Kraw's Secret by Deborah Cooke

Author:Deborah Cooke [Cooke, Deborah]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781988479163
Publisher: Deborah A. Cooke
Published: 2017-04-22T18:00:00+00:00

Ignita watched the ShadowCaster with fascination. The creature divided itself into thousands if not millions of small dark dots, then moved to arrange images. It was like watching the vid, but with no color.

It took them into the streets of Incendium city, which were seething with discontent. They had the perspective of someone walking through the city and Ignita shivered as the sense of unease and violence that permeated the vision. People muttered about new laws and injunctions, though none dared to express a complaint against King Flammos.

They had learned the consequences of that quickly enough.

She recalled her history lessons, the ones given to her as soon as she and Ouros had become betrothed. Her family believed that no bride should be unprepared for the world she would make her own, so she had crammed facts about Incendium’s history until she suspected she knew more of it than her intended. She remembered the cruelty of Flammos well, driven by his conviction that all conspired against him.

The vision ducked into a tavern on the far side of Incendium, in the rough area beyond the star port. They entered the tavern, and Ignita’s eyes widened at the disreputable people there, the foreigners from other worlds, and the conspicuous consumption of stimulants both legal and illegal. She thought she could smell the filth of the place, and she saw credits in a dozen currencies being exchanged. The vision trailed into a back room, slipping through a barred door, where two men sat at a table.

“Embron and Blazion,” she said without meaning to speak aloud.

Ouros glanced at her. “The younger sons of Rubeo? The twins?”

“There is an image in the archives.”

He nodded, turning his attention back to the ShadowCaster’s display. The pair conferred, their heads bent together and their voices low. Ignita heard the words “rebellion,” “coup,” and “justice.”

It seemed that Flammos’ conviction that his younger brothers had been conspiring against him was true. A servant entered the room, bringing a fresh pitcher of whatever brew the brothers consumed and a steaming platter of food. Another man entered and the brothers straightened, stepped forward to shake his hand.

“A conspirator,” Ouros murmured.

The servant left and the ShadowCaster’s vision followed him. He cast aside his apron and left the tavern, hastening to the palace. At the kitchen door, he murmured a word and was admitted, shown down a dark passageway, then thrust into a chamber where King Flammos awaited him. He was playing with a stack of credits. The man fell to his knees and began to speak in haste.

“A traitor to the twin princes,” Ignita said softly.

The vision swirled and they were at the starport, where a small vessel was being outfitted. It was isolated, at the end of a long row of empty gates. A woman with hair as white as snow strode down the corridor to the gate. She was young, despite the hue of her hair, dressed like a star captain and moved with confidence. She was not armed. There was a

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