RED KNIGHT
a STAR FRONTIERS Novel
by Layne K. Saltern
I never could unless I was really sick.
Why was I here? I surely wasn't accomplishing anything.
What was I after? No. Why couldn't I get what I was after? Why did Kel'krich Tulk'n have to come to this conference?
What was the matter with me?
I heard a distant thump, or crashing sound, followed by what must have been a blaster discharge! Two more blasts followed.
"Not now!" I moaned.
Time passed. Maybe it was nothing.
My door slid open, and I instinctively gripped the handle of my laser pistol. It was Admiral Zhelk and his bodyguard.
"Sorry to wake you," said Zhelk unapologetically.
"I wasn't sleeping."
"Commodore Tulk'n has been shot."
I felt a flash flood of about every emotion and didn't quite know how to feel.