by Richard Fox
The door to the brig opened and a silver box the size of a suitcase floated into the room. It stopped several feet from Malal’s cell. A small cube floated off the box. It stopped in the air, then the rest of the box broke into cubes and formed into a pixelated shape of a hunched-back creature with a wide face.
“Malal, I am Ordona,” the words came off the vibrating cubes.
Malal’s head jerked up. His unblinking eyes stared ahead with a dead man’s gaze.
“Are you?” Malal asked.
“I represent Bastion. Your bargain remains.”
“Does it?”
“Your bargain remains…with some modification.”
Malal rose to his feet and glided to the edge of the electric field of the cell wall.
“Tell me more.” Malal’s face pulled into a wicked smile.
TO BE CONTINUED…
FROM THE AUTHOR
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The Ember War Saga:
1. The Ember War
2. The Ruins of Anthalas
3. Blood of Heroes
4. Earth Defiant
5. The Gardens of Nibiru
6. The Battle of the Void
7. The Siege of Earth
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