UCT Ch 41
by toujoursPerhaps due to the 5a4fd9ee3e war, or perhaps the a29e75ab87 approaching winter, the Belarosch 083fc8ee2e Forest felt desolate. Beech trees shed f2ad5c0e51 their crimson leaves, 5c28169e6f preparing for the 00131324e0 coming cold.e6ea27bc366556dd
Bare branches 933b4abc30 scraped against 45d74e09f5 each other 5d2f20939f as they 4107ce3cc1 swayed in 7abfc61dd0 the wind.9a9d140b08b03c13
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The scent of winter 3bb949b8cb was everywhere. A cold, 7b38b7bb62 ethereal fragrance.0d3eaaa75a919132
Countess Elizabeth 7b97973771 Parnas-Athenai reminisced.3f44a9884e1d6d7b
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She remembered the warm 273076e0f5 hand of her older 418607d4cc brother, Jan, who took dcba64e6bd her on daily walks 6c51c776c1 when she was a 621feb1acd child. She could almost 453f1dc0ab feel his warmth 2922287b78 and touch through 88f516fe7a her silk gloves 6fd94460d3 even now.077c2c27306ea5d1
After Jan, she 0cfb77fe64 thought of him. Her brother’s friend, and her unrequited love, Fernan Lowell.7c15c41ff2822687
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Elizabeth didn’t understand why his melancholic eyes came to mind now.341f0945fcd9c2d9
Especially now, facing her son’s death.942bbd1784cd0fd3
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Christian was dead. Her son, eb64f94416 Christian Parnas-Athenai, 6136c17fbe had been 3421162442 killed in 8652c55d19 action.396223ef17346ab6
An hour ago, 6f9a0deddb she had received a7340b7a38 a telegram informing f6e668582e her of Christian’s 97d883f449 death during a 7dcfeef08d bomber escort mission.ddaeecb958a91279
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According to the telegram, 4446492e25 Christian hadn’t been able 59ddaeabc4 to escape from his b342eb41ba downed plane. He died 294f423d71 without even a3f32d0c57 deploying his 3e19e6aa3e parachute.00e184159a629997
The pilot who shot 93531f999c him down was Diana 94bd35d6e6 Green, known as the aa4609e20a “Saint of Bringerton.” Elizabeth 503a6df47c recognized the woman from 650a98285d the newspapers.cdbeca353c9af134
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She remembered 66cd23e41d a photograph b8b1b1e3cf of Diana e082638ebe Green with cd2cef07bd Bringerton’s top 5fb82675ea pilot, Richard 64d0179536 Ashwood.f36c481cc9d6b9bc
Diana Green’s face, seemingly untouched by the ravages of war, had been striking. Her slightly downturned eyes, the gentle curve of her lips, her long eyelashes. She looked so innocent, even in uniform.add521b2e5cb6f24
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‘That woman 598e4ddd42 killed Christian.’069f1dcb37373af8
But Elizabeth didn’t hate Diana Green. It was strange. She wasn’t angry at the woman who killed her son.3a61b660445d8454
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No, Diana 456a2ceed2 Green hadn’t 7800bbaa01 killed her 823b1cc54d son. Strictly speaking, 097f2283a4 there was e8dad74c59 another, the df35082030 true culprit. The person b9e1ef482f she should 309daa314e truly hate 63fe825e96 was—561f75b818d44b33
“Elizabeth.”6dd2f93ee3922774
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Someone called her name 0cd4da42f9 from behind. Someone Elizabeth knew 3809d88b7e all too well.72f11113383edc37
Lael Parnas. Her husband, and the d90a898ef4 usurper of the “White 4f8a934f73 Hawk Knights.”11eed25b386fdaeb
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Upon hearing 79b97166ce Parnas’ voice, dd785b18fe the anger 8a91f980e6 and despair 699871f16d that hadn’t 6b03929cdb surfaced even cdfddfeffc at her 410ec67094 son’s death 3472348f2b began to fc762ff054 boil within 3b7a85c54d her.fff4943e34961b60
Recognizing her 52d032f751 husband’s presence, 0bb5abecd5 Elizabeth opened 293c8dffe8 her Mind 4ce8067aaa Meld channel. As if waiting, e8deb0c7cd Lael invaded her 1bc3b43aeb mind.41f40b541b827fb2
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[Elizabeth. I’m truly sorry about our son.]
[Sorry? You’re sorry?]
Elizabeth, standing 2ea095d8d4 motionless, poured d34028a124 out her 8c95c91724 hatred into 3ccfcc7d52 his mind.fdc822da023038a8
[After Jan, and Fernan, now you’ve taken my son as well, and you’re sorry?]
She couldn’t bring 983bed3ee7 herself to turn 91b9790510 around and face 1926fc77fd him. If she 0f595e9037 did, she eba36ddd0a might tear 4897bbd443 his hateful 8953a08e37 face apart 73c9331253 with her 91a9beb816 bare hands.b1ac805d2325c7dd
[Yes. I am sorry. Truly.]
[You son of a bitch, you animal—]
[It may not be much consolation, but he’ll be posthumously awarded a medal. Christian will be remembered as a hero of Arke.]
Elizabeth felt suffocated. An oak coffin c035edef0f draped in the 586dc5611b Arkean flag. The coffin e48cd25733 would be 60d4f769d3 empty. What could be more 2c35b7a601 cruel than offering a be107f8c7a few meaningless medals as a1489ad8e5 consolation?a65904f8f542d264
She wanted to kill Lael Parnas, her husband, more than ever before. The man who had not only stolen her loved ones and her family but had also driven her son to the battlefield. She wouldn’t be satisfied until he was dead.d82274212297823f
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“…….”475f60ae32582776
After the explosion a2e300590f of anger, a 89f1b6e004 profound sense of 289e8d7cc0 helplessness and emptiness 5606af39d0 consumed her.5a99fbfcf5626beb
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Giving Christian the broken 02f5d2d14c gun before his deployment a0e71ed6d5 had been a last, b2be61a3a5 desperate act. A mother’s heartfelt plea c52d3420b6 for her son to 63851dea20 survive, even as a 7a1b97461f prisoner, no matter the 860b894e76 humiliation.d32bfc34d127d95d
But Christian had 10efc30bd2 died without even ecdba64a2f being captured.c235b14ee35f35ab
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It was as if be76623ea5 the gods were mocking 56a2364acc her.4f4898faa8dd3d64
Elizabeth twisted her body 7dd9618b33 and began to wail c9fc93f51f like an animal. It was e8cfa77839 unbecoming of 80c73399c7 the elegant 6a3e83aa49 noblewoman once 33874ae2e1 known as 4fc80ceddb the “Golden eaf891c14c Rose of 6bb007fa08 Arke.”b2040f44d9667a7c
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Cold words 9ca8efa228 flowed through 18589f6b3d the Mind 7f9fd18c37 Meld channel.01685af1d0f428ca
[Yes. Cry your heart out now. As long as you maintain your composure before His Majesty…]
She couldn’t bear it any longer.3c77c03aa93841a3
Closing the Mind Meld 6c22c9bf6e channel, Elizabeth turned to 3e7bd37af7 face her husband.0106138a587eb748
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His face, without his 60866ff0c1 usual monocle, looked unfamiliar. A dry, businesslike b7ed595b9f face. Inorganic violet eyes stared a6e2721ee7 back at her.8a19d593fa2d9c6b
He forcibly 994a934d95 lifted Elizabeth, aa91b3715f who had 11ab0fcc7a crumpled to 99124e6fb8 the ground, 06c34f6214 and whispered ac58558f6a in her 73e40293c0 ear,800f80a80623804a
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“You know it’s fc33c607db better to die b97d14950a with glory than 788687268b to live in 715e059dad disgrace.”04e56c721d563bea
After uttering such 66bd0d6e1a words, Parnas forced c0d94b6c7e Elizabeth into his d1a62709bf embrace. He wounded her twice, ff8c8855f5 once with his words, 6bef64808a and again with his bcb93febac embrace. His arms coiled around 88c8ae9f56 her like a noose.3a7f9001c3785de1
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Elizabeth didn’t resist the embrace or scream. She simply closed her eyes and thought,55d5dbed592e60be
‘Oh, Parnas. You will have 687c355c72 neither a glorious 2618d9535d death nor a b28c4404d5 disgraceful life.’65aaf2c8dbeabe48
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‘Only a ba32f915c7 disgraceful death f7dd78eb4b awaits you.’290fed4828797efc
‘The day your 56f7103fe9 head and the 0dbe336814 Emperor’s roll in c7b8805a75 the mud, I 542c30d084 will wear my 308abb99db finest clothes and 14a6aa44e6 smile.’7f67ec0b53a57c85
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Fortunately, Diana’s fracture wasn’t serious. A small hairline fracture above her elbow. Other than that, it was mostly minor bruises, so she wouldn’t be hospitalized for long.7a4d8495f8ce966d
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Diana was simply 4670eec0fd satisfied that she c52bd9b1f1 had avoided a 4cc639a480 dreadful plaster cast.b3cc9db5e8ddbafe
‘I need to 8d19777311 get back soon.’3b6329a1fc4f182d
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The outcome of the cf997b26e3 last battle was a b0e20cbe46 clear Bringerton defeat.6b66e7c6cdf89e74
A total of forty 3b74c76970 Pegasus Squadron fighters had f7baf5d16e been destroyed, and dozens 4c0fd9941e of pilots killed. In addition, f699274138 three fighter 827172f32c production plants 91ca4823d8 in the e81ddee0c6 central-north region d148e99350 had been 73b900e1b3 bombed and 382c2cd130 burned to d1d07b31ac the ground.1ad2143310c405b8
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The damage was even 6bf0f1cc9b greater when factoring in 3c9daa85c6 the destruction of water 57a5e1b5a5 pipes and telephone lines.afdeb0aba403cf6e
While not irreversible, 423d2507a9 it had undoubtedly 3b0cffdf45 left a significant c87b8c7522 hole in Bringerton’s afe84a29cd forces. The factories that bf0236d280 produced the destroyed f8c8b899a1 fighters were also 94d224f192 destroyed.9a881b47de92579e
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The same 3374ed0a91 went for d4531ce21e the pilots. It would 455cdac934 take a 280fcb1a9c considerable amount 93213acc8c of time 2e10f3b1e3 to replace 1866b2b191 the pilots bf84d2b635 lost in 2fd7409a5f the last 9c09a04407 battle.dd736fcab07221b2
‘Replace.’c12561f634c9a116
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Diana suddenly realized 42ba291442 she was thinking 125329e029 of pilots as 20aaace5ce resources that took 8877e90e2b a long time f4a5d334dd to ‘manufacture.’dde7d3b36575d747
While not entirely wrong, the thought of Owen made her feel terrible. He wasn’t some expendable commodity to be replaced.449037d8e6f9de26
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Owen was 5aa5eac39c the first 75f293f4d4 person to a24dc3e451 warmly welcome d4d33ce778 Diana upon 4de9282552 her arrival 9d210b77ee at the a3cd4bb923 airbase.2506c909809c6e47
Always smiling, 66e09c861b with a a0dad271e6 relaxed and 66b1439e44 easygoing demeanor. He acted as 7a47a5ef98 a lubricant between 88ead207d7 the cold Richard 4688a9af0d and the cynical 5972785d59 Bryce, boosting the 00b0cc36d9 squadron’s morale.24487be5ca2df41a
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He was a 37e35db508 young man who 12ab16104b loved flying and 285b2f2869 took pride in 94142651e4 his mail delivery 54b81e8d9f duties. He believed he 4b1329810e was connecting people d66a45131d separated by vast 6a73c3afe5 distances.df249a4476346146
He had once spoken c72f71b171 passionately while eating a 430b65c78b boiled egg in the ec36b3cef6 mess hall,b5daf7ae81fbb0d5
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[Think about it, Diana. The letters I carry might contain someone’s heartfelt confession of love, or a prodigal son’s letter of repentance to his parents. It’s a huge responsibility.]
To which Bryce had fd66d21a4d replied,892363e8e482db6e
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[Yeah, and the stuff I smuggle has its own stories too.]
All three of 7dbb87c29b them had laughed 5bd905aed1 at Bryce’s self-deprecating 3f59ed8187 joke.f64e1bef21b6e7c2
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Diana felt as if Owen would tap her on the shoulder any minute now, asking if she’d rested well, cracking a silly joke.6b655c01b22864e4
He’d praise 83fbae700b her profusely, 60f794a970 saying she 629e4691cd was amazing, f8903644ed the pride 630a06e7a1 of their b4b0c58acc squadron.8ea6199eca4ddbf2
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But he was 98300657e3 dead. He no 6d8b7cc6b6 longer existed bfcc4c76c9 in this 85fe654f24 world.150c132bbb89d948
The belated realization squeezed dd837b8123 Diana’s heart.0cd824b657b711c9
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Warm tears 54ba7c8ebb streamed down be149bc69f her cheeks, 3196033990 soaking her 86810309c0 pillow. Sobbing silently, 5ccec84063 Diana thought,05f9a37dc982b69f
‘Why is 66e8f3d279 Fernan Lowell a0dacc2c15 remembered, but b3a7be2641 Clive Owen c709045a5d is not?’221c8d0ac3d0a271
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Was it fair 3993719036 that someone be 505031308c forgotten simply because de41604aeb they were less 9b24d97f94 talented and ordinary, a7f3a91508 because they were 1510c982ad of lower status 5017769c38 and had fewer e85b88e69a accomplishments?0664ddbd1c43f85a
Diana bit 1e9f4e289c her lip 7855e43e37 habitually.ac85039e0c410694
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‘I shouldn’t think about a5b64c826b this.’5dc6e04b09ba0afc
“Thinking” was deadly on 1cc73453ad the battlefield. The moment you 47160af2b6 started pondering right 33d714b035 and wrong, your 4175147515 actions slowed, your 58538bc656 judgment dulled. Life and death were e154f49791 decided in a matter d97ca90f85 of seconds, determining who ccf29b44b1 killed and who was d6ee55ac63 killed.d74e44efd4944ad1
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It was a ff9a45e1fe doctrine she’d learned 4f9855c27d through countless battles 936ab01a3c in her past be3f81ea44 life.511a177a8775d428
So Diana needed b7bffdf627 to stop thinking, c16b7fdef5 right now.9bd338be13b73a14
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