Chapter Ten: Thwarted
The flock of dusky birds of prey flew toward the peach-lined dawn horizon. General Huijata had mustered ten class two fighters armed with kinetic kill rods, pulse laser beams, and three possessed powerful particle beams. At Rial’s request, he’d sent cloaked drones ahead to surveil for any rebel activity. The expedition to the southern continent totaled a thousand soldiers.
Rial briefed the team before they left the house. These rebels had originally helped the empire by betraying their own countrymen, and when the new government didn't award them the land they demanded in return for their aid, they rebelled once more.
He had already explained this to Kia, making her aware some were the traitors who’d betrayed the network he set up with her father. There were others
