building plans available.
From the look of the tunnel, I would have to say it was built at
the beginning of the last century.”
“Damn it! You went down there? Alone?”
Destin asked, glaring angrily at her. “What if there had been more
of Colbert’s men down there? Kali, if Colbert gets his hands on
you…”
Kali’s eyes softened at the slight fear that
crept into her brother’s eyes as he remembered what had almost
happened before. She stood up and walked over to him. Wrapping her
arms around his waist, she rested her head on his chest. Her eyes
closed as she listened to the steady beat of his heart. They only
had each other and it terrified both of them when they thought how
close they had come to losing each other.
“He won’t,” she promised as he held her
close. “He isn’t smart enough, and he knows if I ever get near him
again, it will be to shove a knife through his heart.”
Destin’s soft chuckle pulled a smile to her
lips. “You’ve turned into a blood-thirsty little demon,” he
remarked before he sobered and released her to step back. “You have
to be more careful.”
“I will,” she teased as she returned to her
seat. She was glad she had when he answered her next question with
one of his own. “So, what are you going to do about Jeffrey?”
“I should kill his ass, but I’ll probably
just have him escorted out of the city,” he replied tiredly as he
returned to his own seat and sat down. “Now, when are you going to
tell me about your encounter with the Trivator warrior and why you
think they are going to be making a move on the city? I’ve been
waiting two weeks and you still haven’t submitted your report on
that incident.”
“Shit!” Kali exclaimed in irritation. “You
weren’t supposed to know about that.”
Chapter 7
Razor walked through the corridor of the
facility he had been given. He nodded to several warriors and human
personnel as he strode through the long corridor toward his office.
Irritation burned in him as Cutter explained that Councilor Badrick
from the Usoleum Star System was waiting for him.
“Three humans from the northern section of
the city have requested a meeting with the leaders of the Alliance,
specifically the Trivator commanders,” Cutter muttered. “I don’t
like this. Badrick is here and has demanded your presence when he
heard they were here. He said they wanted to negotiate with us to
secure the city.”
“There is no negotiation. Is Parks one of
the men?” Razor asked impatiently as he walked into his office.
Since he arrived on the planet he could see what part of the
problem the Alliance continued to have with the humans were - each
faction wanted to make their own rules and demands instead of
learning to live together as one species.
He stared intently into the nervous brown
eyes that turned to glance at him in shock as he stepped into the
room. “You will cease fighting immediately or those who continue to
fight will be eliminated. The Alliance will select who will oversee
the rebuilding of the city.”
Razor watched nonchalantly as the human male
swallowed several times. The male to the left of him nervously
shifted while the male to the right glared back at him with hatred.
Razor knew immediately which male would fight and which ones would
back down. The male doing the talking was not the leader of this
group of supposed representatives and none of them were Parks.
He and Cutter both smelled the faint odor of
explosives when they walked further into the room. He ignored
Cutter as his friend and second-in-command moved to the side so he
could circle around the third male.
Badrick, the stupid, arrogant fool that he
was, had walked into a deadly trap. Now, he and the human military
officers in the room were in danger. This is why the Trivator were
in charge of the military for the Alliance and not the Usoleums.
His arm swept up as he pointed the laser pistol in his hand at the
head of the third male staring back at him