Symbiosis: Justice Keepers Saga Book I by R. S. Penney

Author:R. S. Penney [Penney, R. S.]
Language: eng
Format: epub

A long hallway stretched on for several hundred feet, illuminated by sunlight that filtered through windows in the wall to her right. At the end of the corridor, Jena saw a set of double doors. Slade's office. In all her years as a Keeper, Jena had met the head of their organization only once.

She ground her teeth, wincing as she marched down the corridor. “Tell me this guy doesn't creep you out,” she said. “I mean, come on! He's just so smooth all the time!”

Nate walked along with hands clasped behind his back, chin lifted in the air. “Not all of us have your…difficulties with decorum,” he muttered. “And I would suggest that you avoid voicing such opinions where they might be overheard.”

For once, she took his advice.

The office was larger than what would be considered normal for a Justice Keeper, but she supposed being the Senior Director had its privileges. Gray carpets stretched from wall to wall, matched by plush chairs that faced a desk of polished oak wood. A window looked out on the city, revealing glittering skyscrapers in the distance. Of course, this room was not nearly as imposing as its occupant.

Grecken Slade stood with his back to her, tall and slim in a red coat that dropped to his knee. Long, black hair fell to his shoulder blades and shimmered in the sunlight. She made a note to ask about his shampoo. “Operative Morane,” Slade began. “Thank you for meeting me this afternoon.”

Folding her arms over her chest, Jena smiled down at the floor. “Oh, it's no trouble, sir,” she said with a shrug of her shoulders. “I was just telling Nate that the one thing that would make life better around here was more staff meetings.”

Slade turned.

His tanned face bore a strong chin and tilted eyes that seemed to be sizing you up whenever they glanced in your direction. “Indeed; I've rarely had the pleasure of working directly with you.”

He waved a hand over his desk. Light sprang into existence over the polished wood, coalescing into an image of the galaxy that rotated slowly. Leyrian Space was marked by an amorphous blue blob about halfway between the Core and the Rim. “Operative, have you heard the rumours about our wayward daughter?”

“Sir?”

Grecken Slade lifted his chin as he studied her. He squinted, and Jena felt a shiver run down her spine. “Three weeks ago,” he began, “one of our shuttles departed Petross Station in the Aranis System in pursuit of a man who kidnapped a Nassai.

“The shuttle's occupants were a Justice Keeper named Leana Lenai and a pilot by the name of Dex Aron. Against my orders, they pursued the perpetrator on a course that took them beyond our borders.”

At a wave of Slade's hand, a red dot appeared near the edge of Leyrian Space and extended through the nearby starfield to a green blob that Jena recognized all too well. What in the Verse would possess them to go there?

“Dead Space,” she said with a curt nod.

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