Chapter One
After Ro left, Kira sat down, staring at the book and its translation, feeling
strangely numb. It was almost as though Reyla's murder had triggered a chain of
miseries, as though the man who had killed her had introduced chaos and disaster
to them all.
Within the last three days, Reyla's murder, then the Jem'Hadar attack. Now
the Federation is coming, weapons ready, we've got a Jem'Hadar locked up who
says that Odo sent him here on a mission of peace...and now this.
As unhappy and tired as she was, the thought almost made her smile, a giddy
reaction to the unlikely summary of events. It sounded ludicrous, the details
and circumstances only adding to the implausibility of it all.
Yes, and people have died.
The thought sobered her instantly. She picked up the translation, scrolling
through a few pages. She opened the book's front cover again, looking at the
strangely flowing symbols. No author's mark.
Ro's voice, the open worry on her face. Colonel, I'm not prone to leaps of
faith, you probably know that, but everything in that book has come true.
Everything.
Kira concentrated on the translation, moving back to the text that Ro had shown
her, considering her security chief's c ... read full excerpt from Avatar Book Two ebook
