“Move,” Roderick said, nudging her aside.
A moment later, half the wall collapsed.
“Will that suffice?”he asked
Kira looked at the now massive opening and nodded.“I’d say so.”
“Where to now?”
After consulting with the scorpion, Kira pointed to their right.“Scorpy says that way.”
Graydon – The Honeycomb
The Tsavitee charged, preparing to pick Graydon up and body slam him as it had Kira.Lazily, Graydon waved his blade, removing the creature’s head with one clean strike.
“Find out where it came from,” he ordered his oshota.“There could be more.”
They spread out to search.
“Aw, shit,” Raider cursed, half his upper body disappearing into the hole in the wall that Kira had made.
“What is it?”Graydon asked, glancing over.
“There’s a shaft.Looks like she fell down it.”
Needing to see for himself, Graydon strode over to the hole.Raider moved aside, letting him take his place without protest.
“No one go getting any stupid thoughts about following her down,” Raider ordered, once again proving his skills of observation since that was exactly what Graydon had been considering.Finn too, if the irritated glance Raider shot him was anything to go by.
Talon stuck his head in next to Graydon’s.“There’s a slope.She likely survived.”
Graydon took a calming breath, straightening.“Raider’s right.She wouldn’t thank us for throwing ourselves after her.”
The words were intended just as much for himself as Finn.
Everything in Graydon ached to go after her.The need to see for himself that she was alright and in one piece a compulsion that was hard to ignore.
“That’s right,” Raider agreed with an approving nod.“This isn’t the first rabbit hole she’s found herself in.When things like this happen, we carry on with the mission.I guarantee you that’s what she’ll be doing too.”
“Then that’s what we’ll do,” Graydon decided.
Hiscoliwas a pragmatic woman.Like Raider said—a survivor.She’d been through worse and come out the other side in one piece.She would do the same again.
“We found something,” Solal announced.
Graydon sent one last look in Finn’s direction, reading the stubborn oshota’s expression at a glance.No matter what they said, he was planning to throw himself after Kira.Consequences be damned.
From the frustration in Raider’s expression, he knew it too.
“It would break mycoli’sheart if her oshota got himself killed,” Graydon advised.
Finn didn’t respond.His features cold and relentless.
Graydon shook his head, walking over to join his First.As difficult as it was to see someone make the wrong choice, it wasn’t his place to interfere any more than he already had.Finn wasn’t his oshota.He couldn’t order him to stay put.
A hushed argument took place behind him as Graydon tilted his chin at Solal.“What do you have?”
“This way.It’s easier to show you.”
