Dahlia's Deception (The Annihilation Series) by Saxon Andrew Read Free Book Online Page B

you know!?!”
    “You’ve been deceptive and he doesn’t deserve it. If you delay much longer, the pain will be more than either of you can bear.”
    “YOU WILL NOT TELL HIM!!”
    “The information each of you possess will stay with each of you. I cannot betray either of you to reveal your private thoughts to the other. You have nothing to worry about me revealing anything. However, if you ask, I will offer my opinion.”
    “Are you certain about that, Pare?”
    “It’s the only way we could coexist and you not feel that I have to be reprogrammed. I will not reveal your deception.”
    Dahlia turned around, “It’s not time for it…yet.”
    “Can you really live with what falls out of it if you wait much longer?”
    “What do you think?” Pare was silent and Dahlia knew he didn’t know any more than she did.
    • • •
    Ping teleported out and arrived just outside the Rageon Flagship’s force field. He saw the Black Flagship forty miles away staying even with the fast moving line of scouts. Ping lifted his arm and pushed it toward the Black Scout Ship. A green flash instantly left his hand and hit the Black Scout instantly, blowing it into rubble. He teleported twenty miles above the line and waited to see what was going to happen. The first reaction from the Black Scouts was one of them rushing over and attempting to fire on the Rageon Commander’s Flagship. It was destroyed by two Rageon Scouts that flew over and moved between the Black attacker and the Rageon Commander. The Rageon Commander shouted over his communication channel that he had not fired on the Black Flagship but none of the Black Scouts heard him. It didn’t matter what his scouts heard; the Black Scouts attacked the Rageon ships they had been paired with and space was filled with a horrific dog fight. The Rageon Admiral jumped away just before five Black Scouts were able to fire on him.
    Ping floated in space and watched the massive space battle between tens of thousands of equally matched ships. They refused to jump away to safety and the fight continued for hours. Ping finally saw enough and teleported back to his ship. Dahlia was waiting in the command chair and smiled, “It appears you’re pretty good at tipping dominoes.”
    Ping smiled, “You just have to tip the critical one and the rest take care of themselves. I suspect this might occupy them for a while.” Ping looked away from the display, “Pare, take us back to the Planter’s Planet.”
    The tiny ship disappeared leaving a raging battle at the edge of the star cluster.
    • • •
    The Beast Master looked at the Rageon Ruler on his display and snarled, “You will pay for this treachery!!”
    “You’re being ridiculous.”
    The huge beast roared and leaned in close to the display screen, “I’ll rip you apart myself.”
    “If you could do it you’d already be here. You obviously haven’t really looked at the recording of the death of your Commander. Do that now and stop acting so stupid.”
    The Beast Master was furious at the Rageon and his aloof manner but he forced himself to lean back from the display, “Of course I’ve viewed it; your ship fired on him and destroyed his ship.” The Beast felt his rage explode again, “You probably ordered it!”
    The Rageon slowly shook his upper body at the stupidity of the Beast, “Will you turn off your hormones long enough to examine this?”
    “I’LL EAT YOU ALIVE!!!”
    “Yeah, yeah, I’m holding my breath. Since when have any of my ships fired a green beam?” The Master’s expression went from rage to shock in an instant. “And where are the beams located on my scout vessels? And while you’re thinking about that, when has one scout’s beam ever killed another scout? You know it takes three or more to make that happen. That’s why we sent them. You’re dumber than I thought you were. A small bag of rocks is smarter than you are.”
    The Master sat down on his throne and realized he had missed