IARRED “What do you mean Katan is gone?” Pushing Xarod out of my way, I stormed to the command deck, and flopped down into the chair. I studied our coordinates. We had pushed the new spacecraft to its limits to reach him, and he wasn’t here. He had said that he needed us to hurry, what happened between then and now? Brother, your recklessness is going to get you killed. He must have continued. Instantly I searched the nearby area, but he wasn’t anywhere to be found. Tamsin was in danger, and I did not have time for Katan’s rashness. Standing to my feet, I padded to my personal quarters. The door lock clicked, I stepped inside the closet. Squatting, I pressed a secret panel and the metal slate ejected from the wall and the red beam scanned my irises. Once the information was accepted ano

