AllFreeNovel
Share Us
So long as we had love and the emperor in our hearts, we would emerge victorious.
Fiath brought his lips to mine again. He had never tasted so good.
The Titan emperor.
Their emperor.
My emperor.
7
FIATH
The battle was won.
It was short and came at great cost. But our peace and freedom were won thanks to the men and women who sacrificed their lives. We would forever remember them and forever be grateful.
Not only did they give us the means to free ourselves, but allowed me to send a message to the rest of the empire. I inspired everyone to keep on fighting, to never give up, and believe that there was always hope.
And then began the war.
Within hours, news of Titan victories across the empire surfaced. A single Titan had overpowered the Changelings who’d threatened his wife and children in the restaurant they earned their living.
A small coastal village on Theyros threw their Changeling oppressors back into the sea and soon after, the rest of the planet rejoiced and followed suit.
A powerful conglomeration of rich businessmen on Arcturon Prime used their power and influence to imprison their Changeling overlords one by one until the rest were forced to flee to avoid the same fate.
With one heroic act after another, the Titans of the empire took back what was rightfully theirs.
Their homes.
The Changelings were on the run, scattered throughout the galaxy, with no backup plan. We informed our allies that should they come across any Changelings, they should be shunned, disbelieved, and never trusted.
If any other alien species took them in or sheltered them, they would never do business with any Titan ever again. We were the most powerful trading nation in the galaxy, and our allies knew which side their bread was buttered.
Wherever the Changelings went, they found hostile partners and doors slammed in their faces. Their days were at an end.
I would never allow them to treat another species the way they had treated us. And we were a rich and powerful species. What would they do to someone far less powerful?
Slak disappeared the moment he left the defense control room in the palace. Perhaps he’d taken another secret passageway, one even I wasn’t aware of, but either way, he was now gone. Still, I felt uneasy with him out there, hatching his plans and running his spindly fingers through his long white beard.
I dispatched a special unit of trackers to comb the heavens, discover his location, and bring him to me.
So far, they had been thwarted.
No one had seen a ship take off after the Changelings ran with their tails between their legs. It meant the traitor could still be out there somewhere. I wouldn’t fully relax until he was locked safely away behind bars.
I received many messages of thanks for sending my message of support to the empire. I had never sent a letter personally before and they appreciated it greatly.
It was Hazel’s idea.
I smiled at the thought of her and everything we had achieved together. The empire would not be the way it now was if it wasn’t for her. I dreaded to think what my life would be like without her.
I would likely still be in the hospital, dead and dying after the initial Changeling attack, or else drowned in the river or dead from the frost in the forest.
I was nothing without her.
With Slak gone, I was left with a gang of rotten advisors. I knew they must have played some part in Slak’s traitorous plans but none would ever admit to it. Their undoing turned out to be their own natures.
