Chapter 18 – Found
Kajora smiled at the sight. A Paragon vehicle was skimming over the sand and heading for the cave. The hum of its grav engine carried across the desert. It was the noise of machinery, of civilization, and it sounded great. They were saved.
“That should be Osynius's men,” Glover said. He sounded confident, but he held his rifle at the ready position anyway.
The car came to a halt several yards from the mouth of the cave, hovering about a foot over the sand. A Reliant got out of the driver's seat and approached the cave, squinting to see into the darkness. “Colonel Paul Glover?”
“Who's asking?” Glover said.
“I'm Janar,” the Reliant said in a strange accent. “I'm in the employ of Exaltee Osynius.”
“Good. Then I'm Glover.” He gestured to the others to follow him, and t
