Page 64 of Arresting the Warlord

“Great. Do you still want me to pilot the shuttle back to your warbird?”

“Earth First and the Dragos clan are familiar with Drax’s shuttle. Use it for your hunt,” Zarek said.

Jake gave a slight bow. “Thank you, my lord.”

The crawlies slithered up my back, drawing my attention to Ymer. The idiot was trying to pull his laser pistol, before I could zap him, Zarek’s deep voice sounded in my head,“He is mine.”

“Yes, sir.”I flinched as Zarek struck him mentally.

“Mercy, my lord,” Ymer moaned pitifully.

“Mercy?” The horrifying gentleness of Zarek’s voice warred with the rage in his eyes. “Did you show any mercy to the inhabitants of Gamma Five?”

Anger flashed across Ymer’s face. “They were illegally mining Indium in our territory. Father wanted the location of the mine. When they refused to tell us, Father ordered me to destroy the space station. I did as I was told.”

“You murdered over one thousand men, women and children. Few of them were miners.”

“They were thieves. The punishment for theft is death.” A groan of agony broke from Ymer. “My father is a powerful warlord. Release me now or know his wrath,” Ymer gasped defiantly.

A snort escaped me. “Sorry, my bad, but your daddy couldn’t fight his way out of a paper bag.”

“Quiet female. You know nothing.”

“I know your daddy was a coward and thief. A true warlord would have challenged the Overlord to combat. What did your daddy do? He had his goons plant a bomb on Zarek’s warbird. That plan failed big time. Your daddy’s dead and rotting in the ninth hell.”

Ymer gaped at me. “You are lying.”

“Nope. I was there when Drax died.”

“Impossible. Father has never been defeated in battle,” Ymer cried.

Jake chuckled. “Drax has never beenincombat.”

“I can attest to that,” Loki added.

Ivan nodded. “When the fighting starts, Drax flees.”

“Lies. Nothing but lies!”

“Are they? See the truth,” Zarek snapped.

I caught brief glimpses of the images Zarek was force feeding Ymer until he began to babble incoherently. Okey-dokey. The Overlord was downright the scariest man alive. I linked with Jake,“Do you think it’d be okay with the Overlord if we started our hunt, like now?”

“I’ll ask.”

“You have my permission to leave,”Zarek announced abruptly.

“Awesome!”The minute Zarek vanished from our heads, I grabbed the boot of one of the warriors stuck under the shuttle and yanked. “God, he weighs a ton.”

“I got him.” Jake dragged the first warrior over to Ivan.“Watch him.”

“Me? You are not my commander.”

I glared at Ivan.“Watch him or I’ll zap you again.”

“Yes, my lady.”

I tugged and tugged on the other warrior’s leg. “Shit! I think he’s stuck.”

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