Lords of Kassis 3 Jos_Journey S.E. Smith

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hurt they needed to do something totally unexpected, totally alien to anything they had ever done
before. Jo, Star, River and Ricki were seated on the long chairs near the fireplace. His lips curved as
he listened to Jo telling her sister and River about his throwing Tony outside the condo after the
elephant trainer kissed her.
At the moment, they were waiting for Jarmen to join them. Armet and Dakar had joined them a
few minutes earlier. Both of them were talking quietly about something. Manota heard Armet mutter
something about stubborn, hard-headed females who needed to learn their place. Dakar chuckled as
he responded to Armet s comment.
They all looked up when the door opened. I apologize for being detained, Jarmen said quietly
as he entered the room and closed the door behind him.
Manota turned from where he was standing and looked into the soft, glowing eyes. Is there a
problem? he asked.
Jarmen flushed as he turned his eyes away from Manota s intense stare. No, I& was merely
making sure the two service bots the Frenchmen had were working& properly, he said hesitantly.
His eyes moved over the small group of men and women. His gaze rested on Jazin for a brief moment
before he shook his head at Jazin s silent questioning look. If you give me a moment, I will make
sure the system is secure before I upload the information I was able to decipher earlier.
Everyone became silent as Jarmen s eyes began to glow brightly as he checked the computer
system and uploaded the information he had retrieved from Tai Tek s system at the prison fortress
where Jazin had been taken and tortured.
Several long minutes later, Jarmen s eyes returned to their normal soft red glow. While I was
waiting for Jazin s mate and the others to rescue him, I hacked into the computer system at Tai Tek s
prison fortress. I have been reviewing the information I was able to download. Over the past several
days, I began noticing a discrepancy in some of the files. Upon closer review, I found hidden files
encrypted in them. It took longer than expected to find and decipher them due to the amount of
information I had downloaded, he said in the way of an apology before turning to look at the
centralized vidcom set against the far wall.
The information indicates Tai Tek is merely one member among an elite group of members who
have set into place a plan to overthrow the current council members of the Alliance and gain control.
The death of Krail Taurus was planned due to the Dramentic star system s determination to ask for
support to oust several key members who were backing the overthrow of their ruling governments.
Tai Tek was instructed to murder the royal family of Kassis and gain control. He had set up guards in
each House to execute his plan. You can see the list of guards who were reporting to him. Kev Mul
Kar and Armet De hart had replaced the males in the North and West in recent months. I have found
only one name from your House, Lord Manota. The guard was recently transferred and is currently
assigned to check visitors to your House. Tai Tek mentions in his personal journals his frustration at
the transfer of the guards. That is when he contacted the Tearnat, Trolis, to attack the shuttle holding
Lord Torak and Lord Jazin. He believed he would be able to eliminate both of you, thus weakening
the Royal Houses of Kassis. He did not plan for your escape. He was very upset when the attempt to
kill you both failed and planned to enlist at least one or more females from each of your Houses to
kill you.
As far as I can tell, Javonna and the following women were approached, Jarmen said referring
to the list that appeared on the vidcom. Credits were deposited into five of the six women s
accounts. Two from Lord Jazin s house, one from Lord Torak s, not including Javonna, one from
Lord Manota s and one from Lord Ajaska s House. The other female who declined was killed in an
accident the same day she declined. Unfortunately for Tai Tek, he did not plan for the human
females insistence that all females who were not mated be removed from your Houses. Their
insistence more than likely saved your lives, he said briefly looking at the women before turning to
look at Ajaska. I would not return to the female you currently have housed in your home on
Dramentic, he added with an apologetic smile. It will not be conducive to your continued health at
this time.
I can see that, Ajaska bit out with a fierce frown. I ll make sure she is taken care of
immediately.
Jarmen turned and continued his summary of the information. Names, dates of impending attacks,
and positions of hidden bases and warships were listed for several different star systems. He finally
paused at the one coming up in less than two weeks.
You can see he plans to attack the upcoming ceremony, Jarmen said. He has over three
hundred men from the numbers I have been able to estimate based on the information from Lord Tal
Mod and those that remained after the recent attacks. The insurgents left are mercenaries and rebels
determined to overthrow the current government. I am concerned with his recruitment of warriors
from Elpidios. Tai Tek only wrote two lines but they indicate he has hired assassins to kill the Grand
Ruler during his visit to Kassis. Based on the information and the statistics, I would encourage you to
inform Risteard Roald that his life is possibly in danger from members of his own council. In
addition, I believe it would be beneficial to those in the Alliance council not listed as working with
Tai Tek to be informed as soon as possible.
I will take care of that as well as informing Roald. Do you have the names of the assassins?
Ajaska asked leaning forward and resting his elbows on the dark redwood table.
No, Jarmen replied. I have reviewed the information extensively. Unfortunately, there is little
information regarding the Elpidios except to say several assassins have been enlisted. It would help if
we could pinpoint who was involved.
Why wait until the ceremony when there are too many innocent people around to give this guy
Tai Tek a chance to attack? Why not give him an even better chance to kill all of you, including this
Grand Ruler? We can set up the perfect opportunity for him to attack, only we control it from start to
finish? Walter asked. Why wait? [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]

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