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He was a monster.
I was a monster.
Who had done this to me?
Who had thought destroying me could solve their problems?
I thought back to the ships that’d attacked. I recognized them.
Who did they belong to?
Changelings. They belonged to a military class of Changeling vehicles.
Why would the Changelings attack us?
Why would they declare war on their allies, the Titans?
They were a successful race, a powerful race, but they were nothing compared to Titans. Declaring war on the Titan emperor was the same as declaring war on the empire.
The Changelings had just committed suicide.
It didn’t make any sense.
My eyelids fluttered and I could barely keep them open. My head flopped over into semi-unconsciousness.
Titans didn’t fear death. I didn’t fear it even now. What I feared was what would happen to my people after I passed.
The Changelings never did anything without careful consideration. They had a plan and it would not bode well for us once it came to fruition.
I should have seen this coming.
Something in the reports I received each day must have contained little hints and clues that this was going to happen.
But there hadn’t been. Nothing indicated the Changelings were on the warpath.
Neither had we attacked them. There had been no provocation, no aggression.
As far as I knew, our two races were at total peace.
My thoughts were interrupted by the soft thudding noise of padded feet. I recognized it immediately.
An arlath was headed this way. Wild arlath creatures didn’t exist on this planet. If it was passing by on a nearby road, someone had to be riding it.
Could I get the rider’s attention?
I had one chance. My life depended on it.
I wriggled like a worm in the mud, inching up the riverbank.
I got halfway before I slipped back the distance. I turned ridged to prevent myself from rolling any further down.
I angled my head to get a better understanding of how far the road was.
The soft thumping footsteps grew louder.
Closer.
If I could just reach the top…
