Chapter Seventeen
By the evening meal, the full repercussions of his mission began filtering through the fleet. Their disrupter ship destroyed, the Vindicarn retreated to their home world. The Cassan fleet had pursued their enemy, engaging stragglers and those who still dared to fight. Several neighboring allies pledged to assist with the decimation of the Vindicarn if they refused to surrender or acknowledge a truce. Regardless of the enemy’s final decision, they would no longer be a threat in this part of the galaxy.
Byron endured another round of congratulations and answered every imaginable question regarding his flight through the Vindicarn vessel. Flanked at all times by his squadron, he handled the attention with grace. The mission hadn’t been about glory, but Byron found he quite
