The Fell Of Dark by Augustin KS

Author:Augustin, KS [KS, Augustin,]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Empire; Fusion; Space Opera; Military; Lesbian
ISBN: 978-0-9871445-0-8
Publisher: Challis Tower Books
Published: 2018-03-15T00:00:00+00:00

Day 1,533 of the War:

The guard was rough but Lith knew she could have been rougher.

After the aborted assault from the two heavies the previous day, Telkin had her put in a meeting room to await the medic. When he arrived, he took a blood sample and some tissue swabs with a minimum of conversation. Telkin also ordered that Lith be provided with two small meals and an equivalent number of toilet breaks, a command that elicited much grousing from several rebels.

The next day she was led, by a bunched up collar and on her tiptoes, along a series of short corridors before being unceremoniously shoved into a room. Nobody said a word to her along the way. The door slammed shut behind her.

Lith stumbled as she was pushed, then regained her balance and straightened. The room was large, the largest she had yet seen, with a curved ceiling above her head. After a cursory glance, her attention was drawn to a long table centered in the space. Slowly she walked towards it, and the strange curls and planes on the surface resolved themselves into detailed maps of the Nineteen and surrounding territories. It seemed incongruous that such information was in physical form rather than on giant displays. At HQ every piece of data was a bright pinpoint of light on one of many panels. Then it occurred to her that hard copy was easier to move around and evacuate with.

There were no seats around the long table but as she lifted her gaze, Lith saw a small metal desk shoved against a rough rock wall in the far corner. From one of the three chairs surrounding that small desk, a figure stood.

“Come here and have a seat.”

The voice was guttural but the tone was pleasant enough. Not knowing what else to do, Lith walked over to him, keeping her steps slow and deliberate. From a distance, the man at the desk looked short but massive. Close up, he was also one of the most unattractive men she had ever seen. His eyes were lopsided. His eyebrows were stiff, wiry and bushy. His lips were thick and fleshy. But there was a gleam of razor-sharp intelligence in his gaze.

“Sit down,” he said when she was within arm’s reach. He gestured to a chair.

Primly, Lith perched herself on the edge of a bare metal seat. She felt grimy and her body ached, but she refused to brush the errant strands of hair away from her face or wipe down her obviously dirty uniform.

“I’m Drel,” he told her, lowering himself into an opposite chair. Dispensing with the niceties, he launched straight to the core of their conversation. “You told my soldiers you’re Fusion.”

She nodded feeling nervous and distracted. “Yes, I’m Fusion.”

Wasn’t this where she wanted to be? In the safe arms of the rebels? Why was she so jittery then?

And what happened to the Colonel?

It appeared that it was everybody’s sworn mission to kill Cheloi Sie. Hers, the rebels, even Grakal-Ski’s. Did

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