Star Wars - Uhl Eharl Khoehng by Patricia A. Jackson

Author:Patricia A. Jackson
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Published: 1995-11-17T02:25:41+00:00

Relaxed and warm beneath the downy comforters, Fable resisted the notion of rising. She laid very still, waiting for the inevitable knock on the door. “Come in.”

“You’re awake?” Jaalib remarked, peering inside.

“I’m usually awake,” she chuckled. “I just pretend to be asleep so you’ll feel sorry for me.”

“Why would you want me to feel sorry for you?”

“Come on,” she rolled her eyes. “You’re father is the most difficult man I’ve ever known, Jaalib.” Sitting up on her elbows, she teased, “Look what I’ve been going through and then tell me you don’t feel some sympathy.”

“Consider yourself fortunate. He was a lot worse, believe me.”

“Worse?” she scoffed. “What do you mean?”

“In the last five years, he had to be a father, a mother,” Jaalib sighed sadly, “as well as a mentor. It changed him.”

“I knew I would have to work hard,” Fable said, “but I was certain that all the work would be keeping him from luring me to the dark side.”

“Has he tried?”

“I don’t think so. Every time I feel it coming on, he stops me and tells me to make the right choice. My choice.” She yawned, throwing the comforter to the side. “I’d better go.”

“My father’s not here,” Jaalib said. “He’s going to be away for a few days; so there’s no training, unless you do it on your own.” He forced himself to face her openly, allowing himself only the solace of the shadows about them to conceal his apprehension. “I was hoping you might go on a picnic with me. To make up for my behavior.”

“Your behavior?”

“You remember, when you first arrived.” He laughed softly. “I all but attacked you. It was inexcusable.”

“And perfectly justified. You were protecting the person who is most important to you. I would have done nothing less.” Patting the side of the bed, she beckoned him to sit down beside her. “My mother was a Jedi. She trained my father and then watched him die at the hands of a rival. After that, we spent most of our time running from the Emperor.” Fable shook her head sadly. “I was only a baby, but I remember it well. Living with a Jedi,” she paused thoughtfully, “you learn to hide your emotions, especially the hurtful ones. My mother never knew how I felt.” Fable sighed as the strain of those emotions returned. “Then one day, I picked up a lightsaber and let go!” She giggled. “I don’t know who was more surprised, my mother or me. That’s when I began my training, whether I liked it or not.” Fable shrugged away the arduous memories. “Now about that picnic, I’m starving.”

“We’ll have to hike, I’m afraid. The Empire didn’t leave much behind in the way of transportation. Not even a bantha. Do you mind?”

“It’ll be relaxing. Come on.”

The Khoehng Heights were located nearly five kilometers outside the perimeter of the Kovit Settlement. Long overgrown by wild wheat, the trail leading into the mountain pass had narrowed, no longer marked with the footsteps of the farmers who once tended them.

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