Ashes of the Realm - Greyson's Revenge by Saxon Andrew, Derek Chido Read Free Book Online Page A

least see if the Princess is destined for you.”
    “What other reason is there?”
    “As I said before, those super psychics only appeared when there was going to be a terrible conflict; and now we see them starting to appear. Honestly, I believe our future survival depends on you and the other passives having children that will someday save us. Answer me honestly, were you not attracted to the Princess when you saw her?”
    Nathan remembered how beautiful she was as she slept. He remembered how she bravely defended her father even in the face of kidnappers that she didn’t know. He saw her pain at seeing the brutality being visited on the slaves. He shook his head, “I honestly don’t know, Anglo. She’s very pretty but…I just don’t know.”
    “Have you ever been attracted to anyone else?”
    Nathan sighed heavily, “No, not really.”
    “Well, when we’re finished here, I’m dropping you off at Bristone and I’m going to assist BC.”
    “Oh no you won’t! Not without me.”
    “Nathan, you need to see if there is any truth to what I’ve said. That discovery is much more important than handling a few scouts, and if for no other reason than my peace of mind, I need you to go and see. One other thing.”
    “Yes.”
    “I am going to request that Emperor Robbins make you my assigned Partner. You will be my Searcher, Nathan. I’ve seen your loyalty to me and though I’ve told the emperor that I would never accept another partner, I’ve changed my mind. We make a good team.”
    Nathan smiled, “Yes, we do. I’m honored that you would accept me as your partner.”
    “First things first; you need to go see a Princess and settle this issue. Will you do that for me?”
    “You’ve made me curious about what you’re suggesting. I will do it if for no other reason than you think I should.”
    “Good, our next stop is Bristone.”

Chapter Three
    G ernud was beginning to get bored. He had started his search from the planet that Daulun had destroyed and moved out into his assigned search arc. He had passed through more than two hundred systems and had found nothing. What really annoyed him was that he was told to search every star in his assigned sector not just the G-type suns. The chance of finding intelligent life around a massive star was remote at best and he thought about skipping some of them. However, Fleet Control would read his logs and see his route. It wouldn’t be good if he skipped anything.
    He jumped into a system with a G-type sun and his communication panel lit up, “You are entering restricted space of the Harmony Association. Turn back immediately or you will be destroyed.”
    He looked at his scanners and saw no life in the system he had just entered. He searched for a probe that could have transmitted the message and saw nothing. He backed out of the system and pushed his com, “Fleet Control, I have entered a system and have received a warning about trespassing into some kind of Association.”
    “Stand-by.”
    Gernud waited and nervously watched his scanners. After five minutes he heard, “Proceed into that system.”
    “Fleet Control, my sensors don’t show any life in this system. Nor do I detect any kind of probe that could have sent that message.”
    “Follow your orders!”
    Gernud didn’t like the feeling he was getting but he had no choice. He moved forward and again heard, “You have been warned, this is your last warning.” He had patched Fleet Control into his console and knew they heard the warning but they did not change his instructions. He moved a hundred miles further into the system and his ship blew-up in a huge explosion.
    “We have lost a scout in sector 878.”
    “We’ve just lost another scout in sector 879.”
    “Vector all scouts in on those sectors and send ten warships to each one. Have them hold their positions until the ships arrive to support them.”
    “I hate we had to kill those scouts.”
    “Don’t let it bother you too much, Jingo.