Epilogue
Kia rested her hand on Rial’s shoulder as he sat in the pilot’s chair while they waited for authorization from Xarunta’s interplanetary spaceport. The Kadaugan sat in its permanent bay in the royal section, but they needed permission to enter Xarunta’s airspace and land the shuttle at Rial’s palace. The spaceport was, after all, the entrance to the most beautiful gem in the empire’s crown and a busy place.
She’d left Falaichte giving hugs she didn’t want to end and promises of returning that she had no guarantee of keeping. Soon they were en route to the Kadaugan and the Chenjerai. From Ylväs Suq they set a course for Xarunta. The emperor had requested Rial’s return. He wished to hear the report on the destruction of the laboratory on Tajriba and any information Rial had unearth
