Sanctuary (Rise of the Empire Book 2) by Kal Ivan

Author:Kal, Ivan [Kal, Ivan]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Published: 2014-11-15T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eighteen

Sanctuary

Tomas awoke to a beeping sound, for a disoriented moment he searched the room for the source of the beeping, and then he realized that it was coming from his imp. He sat up in his bed, his movements waking the person lying next to him.

“Mmm… What is it?” Seo-yun asked.

“Shh- go back to sleep, it’s just Nadia calling.” Tomas said.

Seo-yun turned away. Tomas closed his eyes and answered the call.

“Tomas, I’m sorry I woke you, but we need you right now.” Tomas heard Nadia’s voice say in his head.

“It’s three in the morning, can't this wait a few more hours?” He asked via the imp, his thoughts transmitting via the imp to Nadia’s where hers would then reproduce Tomas’s voice in her head.

“I’m afraid not Tomas. We got a message from the Traveler. I’m at the palace, in the east meeting room, Laura and Elias are on the way.” She said, and after a moment of hesitation, before Tomas could say anything she continued. “We need Seo-yun too.” She said hesitantly. Tomas and Seo-yun didn’t try to hide their relationship, but they have not made it public yet. Tomas sighed. “Alright, we’ll be there in 10 minutes.” He then closed the channel not waiting for a response.

“Seo-yun. Wake up, we need to get up.”

“What?” She asked sleepily.

“Nadia called for a meeting. There was a message from the Traveler. I told her that we would be there in ten.” Tomas said. At that she woke up fully and looked at him.

“Both of us?” Seo-yun said. She immediately grasped what that meant.

“Yes.”

“Well… Okay then.” She sighed and got up.

Ten minutes later they entered the palace meeting room. The rest were already there sitting at the table. As they took their seats no one commented on them coming together. Not even a small quip at their expense, that told Tomas that things were serious.

“Tell us.” Tomas said.

Nadia gestured to Laura, who sat straighter in her chair and took a deep breath and started speaking.

“Traveler sent back a message, they have arrived at the planet Nuva, and Ship Master Kisaragi Hana met with their leader, one Lanai Sumia.” Laura said, the name of the alien she said slowly.

“The meeting did not go as we expected.” Laura continued. “Their leader basically dropped a bomb after a bomb on us. Starting with the reveal that their race, the Nel are a part of a Consortium of races, five in total.”

Tomas didn’t even try to conceal his shock. The Union databases didn’t say anything about that, but then they came through here thousands of years ago, and didn’t really stay to explore the neighborhood.

He looked at Laura, noticing her grim expression. “That’s not all.” He said.

Laura shook her head. “Not even close. The five races combined controlled 18 worlds. All much more developed than the one Traveler encountered. Nuva is a relatively young colony some thirty years old. But the worst news are that the Consortium is at war.” Laura said, and before anyone could comment she added.

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