Unfathomable Chance by K T Munson

Author:K T Munson [Munson, K T]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2016-09-29T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 26

Diana peered over her cards with narrowed eyes. Inspecting Maura, Sora, Adom, and Kal Zed in turn, she watched for any betrayal of emotion on their faces. Kal Zed started licking his paw. The room was tense.

Sparing a glance at her hand she turned to Maura and asking, “Do you have a queen?”

“Ish-Da!” she yelled, throwing the queen on the table.

Diana exclaimed happily before collecting her queen and set the pair of them down on the small pile before turning her attention back to those in the room. Kal Zed was always a very frustrating player. He only seemed half interested, and a being half interested doesn’t give away much. Even if he liked to eat fish, he wasn’t much for the card game.

“Kal Zed,” Diana said, sure that the others did not have her card. “Do you have a king?”

He licked his paw unmoved, pausing only to say, “Go fish.”

Diana groaned and picked up a two from the pile. She hated that he never had to look at his cards but kept them all in his head; she made a mental note never to play poker with him. Even if she seemed unhappy about her turn ending, she wasn’t sad at all. Kal Zed had suggested they do something to remind her of home, and Sora had asked to play a new game. She had always loved Go Fish as a child—though playing it with her brothers had sometimes turned into an argument, or at least a tickle fight that eventually turned into a brawl.

They were on the way to the center of the universe, her new home and the place where she hoped to find some answers to the mystery surrounding Katali’s death. Behind them, in Dimar’s ship, were the three androids. Dimar had ordered them to follow her if he were lost or captured. Apparently, he had surmised Jimil would not stop searching for her.

Rocky had been kind enough to have a deck made for her. Apparently games are not fun for androids, so they declined to play. Grim kept covering the cards with dirt, so they sent him to help Nihal check their inventory. The rest of Maura’s crew, less two who had left because of the fuss Diana caused and the fact that Maura kept her on board—remained up front to the run the ship.

Grim appeared in the front and made a noise that Diana heard translated to “We’re here.”

Diana tossed her cards down and stood.

“What about our game?” Sora complained.

“Adom has ten. I doubt anyone will catch up,” Diana said, walking towards the front. “We’ll play again.”

Maura stood as well and so did Adom. Both followed her to the front of the ship, trailing behind her like shadows. Part of her had wanted to stay with the androids. Diana felt strangely more comfortable with them, but Kal Zed had insisted. Though she couldn’t believe it, she would miss Roddy.

Out the window was a planet carved out of the stars. It shone a teal blue.

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