Star Wars: The Last of the Jedi: Master of Deception (Volume 9) (Disney Chapter Book (ebook)) by Jude Watson

Author:Jude Watson [Watson, Jude]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
ISBN: 9781484720196
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2014-11-25T00:00:00+00:00

Ferus closed his comlink. Obi-Wan wasn’t responding on the emergency channel. What could he be doing? Herding banthas?

He continued on his way. He had donned the Inquisitor robe again, hating it, but knowing it could help him. He was heading for the spaceport. He could only hope that the letters and numbers scrawled in the dust had something to do with what the spy had seen through the electrobinoculars.

He had a feeling that Obi-Wan had known very well that the Force-adept he was chasing was Bail’s daughter. It explained why he was here. But what else did Obi-Wan know that he wasn’t telling?

Ferus hadn’t seen Darth Vader since that morning at the palace, but he could feel him. Not through the Force, but through an instinct that his enemy was occupying space near him. Ferus touched the hidden pocket where the Sith Holocron nestled. His lungs burned. He took a ragged breath. He felt as though he were falling into a black hole, slowly, while familiar faces, people he loved, homes he’d lived in, places he’d enjoyed were all around him as he spun past them, unable to touch them, unable to connect.

His salvation could be this small object in his pocket. Grief had not only sapped his power, but his purpose; the Force could restore it, but not the Force he knew.

He took his hand away. He no longer knew which thoughts were coming from him and which were under the influence of the Holocron. That scared him, but it thrilled him deeply, too. He knew he should throw the Holocron away, toss it in the deepest point of the great lake of Alderaan….

You cannot throw it away. It is yours now. By accepting it, you own it. You have already begun the journey. Soon you will recognize it.

Whose voice was that?

Ferus rubbed his forehead. He had felt the voice as part of himself, deeper than his own voice. Did it speak truth or lies? What was happening to him?

His comlink buzzed, and he snatched it from his belt. It was Hydra.

“Checking in.”

“Nothing to report on this end,” Ferus said. “How’s the document search going?”

“I’m getting full cooperation now. Lord Vader’s presence on the planet has helped us. They’re worried about an Imperial takeover. We have fear working for us now.” Hydra’s flat monotone held the tinge of satisfaction.

“Well, keep going. Contact me if you learn anything.” Ferus ended the communication.

He was racing the clock now. He didn’t think Hydra would learn anything about Leia at the documents office, but she would soon give that up and look a different way. He had to discount the rumor before Hydra found the girl.

And, in the meantime, he had to find the Imperial spy.

He took the turbolift up to the busy spaceport. Vehicles lined up for takeoff and refueling. The command center was in a round building off to the side. Ferus approached, throwing back his hood slightly.

When he entered, the busy workers looked up, then quickly looked down. They wouldn’t want to give him any information, but they’d have to.

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