Leaving Sivadia by Mia McKimmy Read Free Book Online

we’re ready,” his
father said.
    Sweat beaded on Cy’s lip, and he took a deep breath.
“Father, may I go with you?”
    “Son, you’re too young for such a dangerous task,
especially with the Haagons so close.”
    Cy straightened to his full height. “Sir, I have
completed my kingship training. You’ve instilled a tremendous sense of
responsibility for our people. I feel I need to be a part of this final act.”
    A look passed between Oz and his father.
    Oz smiled and shook his head. “Well, he is your son.
Noble and stubborn.”
    King Cieran ran a hand through his dark hair, and
released a heavy sigh. “You can go. But you must stay between me and Oz.”
    “I will, Father. Thank you.” Excitement coursed through
Cy as he turned to run inside. This would be his first official act since being
named successor. He wished it wasn’t the only one he would ever carry out on
Sivadia.
    Cy stopped as his father called his name. “Find your
brother and ask if he wants to come.”
    Once inside the launch facility, Cy went to the quarters
he shared with his twin. Vind sat on his bunk, reading. “We are leaving
immediately to activate the thermonuclear device. Father asked if you wanted to
come.”
    Vind looked up from his book and pinned Cy with a hard
glare. “You are his chosen son. Why would he even ask me to come?” An
acrimonious tone gripped every word.
    “This is also a military procedure, Vind. Or have you
forgotten father chose you for the second highest honor in his court. Your
bitterness and jealousy over my position has gotten old. Suit yourself. Come.
Don’t come. I don’t care.” Cy turned and left the room, his boots echoing on
the metal floors of the ship. He refused to get into another fight with his
brother. He would fulfill his duty to his father and their people, regardless
whether Vind did or not.
    As Cy met up with Lord Panzer, he heard fast approaching
footsteps pounding the floor behind them. He didn’t have to turn around to know
it was Vind. Once outside, Cy caught up to his father and Oz. Vind had stopped
and joined a group of military guards accompanying them.
    “Everyone is ready,” Oz reported to King Cieran. “We
need to make quick work of this. I instructed the others to be in position to
leave the moment we return.”
    They transported to the base of the mountains. Vind
remained outside with the guards, and Cy accompanied his father, Oz, and Lord
Panzer inside of the bunker. They entered an elevator that would take them down
to a cavernous room, which housed the thermonuclear device penetrating deep
inside the planets core. When ignited, it would create a chain reaction,
vaporizing Sivadia from the inside out. Since Lord Panzer was the eldest member
of the royal council, and Oz the top military advisor, it would take them along
with the king to activate the device. It was timed so their ships would be
safely outside the planets atmosphere when it detonated.
    When the elevator stopped and the doors opened, everyone
froze and silently stared into the large, cold room. Control panels circled the
entire space.
    Lord Panzer finally spoke. “We must do this, my lords.
We cannot leave our people to suffer at the hands of those atrocious
creatures.”
    “We know,” the king replied, his tone flat. “But it
doesn’t make this any easier.”
    Tightness seized Cy’s chest. His heart felt as heavy as
the dirt and rock surrounding them.
    The trio each laid one hand on a DNA scanner for
identification. Once finished, they moved to separate activation devices inside
the room, each in a location known only to the individual to whom this
responsibility was given. Counting down aloud, they simultaneously programmed
their part of the activation sequence. Moments later, a computerized voice
echoed off the walls of the cavernous room.
    “Successful activation initiated. One hour until
detonation.” 

Chapter
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    Cy followed his father, Oz, and Lord Panzer into the
elevator. No one uttered