G.P.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2018-07-18T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter 24

Miira arrived at the mountain complex and was escorted to a conference room for her meeting with Admiral Pike. The two UHSF officers had surprised her when they showed up at the university. She had taken a teaching position there several years ago and had immersed herself in her role there. She did see Jon and Breeah from time to time over the years but mostly stayed in touch with Breeah. The fact that UHSF officers now escorted her to a meeting with Jon seemed ominous, and she felt uneasy about it the entire trip.

What did Jon want? she thought. And why couldn’t he just speak with me over comm?

It didn’t help that the officers refused to say what it all was about. All they would say was that the Admiral would explain things to her in the meeting. Now that they had almost arrived, she didn’t think anything Jon said would calm her frazzled nerves.

“Right this way, ma’am,” one of the officers said after opening a door.

Miira bowed her head to avoid hitting it on the door frame and walked through. Inside was a spacious room with Admiral Pike standing next to a long table. “Thank you, Lieutenant,” he said, and the UHSF officer saluted and exited the room, shutting the door behind him. “It’s great to see you again, Miira,” Jon said, greeting her with a hug. Due to her great height, Miira had to bend down to hug him back, but Jon didn’t seem to mind. “Please, have a seat.” Jon gestured to an oversized chair that had been specially made for the eight-foot-tall Dvorkan female.

“Why all the secrecy, Admiral?” Miira said as she sat down across from Jon. “I am more than a little concerned.”

“I understand,” Jon said. “Sorry about that, but it couldn’t be helped. What I’m about to say is highly classified, which means you cannot utter a word of it outside this room.”

Miira’s stomach did a flip, and she intertwined her blue fingers together. “Of course. I won’t say a word.”

“We have come into contact with the Dvorkan Empire.”

“What? How? When?”

“We were conducting preliminary surveillance on one of the Juttari occupied Diakan star systems when the Empire launched an invasion of it.”

The news stunned Miira. “But, how is that possible?”

“It seems that the Anitkitheri visited the Empire during their war with the Erinyie and Cenobi in this system. We’re not sure, but we think the Freen facilitated the visit. Regardless of what prompted the encounter, it appears that, unlike us, the Empire agreed to worship the Antikitheri. In return, we believe that the Antikitheri taught them how to build jump gates.”

Miira soaked in every word, utterly fascinated by the news. “That would explain their ability to invade the Diakan system.”

“We believe that they have also invaded the systems connected to it.”

“I see. But you keep saying that ‘you believe’ they have done this. Surely you must have spoken with them by now.”

“Well, that is part of the problem. It appears that the

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