Omen: Star Wars Legends (Fate of the Jedi) (Star Wars: Fate of the Jedi - Legends Book 2) by Golden Christie

Author:Golden, Christie [Golden, Christie]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9780345518712
Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
Published: 2009-06-18T04:00:00+00:00

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF OF STATE,

SENATE BUILDING, CORUSCANT

Desha Lor gasped and her hand flew to her mouth.

Wynn Dorvan stood, hands loosely clasped behind his back, his face inscrutable as he, Desha, and Daala watched the shocking events unfolding on the holonews. They were in Daala’s office, the décor of which was crisply white and scrupulously clean. Daala was a meticulous and precise woman, and of the Empire, and both these attributes of hers were on display here to anyone who cared to look.

“It’s madness, absolute chaos,” Javis Tyrr was saying, peering earnestly into the cam. “Whereas only a short while ago the Coruscant Livestock Exchange and Exhibition was a safe, fun-filled way to while away an afternoon, now it has become a site of carnage and terror.”

Daala’s face was strained, her green eyes fastened on the unfolding events. This was not the first time news had revolved around something as seemingly innocuous as the Exchange and Exhibition. Plenty of times in the past a creature or two—or three or four—had broken loose to stampede about for a while before it was brought down by crack security teams. Or sometimes the less-than-savory dealings unofficially conducted in back rooms went awry. But even Dorvan was surprised to see this.

“I received the call a few moments ago and took the liberty of sending out some special teams from the GA,” he said to Daala, who nodded absently, her gaze still riveted.

The cam pulled back to show the main floor as Tyrr continued to narrate. “What you’re seeing are empty corrals that should be filled with herd animals. Someone has deliberately sabotaged the gates and set dozens of creatures loose to stampede among the populace. The source of—”

The cam moved so suddenly, Dorvan felt a hint of nausea. And then he saw why. A Falleen, her skin reddened as she exuded hormones, was bringing a lightsaber down upon another gate, this one containing rontos. The animals, skittish in urban areas under the best of circumstances, were terrified, rearing and snorting. As they dived for freedom, the Jedi, for it could only be a Jedi, leapt clear, then darted away.

“A Jedi?” said Desha, disbelieving. “But a Jedi would never put civilians in harm’s way like this!”

“These days they would,” Daala said grimly, her lips pressed together in a thin, furious line. “And have.”

“It’s a Jedi!” Javis Tyrr was crying, echoing their words. “Another Jedi, sworn to protect, has clearly gone insane! Who knows how many innocents will die here, terrorized, trampled or gored to death? When will this stop?”

The cam swung around to a close-up of the back of a woman’s head. Her hair was long, dark, and pulled back in a ponytail. Suddenly the woman turned.

“You!”

“That’s Jaina Solo,” Desha Lor said, her eyes wide as the Jedi strode up to the cam and covered it with her hand. “What’s she doing there?”

“She, her parents, and her adopted sister were attending the exhibition,” Dorvan said. When Desha stared at him, he answered her unspoken question.

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