Turbulent Waves by Ali Vali

Author:Ali Vali [Vali, Ali]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781636790121
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2021-10-01T20:01:15+00:00

Chapter Eleven

Daria stood on the bridge with Frem and stared at the terrifying hole that seemed to be alive and hungry. On their approach she’d watched as everything from meteors to stars went in, but nothing satisfied the monster’s appetite. They were now caught in its gravitational pull, so there was no turning back even if she wanted to, and she’d vacillated between wanting to turn back to speeding them up. If they’d miscalculated, the end would come quickly.

“What are you thinking?” Frem asked.

“I have the great Queen Nessa on my mind. All my life I’ve been taught what a weakling she was, but fuck…” She spoke softly, not wanting to be overheard by the hypervigilant crew. Every one of them appeared scared and nervous, and it proved they weren’t stupid. “She sought this out and went into that willingly. I can see now why it took so long for anyone to follow her. This might be suicide.”

“What choice do we have? There’s nothing to go back to, and we both know it. If we die, the poets will sing about it for the little time we have left.”

“Recheck our course before it’s too late.” She gave the order and tried to keep her voice steady.

The ship started to rattle, making her wonder how Pontos the coward had really handled this. Her brother had needed propping up all his pampered life, which was something she believed he’d inherited from their father. When Pontos insisted on going instead of her as had been planned, she’d prayed for his failure. Like all prayers and sacrifices to the goddess, it was in vain. If the bitch had ever existed, she was long dead along with her water orb. Pontos had failed, but in her father’s eyes, his downfall had been because of her, not his own stupidity. She hadn’t prepared Pontos enough to win the war he’d been supposed to wage.

They went in at an alarming speed, and the lights flickered and then died along with their engines. She cursed and screamed for someone to reset everything. There was no way of knowing how long they’d been in this deathtrap, but just as her panic was about to choke her, she was blinking into the sun’s brightness through the deck’s observation window. The planet in the distance was like a bright blue jewel waiting to be taken.

She laughed when the crew cheered, and she let them have their moment. “Set the course to land,” she said to Frem. “Once we review our plan, we’ll make plans to move forward.”

Earth disappeared from view when they landed close to Pontos’s three ships on the dark side of the moon. She opened the communications line to see if Pontos had left anyone on board. The silence meant they were the only true Atlanteans left. Her brother had left no one behind. She wanted to feel grief, considering he was probably dead, but all she could dredge up for him was disgust. Pontos had been all about himself and what power he could grab no matter the planet, and his greed had gotten him killed.

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