Chapter 1-1
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Chapter One
Manota ran through the dark gardens, focusing on the signature in the contact lens that he was wearing in his left eye. His heart beat frantically as he sprinted across the lawn; fear a bitter and unfamiliar taste in his mouth. A shadow moved to his left, coming out from behind a tall hedge. He didn’t think twice; his arm sliced out in a deadly arc. He turned his body to miss the blow of the laser sword as it swept across where his body had been just seconds before. The sword ripped a path across his shirt, drawing a thin line of blood. His own sword went much deeper as he completed his turn and shoved it through the male’s left side.
“NO!” he roared out as the lens in his eye dissolved, cutting his connection to the signature he had been tracking. “Jo….” he whispered in anguish.
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