MUTINY RISING (THE ALORIAN WARS Book 3) by Drew Avera

Author:Drew Avera [Avera, Drew]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-01-14T18:30:00+00:00

Chapter Thirteen: Anki

Anki’s deceased father, Menegious Paro was the kindest, most loving man she had known and the Greshian Empire had taken him away from her. He was a man of peace, full of compassion and forgiveness. In her darkest thoughts she often wondered if he had the capacity to forgive what was done to her world, to him. She liked to think he would, but even still, the thought was less comforting than she knew he would have wanted for her. In the blink of an eye Anki’s world changed, tossed asunder and ignited into an oblivion that was out of her control. She knew she should be dead too, if not for the interference of her would-be enemy. Anki did not believe in fate; she believed that the power over one’s life was in their hands, but more and more her worldview changed as she experienced the horrors of what was truly out there. The Alorian Galaxy was filled with more evils than just an overreaching empire. Evil often had the tendency to be more subtle, more subdued, more accessible.

Anki found room in her heart to love, but she harbored darkness as well, a hatred for oppression. It was always there, smoldering under the ashes of previous fires, but now she was the only Luthian left to continue to oppose the growing empire and their threat looming against the backdrop of a fearful galaxy. That fear threatened everything she held dear in this new installment of her life as well. She loved Brendle, despite the life he had come from. He was the light in her darkness. Malikea and Deis provided their own light as well. They were her compass, her family.

And then there was Carista, the girl without a home, or family, or love. Anki had seen the pain in her eyes reflecting back at her. The girl’s heart ached just as much as Anki’s, but she saw hope despite the horrors the girl had endured. Anki saw a bit of herself reflected back at her as well. How can there be hope in that kind of darkness?

Anki wiped a tear from her eye and sat up in the bed. She knew she should rest, to catch up on sleep that had eluded her while she sat in the medical bay with Carista, but her mind was running full-sprint.

“Pilot?”

“Yes, Anki?” Pilot replied, using the sound profile of Menegious Paro. It was programmed to allow Anki to hear her father again after Luthia was lost. It was a voice that tore her heart to pieces, but she could not bring herself to change it. It would feel like killing him all over again.

“I would like to talk to my father.” She needed more than just his voice.

“You desire a visual representation?”

Anki sniffled and said, “yes, please.”

From the other side of the room a holographic image appeared. Constructed of thousands of tiny fragments of light bonding together to form the image of Menegious Paro, Anki’s father.

“How can I help

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