Time Hunters - 02 Guardian by Angela Knight

Author:Angela Knight [Knight, Angela]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2005-06-28T22:46:13+00:00

Gyor ignored her, merely gazing coolly at him and lifting one brow.

Ivar found himself looking around the room. He spotted an antique steel sword next to a display of—were those skulls? Looked like it.

Compelled, though he had no idea why, he walked over and picked up the blade. In the back of his mind, some panicked part of him babbled, What the fuck am I doing?

That quickly became obvious. Ivar walked up behind the Her-Gla, still in mid-rant, lifted the sword in both hands, and brought it down with all his strength. The alien‘s blood flew across the room in a rain of azure drops, and the creature fell into two halves. She‘d never known what hit her.

She should have. Her sensors should have warned her. But they hadn‘t. Obviously, they hadn‘t because the Xerans hadn‘t wanted them to warn her.

Ivar looked up at the priest, feeling stunned, disoriented. God knew he‘d killed plenty of people, some of whom had deserved it far less than the Her-Gla. ―I have no idea why I did that.‖

―Because the Victor wanted you to.‖ Gyor gestured at the bisected body, his expression dismissive. ―Clean that up.‖

―Why?‖ Ivar asked numb«Ivayouly. ―I mean, why did the Victor want her dead? She was damned good in a fight.‖

―She was too alien,‖ the priest said indifferently. ―He did not care to hear her thoughts.‖

Ivar looked at the priest. A thought flashed through his own mind— I’m not a cleaning,

’bot! He firmly suppressed it. The Victor might be listening in. ―Where are the cleaning supplies?‖

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