The Fated Stars by Veronica Scott

Author:Veronica Scott [Veronica Scott]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Goodreads: 36542494
Publisher: No Publisher
Published: 2017-11-04T04:00:00+00:00

Larissa lifted the ship off and picked another landing spot inland. These sparsely populated worlds had no rules against unapproved landings, and she didn’t want eyes on her comings and goings. She and Samell geared up, unpacked the speedster and took off for the designated storage on the edge of town. The building was in a cluster of several warehouses so it took Larissa a bit of time to identify their target. She landed and led Samell on a vigorous hike through the overgrown grassland surrounding the buildings. Inspecting the doors and windows revealed no major obstacles.

“Rudimentary alarms only,” she said, making a few adjustments with a handy device she’d bought on the black market. “Which are now inoperative. Follow me.”

They snuck into the building through a side door and found themselves in the midst of a huge tangled mess, with equipment, gear, tents and supplies stacked haphazardly in the large empty interior.

“I guess the locals were pissed off about dealing with the mess Kinterow left.” Hands on her hips, she sighed. “Nothing for it but to take sections and do a fast inspection. You work from the other end.”

“What exactly are we looking for?”

“I’d like to examine the seer’s chair if there is one, get a few vids of the markings. See if there’s anything here in the way of records of any kind. The authorities might be able to make sense of stuff you and I would see as meaningless. And, of course, any sign there was another Tulavarran here.”

“Got it.” Samell worked his way to the west, using his handlamp cautiously to avoid throwing telltale illumination out the tiny windows edging the ceiling.

Larissa worked for an hour, not finding anything useful, until she shifted aside a heavy pile of tent material and found the twin to Samell’s throne sitting in front of her on the hard floor. “Found it,” she whispered into her tiny com.

By the time he joined her, she’d snapped vids of the controls and the Chimmer markings. “The same as yours, yes?” she said, playing the light over it.

Jaw clenched, he nodded. “So Kinterow did have one of my people here.”

“Take a look at the arms—I think there might be a word or a name scribbled or marked there.” She shone her light onto the chair and pointed at the wooden arm rest.

Samell bent close, and added his handlamp’s power to the illumination. “As if the occupant gouged the letters into the wood with his or her fingernails. Wish I’d thought of the idea. Definitely Tulavarran—a name. Vosiriell.” He traced the indentations with his finger.

“You knew him or her?”

“No. But it’s a fairly common variation on a Tulavarran woman’s name.” A muscle twitched in his clenched jaw. “I hate to think of anyone enduring what I was put through in my captivity, but especially a woman.”

“Took her a long time to scratch that into the wood. She had guts.”

“But where is she now?”

Larissa took a few more vids. “We may be able to find out.

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