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“She will be interrogated, and if she doesn’t have anything valuable to share, she will be executed.” Flame explained.
“She deserves an Oscar with her damsel in distress acting job she gave us,” I can’t believe I ever felt sorry for her even a tad.
“If receiving this Oscar means she suffers as much as she caused suffering, then yes, she deserves the most painful Oscar.” Flame agreed.
I giggled a little and decided not to explain the meaning of the Oscar awards ceremony.
“She knows where they took my people.” Terrek said with a somber tone. Flame stopped and looked at Terrek with compassion.
“I will find your people, Terrek, I will fight to get them rescued and returned home.” Flame vowed. She reached for Terrek and then pulled back before touching him.
Terrek’s black eyes looked at Flame with true emotion. They just had a moment. It was tender, and I liked how it made me feel to watch them together in their moment. I felt saddened that Flame held back. We followed the Empress and her escorts to a dining area on another level of the tall building. The table had already been set up as a banquet table.
“Please, sit. We shall share this meal and discuss the Kanenites.” The Empress motioned us to the table.
Empress Zion took her seat at the end of the table. Masked soldiers held our chairs out as we sat on the side next to the Empress. Plates of food and drinks were placed in front of us.
“We will extract information from Andromeda Edge and the other spacemen. We are gathering information from their ships as we sit here and eat. Worry not. We will get your Laverian people back.” The Empress looked directly into Terrek’s sad black eyes.
“Thank you, Empress Zion,” Terrek said as he bowed his head and placed his hand over his heart.
I took a bite of the stew that was in front of me and moaned out loud.
“This is so delicious, put that on the top of your head and your tongue would beat your brains out trying to get to it.” I said. I had never tasted anything so good before. I was from Texas and proud of our smoked barbeque. I never imagined an alien stew would steal my heart.
The Empress let out a soft laugh. I blushed with embarrassment , but I just couldn’t help myself. You can take a country girl to space and all that but you can’t take the country outta the girl.
Yes, it is one of my favorites as well.» She said as she took her bite.
Everyone started to eat. As we enjoyed the food. I took in the modern, sleek, opulent décor. The dinnerware was dark and pristine. They had a two-prong fork made of stone, a spoon with a curved handle, and a stone-gripped knife.
This all felt so out of my country girl league. I was used to backyard bonfires with Texas barbeque or takeout. I thought the food replicator was impressive. All this was way out of my element. The servers dressed in fancy black uniforms and they were quick to keep food and drinks coming. I had to fight the urge to get up and help them. The lighting was bright and I felt surprisingly comfortable among the group as we ate formally with a casual ease. We began to talk about the Kanenites.
“From what I understand, the Goddess Harmony has a true mate, a God named Hecat. He is the God who created all of you and your universe. Harmony has recently married him. She has become aware of his creations and is not happy. “
I took another bite of alien yumminess as I explained.
“The Goddess Harmony thinks her Hecat has been a God. He created this universe with all the different planets without checking on them or caring for his creations as he should have.
Harmony is not happy about her mate’s neglect. She has picked me to help her set things right.” I rolled my eyes, thinking that I was sounding like the porchlight was on but nobody was home kinda crazy.
“I hope I can help. I am unsure why I was chosen, but I will do my best.” I glanced at Terrek and then Flame and realized I was grateful.
“The God of war, Kane, has created his universe. He took advantage of Hecat’s neglect and invaded this universe.”
“At first, I did not believe any of this. I thought I had died or was in a coma, but I finally came around. I am here and have whatever insight the Goddess Harmony has given me.”
I looked at Terrek and smiled, grateful I had him.
“Terrek claims we are bond mates or true mates. On Earth, the closest connection to this kind of soul-binding love was marriage. I feel married to Terrek. I am getting used to calling him my mate instead of my husband.”
“Ya’ll are the good guys in Hecat’s universe according to the insight the Goddess Harmony has given to me. She comes to me in my dreams. I remembered some of the things she had explained while I was sleeping. These Kanenites are from another universe altogether. The Gods have their own laws and are supposed to stick to their creations and in their own territory.” I felt a blush creep up my cheeks as so many eyes were on me, listening with fascination.
“So, this God Kane is doing a huge no, no. I assume you have not mapped out anything further than your universe. The planet Tarin and Laverian are on the edge of Hecat’s universe, so the God Kane has trespassed and allowed his creations to invade and harvest resources.” I tried to explain something hard for me to comprehend.
“Harmony has her own mini-universe with just one planet sustaining life. Now that she is in the veil of the Gods and no longer in her own world, she wants balance restored and justice for the Hecat universe. She feels responsible as Hecat’s true mate.” I felt odd trying to speak on Harmony’s behalf.
“It may not be our universe. This Kane’s territory. It does not matter. We are now aware and will go after our own.” The Empress said, seemingly not impressed by the gods.
