Kerrigan pulled herself to the edge of the bed and rummaged through her jacket to find her phone. She felt her strength ebbing as she pressed the speed dial for Breanna. “Miss? Is something wrong? Why are you calling so late?” “Breanne. Track my cell. Gah. Bring. Bring the emergency kit. I am up the mountain somewhere.” “Miss?! Kerrigan?! Are you ok?” “Hurry.” Kerrigan felt the last of her strength leaving her as she pulled herself onto the bed. She lay out trying to quiet her racing heart. As the shock of the evening hit in full force, she slipped into unconsciousness. Kerrigan awoke to Breanna shaking her awake and sliding onto the bed behind her, cradling her head. “Kerrigan? What the hell did you get yourself into? Stevic, search the grounds, make sure no one else is in the area. Lear, search that man, and figure out who he is. Reilynn, help me with Kerrigan.” A fiery looking young woman dressed in what could only be described as dark stealth armor came over and opened a kit

When the trio arrived back at Vokrizin, Conor led them to his office. Parker pealed off and stood guard near the elevators. Conor half suspected it was because Kayle was working the reception desk today. Eli poked around the office while Conor sat in his chair behind his desk.            “You are welcome to take a seat Colonel. I do appreciate you coming. I hope this means you are at least willing to consider my offer to come back to active duty. Though if you have been out of the country, perhaps you have not been as retired as people may believe.” Conor said, as the idea crossed his mind. He eyes the Dragoon speculatively.            “You are sharp. I will grant you that. The nature of my work was less for the temple and more along the lines of my royal appointment in the king’s army. I still review troops and conduct training for th

It took longer than he expected for the knock to come, but when it did, he opened the door to find Kerrigan with long baggy pants. A white blouse loosely hung over her shoulder which he could see was still bandaged. She did not at all look like the finely dressed queen of Dragon Corporation he had seen on several occasions prior. She seemed to be favoring her left leg.“Do you need a coat or jacket?”“Please.” She said simply.He slipped back into the room and grabbed one of his coats and helped gently drape it across her shoulders. He led them back out into the office and pulled out a chair for her. She dropped into it heavily, her left leg propped gingerly out to the side.“What day is it?”“Umm, it’s Sunday afternoon. March third if that helps any.”“Shit.”Conor watched as she rubbed more sleep from her eyes. As he assessed her, he saw numerus bruises and cuts every

After the others left, Mr. Nuri bowed to Conor, “Again, Sir, forgive me for not informing you sooner about Miss Lokir.”“It’s fine. Just bring me up to speed sooner in the future.” Then turning to Kerrigan,“Miss Lokir-“But she held up a hand, “When it is not so formal, just call me Kerrigan. It gets bothersome being called Miss Lokir when we are the same age.”Conor grinned, “Kerrigan, is there anything you need?”“Nothing my team can’t acquire.”“Good, then for your safety and for that of my people, I think it best you stay on this floor for now. I know it's not a lot of space, but it is the best way for us to limit who knows you are here. I can have my people get anything you need, so as to further limit your own guards being spotted and assumptions being made.”Kerrigan signed, apparently resigned to her fate. “Fine, I do trust m

Targu Province - Dragon Corporation HQ - Natalie HassellNatalie Hassell sat behind her desk in Kerrigan’s office, biting her nails. It was 11:30 and Kerrigan was still not in, and she had not called. Breanne had been by to say Kerrigan wasn’t feeling well but that was bullshit and Natalie knew it. In the past five years, Kerrigan had never been sick. She had only taken one holiday, and Natalie had been with her. Truth be told, they both worked from beach chairs the whole time, but the warmth of the sun and change of scenery had been nice.Katie stepped into the office with a cup of tea. “Still no sign?”“No. have you managed to clear the rest of the schedule?”“Yes, but there are several people who keep insisting that they see her as soon as possible. The trade delegates from the Spice Consortium are threatening to sue over the spice rights and one of the lobby secretaries called to warn me, Kela