Chapter 17From inside her bunker, Serena watched the two warriors stumble out of their scout.
The bunker was made of the surrounding sod atop planks milled from the native wood. She watched from inside as they approached the pit she'd dug below, covered with that same native sod, imperceptible to all but the trained eye.
Omi Kamanuki and Kasa Watana, the two drudges on Miyaki whose conversation that Serena had overheard.
The Emperor Augusto Iberia had announced the release of former Foreign Minister Xavier Balleros on his own recognizance, and the news media had reported his return to Galapagar, the tall, thin figure just escaping mobs of reports at the spaceports on both Madrid and his home planet, his features obscured by his hands and a wide-brim hat.
Serena had obtained the transpo
