Retribution by Sue Lyndon

Author:Sue Lyndon [Lyndon, Sue]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sue Lyndon

Chapter 15

Zamek carried Layla through the corridors of the Tammusha, ignoring the stares of his warriors. She was shaking in his arms and his only care at the moment was making her feel safe. He headed for his quarters, deciding he would deal with the consequences of his actions later.

It was one thing to secretly keep Layla as his mistress within the privacy of his own home, but to bring her to his quarters aboard his warship? That would undoubtedly set tongues wagging. If the High Council received word of his actions, he very well might be demoted from the rank of general.

His spirits sank when he recalled Layla’s immense look of fright, as well as the coldness of her terror that had filled his nostrils, when he’d arrived in her cell only moments ago. She’d taken one look at his weapons’ belt and feared the worst. Hurt resonated inside his chest that she hadn’t trusted him not to hurt her. Had she really believed he’d shown up to take her life?

He hoped that by bringing her to his quarters, where they would be able to spend more time together, as well as share a bed nightly, would help alleviate her lingering fears. Ancient gods, how he longed for her to trust him.

“Everything will be all right, little human,” he murmured into her ear, speaking in the Sumlin dialect, which he doubted any passersby could understand, as most of the warriors aboard the Tammusha hailed from Brutt District.

“Where are we going, General?” Layla whispered in his native dialect. She peered up at him, her pretty dark eyes gleaming with concern.

He walked faster as the door to his quarters came into sight, and the door zipped open upon his approach. He carried her inside and then called out a verbal command for the door to lock. “To my quarters,” he finally replied, as he placed her on her feet in the middle of the room.

Her eyes widened as she looked around the large space, and a gasp left her when she noticed the massive viewscreen, which showed the aftermath of the battle with the Bexxanian warbird. Wreckage floated around the battered vessel, and though Layla couldn’t see it, the warbird held the bodies of over thirteen hundred dead Bexxanians, most of them killed in hand-to-hand combat after his people managed to board the ship.

Behind the wreckage field rested the five Kall warships who’d joined the Tammusha for battle. Before the Kall left this location, reports would be compiled, the Verrsuan’s cargo would be retrieved, and the Bexxanian warbird would be stripped of any useful technology.

Zamek surveyed the aftermath of the battle with a sense of pride. It had been a good fight and the Kall had prevailed, slaughtering every last enemy alien and avenging the Bexxanian attack on the Verrsuans.

“Is that a Bexxanian warbird?” Layla asked, moving closer to the viewscreen.

“It is,” he replied. “How did you know? Few Kall have ever seen a Bexxanian vessel, and I would think few humans have either.

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