Shadows of Kilvus (Forged Alliance Book 6) by Anthony James

Author:Anthony James [James, Anthony]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2021-09-07T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fourteen

Commander Larson did not allow Flint to sink into the murky waters of his own anguish.

“You can’t do this, sir,” she said, as close to fury as he could remember. “Not here, not now.” He felt her eyes boring into him. “Not ever.”

The sharpness of her voice cut deep and Flint turned to face her. Larson’s words were angry, but he saw other emotions in her face and it was the disappointment which hurt the most.

“Hell no,” he said. The words sounded weak and he tried again. “We’ve got this,” he said, his voice hardening. It shouldn’t have surprised Flint, given everything he’d been through, but the conviction was there. “I promise we’ve got this,” he growled.

Larson’s gaze didn’t waver, didn’t fall. “You can’t—”

“Whatever it takes, we’ve got this,” Flint repeated.

He didn’t say if this promise meant he’d carbonize Vance and the soldiers if that’s what was necessary. In truth, he didn’t know. All Flint could be sure about was that the war had brought him to this and he’d be the one who’d carry the burden of whatever came from it.

Larson shook her head slightly. She always seemed to read him like a book. “This is on us, sir. All of us.”

And that was it done. The fractures in Flint’s sanity healed and the man that was left was stronger than before.

“Screw these alien assholes,” said Garrett. “Let’s give them another taste of exium and see if they like it.”

“Not yet, Lieutenant,” said Flint. He felt a cold fury of his own, as if he’d sucked it clean out of Larson. There’d be a time to act, and it would surely come soon. “What’s on those Balon sensor feeds?”

“Warships and cities, sir,” said Garrett. “The comms hub sensors have a good view of the Cadavax’s underside, the hub compound, and not much else. The compound is…crowded.”

“Can those sensors show us now much damage we inflicted on the enemy ship?”

“No, sir, the Terrus impacts are not visible to the ground sensors.”

“Let me have a look at the compound.”

Garret’s description of crowded was an understatement. The Kilvar had landed dozens of shuttles on both sides of the perimeter walls. When they’d run out of open ground within the walls, they’d set down on roofs, and one smaller shuttle had even landed on top of a larger vessel. What space was left in the compound was filled with nine-foot Kilvar shock troops. Each and every one faced the same direction – that being the building under which Vance had taken refuge.

“They’re waiting their turn to throw themselves down the lift shaft,” said Eastwood in horror. “What the hell are these things?”

“They’re ten times worse than the Lavorix, Ken. I can tell you that for nothing,” said Burner.

“I’ve seen enough of that feed for the moment,” said Flint. “Show me one of the cities.”

“Here you go, sir,” said Garrett. “This one’s ninety klicks directly south of the comms hub. There’s not much of it left.”

The Balon satellite was directly over the remains of a city and its feed quality was near-perfect.

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