Starblazer by Spencer Maxwell

Author:Spencer Maxwell [Maxwell, Spencer]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Dark Void Press
Published: 2019-10-30T16:00:00+00:00

Seventeen

Jade sat with her back against the console. It was still running. Wylow, with her mechanical wizardry, had routed the power from her blaster’s energy pack. The pack would give the console enough juice to receive any incoming transmissions, but if they wanted to send another one out, they would have to drain it.

So far, no replies.

Jade had expected nothing else. The Dominion’s rule hung over the entire galaxy, like the Battler hung over Xovia’s capital city. Every being from here to the sparsely inhabited planets near the Brink knew better than to go against the God-King. He never hesitated in killing those who opposed them.

The machine hummed, and the metal casing grew slightly warm. Jade found it oddly comforting. It was her turn to stay awake, but she was dozing, and probably would have had the console not chimed.

What was that? she wondered. Her head pounded slightly, her body ached, her mouth felt dry and tasted like blood, and her stomach burned with hunger.

She looked to her left, where Wylow lay. The queensguard snored deeply, her fingers twitching. Her face was covered with cuts, her dark skin split open and already scabbing over. Jade felt a pang of guilt. Wylow didn’t deserve any of this.

She would be dead if she stayed behind at the castle, like the rest of the guards and the Sisters…and the people who worshipped my father and I, she thought, trying to make herself feel better.

It didn’t work.

The console made another noise, this time not a chime but a scrabbling sound, as if something was being written on paper.

“A message,” Jade said, breathless, and shot up from her sitting position. Even though her body ached and her joints cracked loudly, it didn’t slow her down. She rounded the console, her hand trailing along the warm casing. Sure enough, a piece of paper slowly rolled out of a slot next to the dimmed lights on the dashboard. Etched in faint ink were the makings of a message.

Jade watched as these words appeared: I’ve touched down on Xovia. Heading toward the comm center now for extraction - Ryze Starlo

Jade couldn’t believe her eyes. She pinched herself to make sure she wasn’t dreaming, the pain immediate and wonderful.

Ryze Starlo, the Ryze Starlo, had responded to her message in less than eight Xovian hours. How could he get past the blockade?

Because he’s Ryze Starlo, that’s how.

Tears filled Jade’s eyes. There was still a chance she could make it out of this alive, complete her quest, and come back to save her people and her planet.

For the moment, she couldn’t move. Relief and hope filled her completely.

“Wylow?” she whispered. The queensguard remained asleep. “Wylow!” This time slightly harsher.

Wylow jumped up in half a second, her hand on the butt of her blaster. All her training and experience certainly wasn’t wasted. She was ready for a fight, prepared to kill at a moment’s notice. This only made Jade feel better. Despite all they’d gone through in the past day—the crash, the injuries, the running, the fear—Wylow would never stop protecting her queen.

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