Soldier's Duty (Return of the Aghyrians Book 3) by Patty Jansen

Author:Patty Jansen [Jansen, Patty]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Capricornica Publications
Published: 2013-11-30T00:00:00+00:00

17

WELL, PHEW! Izramith wasn’t sure how she got out of that room alive.

During her walk back to the guesthouse, she grew both disturbed and angry with herself for being disturbed. Since when did a man, and especially a thin and bookish one like Daya, frighten her?

But the fact was: he did.

Every time she met those fathomless eyes a chill went over her. She had seen the zhadya-born men with that expression at Hedron. Wielding a knife, blood on their hands, or peeling off blistered skin from the victims they had burned.

He looked calm and in control, but every time he spoke, people froze and listened. People in this town worshiped him, and didn’t know of the dangers. Most zhadya-born betrayed their families. What if he was going to betray an entire city?

Braedon’s words that the zhadya-born were a people in their own right only justified the town’s behaviour towards him. He was an outcast, they saw themselves as outcasts, and considered him a soul mate. They adored him because of his money, but no doubt he was using the money to earn himself more money, no longer shackled by the communal shareholder regulations at Hedron.

He was a zhadya-born who had learned to control his madness and used his intellect to play games on the big stage. Owning half the Hedron Mines, he was a huge economic player. Now he was trying to resurrect his people?

But why this town? Because it was the only one that would have him?

When she arrived in her room she sat down with her reader on the oval bed and checked her mail. She had messages from Commander Blue and one from Mother. Her courage sank at the third message, which was from Indor.

She opened the one from Mother first, but it was only a question about some invitation that had come to the apartment. Do you want me to accept it?

Seriously, Mother, did it hurt so much to ask How are you?

Commander Blue sent her official release notice, just a simple document with no personal note or inquiry about how she was getting on.

Indor on the other hand, wanted to know when was a right time to visit Barresh so we can get acquainted with each other before the start of our contract. Good grief. The only way he could be more blunt was to say hey, babe, I want to get laid, how about it?

Izramith closed all those messages without replying to them. She wanted the rest of her life to go away. Hedron was an empty shell where no one cared for her.

What reason was there for her to go back home after this contract finished? Mother didn’t want her, Thimayu didn’t care for her, and there was no way that she could see Indor again. By now, he probably would have heard about Shada, and would be waiting at her door as soon as she set foot in the settlement to sever his contract with her.

And her life would be wasted, her wishes unfulfilled, her home empty of children’s laughter.

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