Star Wars - Ghosts of the Sith by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson [Watson, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2006-06-18T14:33:18+00:00

Ferus reached back casually and drew his hood over his head, shadowing his face.

“Take me immediately to the Valley of the Dark Lords,” she said to the officer as she passed them.

“You know her?” Trever asked.

“Jenna Zan Arbor. The most-wanted galactic criminal before the Clone Wars. A brilliant scientist who developed cures for diseases that would decimate populations.”

“That’s good.”

“Then she would introduce the virus into the population, killing thousands, before stepping in to save them. In the meantime. she would jack up the price.”

“That’s bad.”

“You’re catching on. She was obsessed with studying the Force. She might be one of the few in the galaxy who knows that Palpaline is a Sith. On my last mission, we tracked her here. She came to meet a Dark Lord. I wonder why she’s here.”

“Not our problem. We’re headed to Coruscant, remember?”

“If we followed her…”

“We’re not supposed to leave the ship. Normally I don’t like obeying orders, but in this case… gladly.” Trever shivered as he looked over the lip of the platform, down at Dreshdae.

Stay. We have things to teach you.

He wanted to stay. He could outwit the voices. They would think he was staying for them, for their powers, but he would stay only for his own reasons.

You can become stronger in the Force. This is the place to do it. You know it.

Ferus felt the urge inside, strong as the pull of a gigantic moon. He could learn from them and yet not surrender to the dark side. They were right—he was weak now, and he needed to be strong. He could stay.

“Ferus!” Trever put a hand on his wrist.

He looked down, and did not see the genial, wounded boy he was fond of. He saw an obstacle.

Good, good, you’re learning.

He stared down at Trever’s hand. He felt the warmth of skin on skin. A touch, one being to another. And in that touch he felt trust.

“I just think…” Trever said, “that at this point, we need to choose our battles.”

With an effort, Ferus pushed against the voices. The dark side was here, but so was the Force he knew. He felt it around him and grabbed on.

Twenty meters ahead, Zan Arbor suddenly turned. He wasn’t sure what had prompted her movement. Her blue gaze was intense as she studied him. He didn’t move.

She said something to the officer next to her.

“We’d better go.” Ferus said.

Without any appearance of haste, they turned and jumped into their cruiser.

He keyed in the request for clearance and counted off the seconds. It seemed to take years. In that span of time he realized how close he had come to staying. He had barely fought off that urge. They had found his weakness and exploited it.

The light flashed green. Departure Granted.

The light flashed yellow and the screen was blinking Contact Ground Control as he fired the engines.

Ignoring the summons. Ferus took off.

Korriban had taught him something. He wasn’t strong enough to take on the Sith. He wasn’t ready.

Yet he was on his way.

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