Legacy of the Force 03: Tempest by Troy Denning

Author:Troy Denning
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Tags: Solo, Leia, Science Fiction, Star Wars Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Skywalker, Princess (Fictitious Character), Fiction, Fantasy, Adventure, Han (Fictitious Character), Luke (Fictitious Character), General, Space Opera, Media Tie-In
ISBN: 9780345477521
Publisher: Del Rey
Published: 2006-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Fifteen

After a hasty departure from Telkur Station, the Falcon emerged from her first hyperspace jump in a pocket of realspace listed on the charts as "Knot Holes." As far as Leia could tell, the name was a reference to the dozens of narrow hyperspace lanes that punched through the black depths of Transitory Mists, creating a torn-curtain tableau of jagged, star-filled shapes. Han, who was seated in the copilot’s seat while Leia did the flying, pointed toward a crescent of stars hanging on the starboard side of the viewport.

"That. . . way." Han was sweating with pain and unable to move his wounded shoulder, but he refused to go back to the medical bay until they were a safe distance away from Telkur Station. He glanced back toward Lady Morwan, who was sitting behind Leia at the navigator’s station, then added, "We’re heading back to the Interior?"

"Correct," Morwan replied. Her voice grew a little louder as she addressed the rest of her reply to the back of Leia’s head. "I hope that won’t be an inconvenience, Princess."

"Not at all." Leia turned the yoke in the direction Han had indicated and caught him watching the S-thread display, no doubt checking signal strength. Once they figured out whom Lady Morwan was working for, they would need to access the HoloNet and pass the intelligence on as quickly as possible. "We’re entirely at your service. We’ve been operating on our own initiative since the first assassination attempt failed."

"Assassination." Morwan’s voice held a definite tone of remorse as she repeated the word.

"Depose sounds so much better ... but I suppose assassination is more honest, isn’t it? If the Council didn’t want the Queen Mother killed, it wouldn’t have hired Aurra Sing." The name made Leia lift her brow. She knew from historical records that Aurra Sing had been a ruthless killer of Jedi Knights during the Old Republic. Before she could ask if that was Nashtah’s real name, Han twisted around to look squarely at Morwan.

"Don’t tell me you’re growing a conscience all of a sudden?"

"I’m as dedicated to the Consortium’s independence as you are to Corellia’s." Morwan’s voice had grown just cold enough to show her displeasure at being questioned by a man.

"That doesn’t mean I relish the deaths of the Queen Mother and the Chume’da."

"Of course not," Leia said. She glanced at Morwan’s reflection in the canopy, wondering the same thing she knew Han was: were Morwan’s misgivings strong enough to make her change sides and simply reveal the identity of the coup organizers? "Decisions like these are never easy."

"Perhaps I can be of some assistance," C-3PO offered. "If you’re talking about the woman who accompanied us on our escape from Fountain Palace, I have some data su ggesting she couldn’t possibly be Aurra Sing."

"Just because she said her name was Nashtah doesn’t mean it was," Han said. "If that’s your data, forget it."

"I’m well acquainted with the use of aliases, Captain Solo," C-3PO replied. "Why, I have an entire sector of memory dedicated to the identities you and Princess Leia have assumed.

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