Whisper & Fury: Eydulan Series Book 1 by Mark Brandon Powell Page A

like that tone in my monkeys, but I’ll let it slide.”
    Kat rolls her eyes. “Let’s see where did I leave off last. I told you about how I met the general, and how I became known as Wyldefire.”
    “I liked that one, lots of explosions, and dead meat bags.”
    “Was that someone in the peanut gallery just now?”
    “Nope not a word.”
    “Good, now let me continue.”

    …

    “We need supplies.” Says Gravan.
    Kat shoots Gravan a look, “What’s this we business you’ve been pushing for the last couple of days? We aren’t anything.”
    “I just think that we need to work together. Mallory is going to be coming after the both of us, why not pool our resources?”
    She was so excited that he woke up, it was another person to talk to. Then he started talking. He wasn’t living up to the idea of him, and that was putting her on edge. Maybe she shouldn’t have brought this guy onboard. She could have listened to Knox, and left him at the spaceport before she left.
    She sighs, “You tried to kill me.”
    “I know, but you saved me, and kept me alive till I woke up a couple of days ago. I owe you, one soldier to another.”
    Kat looks into his soft blue eyes, and can feel butterflies in her stomach begin to flutter again. When he first woke up, they discussed how they got to Mallory, and then Gravan started to make suggestions. Each of which she didn’t like. His eyes make her heart flutter, and his voice is so commanding. She tries to mentally shoo the butterflies out of her stomach because she was supposed to be frustrated at him, not smitten.
    Gravan continues, “Seriously though, you seem to have been getting along till now, but how much longer can you just get along. Don’t you want to have a life without looking over your shoulder all the time?”
    “Yes, I would like to not have to run anymore, but I don’t even know where to start. Yes I need supplies, but I have already asked Knox for them once, and I’m not about to put him in harm’s way for helping me. It’s too risky to keep going back to the same place.”
    “That’s why you should let me help. You saved my life, and I want Ryker dead as much as you do. I can try to contact General Ajax and see if he can offer me support.”
    “General Ajax is dead.”
    “What!? When did that happen?”
    “Two months ago. They claim it was a terrorist raid, not connected to the rebellion. I got a communication from my secured line from an old subordinate, saying that Mallory ordered the hit.”
    “But… how, he was in a secured Earth military base.”
    “I stopped a plot like that before, remember.”
    Gravan looks away from Kat’s face. “He was a good man, and didn’t deserve to die that way.”
    “No he didn’t, but there isn’t anyone else we can go to now in the Earth Armed Forces. We are branded as traitors, and have bounties on our heads in all of the Earth defended territories. I don’t think there needs to be a ‘we’ because it will just draw more attention to ourselves.”
    “Wait, there is one more person I can call.”
    “Who’s that?”
    “Zane Richmond.”

    “Zane!? He works for Mallory, why would he help you?”
    “He’s an old military buddy. I asked him to apply for the detail with me originally, but he didn’t know why I was in the first place. He’s someone I can trust.”
    “That’s insane. Your plan is to go to Mallory’s headquarters and resupply there. Brilliant .” Kat sarcastically emphasizes brilliant.
    “He isn’t looking for us there, and wouldn’t expect us to just show up for supplies. So yes, I do think it is brilliant.”
    “Then you’re a bigger idiot than I gave you credit for.”
    “Maybe you should listen to him Kat.” Whisper butts in.
    “Maybe you should stay out of this Whisper.”
    “I can see your biometrics are off slightly, should I explain it to your primitive monkey brain?”
    “Whisper.” Kat says angrily.
    “I just figured I should tell my meat bag when they are about