Free Eternal Horizon: The Chronicle of Vincent Saturn (Eternal Horizon: A Star Saga Book 1) by David Roman Page B

Nomad , they must stop to refuel. We still have time.”
    “But where? What planet? There are so many!”
    “I’ll find out for sure. Let me call my reptilian comrade on Heradonn—it’s the most obvious destination.” Spaide stood up and swept the room with his blue eyes. “Gather all your belongings and be ready. We’re takin’ off the very second I get back.” He threw up his hood and stormed out.
    “Now, this is what we’re going to do.” Exander got in the middle of the room. “We’ll go and rescue our master, and you must come with us,” he said, pointing at Vincent and Gaia.
    “What about Oryon?” Damocles asked, suppressing his tears.
    “ Enough! ” Exander retorted. “Duell is our main priority for now.”
    “But you heard Spaide—”
    “I don’t want to hear it!”
    “What can I do?” Vincent intervened. “I didn’t come here to get into the middle of your rebellion; I just want to get home.”
    “Well, it looks like you don’t have any choice,” Exander grated. “Duell will have answers for us, human. We must get him before they reach Xenon. Until then, you’re staying with us. Then we’ll decide your fate. And trust me, you’re going to need him if you ever want to find your way home.” He then turned to Gaia and said, “Princess, I’m sorry for dragging you into chaos once again, but we’ve no time to stop anywhere, and I must safely deliver—”
    “It’s okay,” she cut him off. “We’ll rescue Sage Duell.”
    “Good, then,” Exander said. “Now, I must speak with Vincent alone.”
    Exander and Vincent went to the corner of the room. Exander’s hostility settled—he didn’t seem aggressive anymore. Perhaps he was beginning to realize Vincent was innocent after all.
    “I understand it must be hard to grasp,” the Xenian said, “but Oryon crashing on your planet, or you here, is all a part of something bigger.”
    Vincent exhaled and asked, “So what are you saying? It was destiny?”
    “ Dellah’ s the word for it. I don’t know that for sure, but there has to be an explanation for all of this. Duell, our teacher, and our grandfather were on a mission on a remote planet while my brother, Spaide, and I rescued Gaia from an evil cult that controls a portion of the galaxy. We were supposed to meet with them here, but… as you’ve heard… they were attacked…”
    “I got tons of questions,” Vincent said. “Who are you people? And how can you jump so high, move things without touching them, and have this enormous strength? And why—in a world so advanced—do you still carry swords?”
    Exander nodded. “I promise you, Vincent of Saturn, that in time, we’ll sit down and explain to you everything in elaborate detail.”
    That last miscomprehension brought a smile to Vincent’s face. Vincent of Saturn . He rather liked that.
    For the next hour or so, the twins and Gaia were engaged in a conversation over their imminent rescue attempt and were trying to figure out the identity of the double agent inside their revolutionary movement.
    Vincent sat on the divan staring out at the city. A slight breeze entered through the open window bringing in fresh air and whispering calm melodies into his ear. The blue, white, red, and yellow stars lit up the sky, and Sebalon’s sister planet was in clear view, free of clouds, colorfully revealing its jade continents and cobalt seas.
    Homesick thoughts kept running through Vincent’s head, making him weary. He was tired. He closed his eyes. It’s all just a bad dream… he told himself again, drifting off .

CHAPTER IV
    Rescue Mission Begins
    Tex Na’ar gently marched to the command bridge with his hands clasped behind his back. The navigators and the soldiers outwardly froze in his presence, bowing and attempting to avoid eye contact. It’d been always like that: they either feared him or sucked up to him. He cared not anyways, for he was never much of a sociable man; they were there to serve him, and that was