Taelin needs more friends... ----- Chapter 19 Taelin: "Taelin? Taelin Mel'Tasne, what in the Emperor's Name are you doing here, you pictureboy?" Taelin turned around, already feeling the grin starting. "And that has to be Remin Canta, the Imperial warning symbol for 'think once, act twice!'" Canta – only slightly taller than Taelin but outweighing him more than two-to-one with his heavyworlder build – caught up Taelin in an exuberant hug that sent Taelin's breath whooshing from his body. "This can't be an [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 18
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Varan and his friends are finally together on their own ship again... ----- Chapter 18 Varan: Yes. You have become immensely more powerful since last we were together. Vick leaned back and studied me closely. Proportionately even more so than I would have expected. "Really?" At his crest-rattle I held up my hand. "I'm not really doubting you, but I can't feel it, you know. I haven't had much to compare myself to, after all." You – and I, following my own treatment – were improving along a strong, but well-defined, [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 17
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Well, if our Heroes have made progress, it's probably going to annoy our villain... ----- Chapter 17 Shagrath: I have passed beyond rage and reached uttermost calm, Shagrath noted with a faint surprise. Varan has eluded me again. There should have been no trouble in this mission. He knew Varan was being held by the Zchorada. He had remained there, a prisoner, for months. Admittedly, there was that annoying and not entirely explicable blurring around him, but there was no doubt that it was, in fact, Varan; though the [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 16
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They had dealt with the immediate problem... ----- Section Two: Hosts Assembled and Foreseen Chapter 16 The Eönwyl: For once, she didn't care the slightest bit about being controlled or measured; she ran, ran ahead of the others and caught up Sasham, kissing him even as she lifted him off the ground and spun, hugging him so tight she heard him grunt in surprise. She laughed, kissed him again, hugged and spun once more, and then stopped, but didn't let go. "I missed you," she said finally. He laughed [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 13
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Varan was learning to live in a fairly comfortable prison... ----- Chapter 13 Varan: Twin mandibles slashed at me, and I parried, reinforcing my parry with my psionic strength. I was still under the damper fields, yes, but it remained an edge that allowed me to hold the Grasper at bay just long enough to flip up and let the pressure on the blades squirt me higher, a seed shot from between two fingers, and somersault in midair. I landed on the Grasper's back and laid the vya-shadu across her eyes. "I win, I think." A [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 12
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It's been a while since we looked in on Taelin... ----- Chapter 12 Taelin: "Thanks for letting me steal a ride, little brother!" Lukhas said, dragging his travel cases up the boarding ramp of Valabacal. "You're always welcome," Taelin said. "After all, there's enough room to keep you out of our way." "Ha!" "But why do you need –" Lukhas rolled his eyes. "I don't need to, but you and Trey are already headed near Karanis, and barring one of the cramped messenger ships there's no other ship that'd get me [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 11
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People who knock on doors using bombs generally aren't friendly... ----- Chapter 11 The Eönwyl: She realized she'd been momentarily stunned, tried to rise, found herself shoving rubble up and away. Murr stirred and began helping her. Whoever did that is going to be coming in— The sharp twanging sounds of automatic rannai fire sounded out from the smoking hole and she could see the staccato flickerings of the packeted energy bolts streaming outward. Well, by the Seven. Hmmmseeth's defenses managed to survive [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 9
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Meanwhile, Sasham Varan is still doing time... ----- Chapter 9 Varan: The vya-shadu hovered before me, moving only the tiny amount expected from a weapon held in a steady hand. I could feel a sheen of sweat already forming on my face, echoing the tremendous strain I was feeling on my mind as I slowly rose from my meditations and drew the other sword. I'd done this kind of training before, of course; first onboard the Teraikon, hidden in a clear bubble within the mindshields, and later on board The Eönwyl, many hours of [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 8
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On an alien world, you need to be ready to act like an alien... ------ Chapter 8 The Eönwyl: There were no Mydrwyll in sight when the three of them debarked; from a human point of view it was eerily deserted, a shining and perfect spaceport devoid of life, a life-sized model. The strong scent of the ocean – different in detail, yet so very much the same on every world – along with the organic shapes around her momentarily made her feel as though they were shrunken, tiny things surrounded by gigantic shells on an alien [ Continue reading... ]
Demons of the Past: RETRIBUTION, Chapter 7
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The Eonwyl and Company arrive at their destination... ----- Chapter 7 The Eönwyl: Lightless tunnels, there are a lot of ships here. There were literally thousands, no, tens of thousands of moving targets on her scanners. A few showed the red glare of identified Imperial craft, but most beacons were not identified by her system. The haze of ships focused most strongly on the fourth planet from the primary. "I presume that is the Mydrwyll homeworld?" Even so, agreed Vick. They have a difficult-to-pronounce [ Continue reading... ]
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