On Mission by Aileen Erin

Author:Aileen Erin [Erin, Aileen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ink Monster, LLC

Chapter Twenty-Four

LORNE

I hated Telnon. I hated the heat and the drug in the air and the fact that the alliance was trying to police what I said and did. And I hated that I was still standing on the landing pad, dealing with Beta Omo Sha Yhona.

Sending this underling to tell me what I could do or not do was low and completely unlike Melina. The Yhona were actually a pretty bold people, despite how much they say they’re neutral and want only peace. They have a lot of lines they’ll cross to make sure no one disobeys their neutrality laws. The fact that they’d terraformed this planet, which led to an inhibiting drug being “naturally” released into the air, never really sat well with me.

The drug in the air took me by surprise my first visit here. I’d been warned, but I told myself I didn’t feel the effects. I didn’t try to focus my powers which would’ve counteracted the drug. I’d liked it. I’d liked it because it numbed the feeling that I was missing a huge part of myself. It masked the fear I felt from Amihanna through millions of light-years of space. I’d ended up coming back here for vacations and holidays again and again just for that feeling.

It wasn’t until I got myself into trouble here that I realized how dangerous it was.

The Yhona liked to play at being neutral, but there was a malicious undertone to them that everyone liked to ignore. I’d never fully trust them or their motives again. I always came here ready for a fight, even if we were supposed to remain neutral while on Telnon.

But I was going to pretend I was neutral this time, no matter what speech Beta Omo was rattling off.

Declaring war was the least neutral thing a king could do, and I’d done that. He needed to understand where both I and the Aunare stood.

He finally finished the last of his speech and waited for my agreement.

He wasn’t getting it. Too bad for him. “You’ve just read off a questionable, modified version of the usual contract for mutual protection, and I won’t agree to it. Not this time.” This man was the worst of the Yhona. He was the one who had gotten me into trouble before, and I would never agree to anything he’d just laid out. “Your leaders knew before you invited me here that I declared war with SpaceTech. You were told to keep SpaceTech away, and that was the sole reason that we came. If they show up or we find them here, I will assume that you are formally siding with them, I will declare the Yhona my enemy, and defend myself and my people as I see fit.” I stepped closer to him. “I answer to no one. Especially not you.”

Some of the nervous, sputtering assistant facade slipped, and the ugly beneath it peeked through. “That is unacceptable. If you break our agreement, you’ll answer to Supreme Leader Melina Ze Eta Yhona.

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