Chapter Six
Kenji froze. “What is it?”
Fallon raked a large hand through his hair. Different emotions shifted in his blue eyes. “It can’t be. It was so long ago.”
Oh no. This couldn’t be good. Kenji sat up, heart pounding. “Please tell me. What can’t be?”
The larger man shook his head. “I’m sorry. I didn’t mean to frighten you. It’s this dream I keep having. Remember I told you about Nicky’s and my first assignment doing rescue missions?
“Yes.” Tension clawed Kenji’s back again.
“The People’s Empire was attacking a series of city-states clustered along its Asian borders. Nicky and I were sent there. There was one particular place, a very small city-state, population of roughly a few thousand people. They were sitting ducks for the Empire. We got one pod loaded and it went to take
