Her Father's Fugitive Throne (Song of the Worlds Book 3) by Brandon Barr

Author:Brandon Barr [Barr, Brandon]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Published: 2019-01-24T00:00:00+00:00

It was night, and he was sitting in the dirt with a fire before him, right there beside the remains of the ship. The kiehueth was lying on the opposite side of the fire, chewing on a large piece of meat.

Suddenly, the image was gone. Slowly, fearfully, Aven looked up into the animal’s eyes. The kiehueth looked back at him and snorted. Its lips curled briefly, exposing long teeth, and then it turned and trotted away, heading for the foothills of the mountains.

Aven stood there shaking, watching as it finally disappeared into the scrubby trees dotting the foothills.

What had just happened?

Once again, the kiehueth had not harmed him. And this time, it had sent him a message. A message that he scoured for hostile interpretations. But none came. The communication seemed almost…friendly.

Aven moved to the edge of the bridge and looked again at where the creature had disappeared.

You need to be cautious, he told himself. He recalled the horrific scene back when he was trapped in the cell with that creature, how it had slaughtered the mercenaries. And what of the horrible visions it had given him? It had gone for his heart, killing people he loved in his mind. Pretending to be friendly might only be another way of tormenting him before it decided to kill him.

Whatever the animal’s present intentions were, he needed to leave it as far behind as possible.

If he could find water and some more food, then he would have everything he needed to flee this place and get away from the creature.

His eyes lifted to the main wreckage of the starship. That’s where he would find the supplies he needed before he headed off. Besides food and water, he should look for a blanket. He hadn’t any idea what temperatures were like on this world. And what about those lightning guns? One of those could prove very useful. After all, he had no idea what the inhabitants of this world were like. What if this world really was ruled by a Beast—not the semi-intelligent animal that had just run into the forest, but an actual spirit, similar somehow to the Makers.

The vids he’d viewed only days ago, while with the Missionaries, had shown the horrific power and cruelty a Beast was capable of.

The more he thought about it, the more he realized he needed a lightning weapon. He searched the foothills for signs of the creature and saw none. The time to act was now, while the kiehueth was gone. If the image it had last given him was any indication, then it would be back by nightfall, expecting Aven to have started a fire. He planned to be as far from the crash site as possible by then.

Aven wondered how far into the foothills he could get before dark. Would the animal smell his trail? He glanced up at the waning sun. He was running out of time.

He gripped the straps of his pack and took off toward the wreckage, his thoughts turning to what he might face inside.

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