perial Empire was a vast fortress of
and every hardened general a
Quentin Starfall's bloodied face
the edge of the console until therounding hand on her shoulder. His dark gaze n
ered, her voice shaking with
tin sobbed across the stars, his tears streaking the g
en grief shattered into burning tears. Her lost
pping closer to the screen. "Quentin, look at me. How much d
d, his voice cho
Her charts classify her as an E-grade dependent. T
eath hitching in raw fury. "Where are the medical l
our Majesty," Quentin replied, hi
al Star with another female. He left her to rot a
anor's body, forcing veteran fleet commanders to
numb fingers and clattering against the deck. He turned t
my daughter left a
d turned back to the tactical grid,
rd, and Seventh Star Destroyer Fleets immediat
o declaring interstellar war!" the
ed, his voice carrying the finality of a plane
ears as her gaze turned to lethal ice. "I want to see
Kaelen was reviewing routine naval logs when an
slits. A violent tremor ripped across his mental se
arm. "Your bio-readings are spiking dangerousl
ng cold sweat from his brow. "I am fine," he s
the matching hearing. Bring
smissing the phantom pain. He had no idea his wolf biology wa
e Vane medical planet, two patrol s
tly on a lukewarm cup of synthetic coffee. An unread tex
reaming red static. All long-range communica
e open like dry parchment. Out of the hyperspace rift slid one coloss
l Imperial House. Each behemoth was ten times the size of Vane's flag
in ignorant bliss, completely unaware that an
ked down through the reinforced viewing deck, her voice
ughter... the entire Vane Fle
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