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He’s Back! Lone Wolf Has Returned

11 Saturday Jun 2016

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After many months of deliberating, I decided to reissue the Lone Wolf Series on my own, rather than going through a company. Wil’s back and better than ever, with brand new covers to show off! Step back into the world of Lone Wolf and let Wil, Matilda and the crew of Flotilla take you on a wild ride! Available now in ebook format, Lone Wolf books will soon be available in paperback at Amazon.

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Shakazhan: Book 2 in the Lone Wolf series, Shakazhan picks up where Lone Wolf ended. Things are in a right state, but this time Wil and Matilda have some new friends. With the help of the Kindred, they just might make it out of this mess alive. Available July 9 in reissue from Pennywise Press.

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The Maker: Book 3 in the Lone Wolf series, The Maker takes readers inside the planet of Shakazhan, introducing new and amazing characters. Though reeling from an attack on the planet, Wil and Matilda lead a struggling, but scrappy army to victory. Reinforcements arrive from a very unexpected source. Available August 13 in reissue from Pennywise Press.

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The Kahlea: Book 4 in the Lone Wolf series, The Kahlea introduces new races and exciting new characters. Realizing that their army isn’t strong enough to defeat the Kahlea alone, Wil decides to send a small exploratory party into Shakazhan with the intent of meeting the inhabitants and forming allies. Has he finally bitten off more than the can handle? This fascinating new book will be available in September 2016 from Pennywise Press.

Lone Wolf Coming Soon to a Book Site Near You!

03 Friday Jun 2016

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Covers by Suzette Vaughn

Yes, friends, that’s right! The Lone Wolf books are finally coming back! Now, with new and more beautiful covers, you can get them in e-book form and also in paperback. However, if it hasn’t got this colorful new cover, it’s not an authorized Dellani Oakes edition.

Lone Wolf – Book 1, will hit the shelves on Saturday, June 11. Shakazhan – Lone Wolf Book 2 will return on Saturday, July 9 and The Maker – Lone Wolf Book 3 will follow on Saturday, August 13. I’m taking September off to visit my mom in Kansas, and will get The Kahlea – Lone Wolf Book 4, out in October. No set due date yet.

For your reading enjoyment, I have a short teaser from The Kahlea – Lone Wolf Book 4, coming in October of 2016.

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Cover by Suzette Vaughn

The compound was eerily silent this late at night. It felt odd being outside at this hour. A shiver ran up his spine and he was almost sorry to be alone. Matilda lay asleep on Styx and Mariah had spent the night with Marc and Becky on Hammer. With a shrug to ease the tingle, he walked forward, hands in pockets, shoulders hunched against the cold. He’d forgotten a jacket and even he got chilly on occasion. His Kindred suit covered his body, providing the heat he needed.

A shadow moved to his right and detached itself from the duty post he was passing. The soft challenge, asking for a password, gave him the feeling of companionship. The young man stepped forward more into the light after Wil spoke the correct countersign, and smiled, offering the young man a cheroot.

“Lone Wolf, what brings you out at this time of night? It’s only for bats and night owls like me, not old men like you. You should be home asleep beside your beautiful wife.” He took the proffered cheroot, leaning over to the light Wil held up.

Wil chuckled. “Acey, anyone ever tell you that you’re completely full of shit?”

Smirking the younger man replied. “No more full of it than you, Old Man. Want company? The fellow relieving me is due any minute. You’ve the look of a man who doesn’t wish to be alone.”

“Actually, for the first time I can remember, I really don’t want to be alone with my thoughts. I find myself to be rather sullen company. I’d be glad to have you to talk to.” The two men leaned against the wall of the duty hut, waiting for Acey’s replacement in silence. When he arrived, Acey checked out and departed, walking aimlessly. Wil had intended to visit Leordovik’s tomb when he’d come down, but somehow Wil was drawn a different way. They walked slowly to the edge of the lake, gazing into the still, black water.

“The sky is so empty here, not like at home,” Acey said with a hint of regret.

“I know. My home world was alive with stars. I’ve seen so many other planets in my lifetime, so many night skies. I don’t know, sometimes this place seems like home and other times it’s like I’m a stranger here.”

“I know the feeling well. It’s disconcerting.”

“To say the least.”

“What brings you down here, Lone Wolf?”

“I don’t know. I thought I was gonna talk to the mummy,” this was the slang term for Leordovik’s entombed body. “I think maybe I came to talk to you instead.”

Acey laughed with a touch of irony. “You’re the last person I can think of who would want to speak to me on any occasion.”

“What makes you say that?”

“Truly, Wil, we’ve never gotten along terribly well. I don’t think you even like me very much.”

Wil puffed slowly on his cheroot, using the time to examine Acey appraisingly. Blowing out the aromatic smoke, he squinted through the haze before his eyes.

“On the contrary, Acey. I don’t dislike you at all. You’ve been kind of an arrogant young punk, but when I was your age, I was so full of myself, I was disgusting. Why I didn’t get myself killed in a bar fight, I can’t imagine. Maybe in my own way, I was being watched over by a guardian angel, who knows?”

“You believe in angels?”

Wil shrugged. “After what I’ve seen the past seven years, kid, I’m ready to believe just about any damn thing.”

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Shakazhan – The Lone Wolf Series Book 2

21 Thursday Apr 2016

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This lovely cover created by Suzette Vaughn

Having reached a mysterious planet, deep in uncharted space, Wil and Matilda find themselves in peculiar circumstances. Led here by Riley, and nearly killed in a massive explosion, they take refuge with an alien race who call themselves the Kindred. From what they can tell, the Kindred are silicon based lifeforms. Highly intelligent beings, they don’t speak – they are telepathic. Matilda is injured and is given expert medical aid by one of the Kindred healers. Afterward, they sit down for dinner – if you can call it that.

Wrinkling her nose at the unsavory looking, pinkish gray, pulpy rectangle, she glanced over at the cooking fire with longing. “Whatever they’re fixing smells delicious.”

“I don t think we had better try their food, I doubt their diet would agree with us.”

Matilda took the trail food reluctantly, breaking off a piece and adding a little water. Biting in, she shuddered. “Strawberry Beef Supreme? Ugh! Who thinks of these things? “

Wil took his own package nibbling experimentally at the corner. “Marc and I developed theories over the years. First was that they simply do the combinations at random. Second was that they spend an inordinate amount of time thinking hard what would be the most disgusting combinations known to mankind. My favorite, a team of nutritionists gathered at a convention, got ripping drunk and played Scrabble with the food pyramid. Think Strawberry Beef Supreme is bad? I once got Mango Macaroni Surprise. The surprise was that it was completely inedible.” Grinning, Wil ate his Strawberry Beef Supreme with great relish. It was filling and it wasn’t Mango Macaroni Surprise.

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Characters Gone Mad with Wilhelm VanLipsig of the Lone Wolf Series

08 Thursday Oct 2015

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This lovely new cover created by Suzette Vaughn

Recently, I was invited on JD Holiday’s show to talk about my sci-fi books. She did a fun interview, with a clever twist and I was delighted to be part of her first show! You can catch Characters Gone Mad here!

The character interviewed was Wilhelm VanLipsig, the dangerously handsome main character in my sci-fi series. Wil is a tall man, wickedly built, with dark brown, curly hair. His eyes are such a dark brown, they look black. In the first book, Lone Wolf, he has a scar that runs down the left side of his face from forehead to chin and he sports an eye patch that is rumored to cover some unspeakable horror.

Although I answered the questions for Wil in the interview, I have answered them below as him.

If you were to choose a sidekick from a 1950s era sitcom, who would you choose and why?

I don’t need a sidekick, but if I were to choose one, I’d pick Eddie Haskell from Leave it to Beaver.

That seems an odd choice, Wil. Why?

Because under that smarmy, Yes Man facade, beats the heart of a true warrior. I could hone him into a natural born killer in no time.

If you turned your talents to inventing, what would you make?

I’d build a better mousetrap. By that, I mean I would develop tools for warriors so they could kill less and conquer more. After six decades of being a Galactic Marine, I’m tired of killing.

If given the situation where you had to sacrifice yourself to save someone else, or let them die to save yourself, what would you do?

I’d figure out a way to save us both. There are always alternatives and I don’t believe in a no-win scenario.

What would you do if your best friend’s girlfriend walked in on you when you were naked? If you suffered shrinkage, would you make up some excuse to explain it away?

Well, first of all, I don’t have shrinkage issues, so no explanation would be necessary. If she walked in on me, that wouldn’t bother me at all. I’d offer her to partake and give her the best sex of her entire life.

If you were to step into another book, what might it be, and how would you react?

I’d cross into Tolkien’s world, fly my ship to the Halls of Mordor, knock down the gate, kill Sauron and melt the ring with my blaster. Shortest fantasy book ever.

If you could be a reptile, what would it be?

We talking Earth reptiles only? If so, Komodo Dragon.

What would you do if you were ever invited to River Dance?

I’d shoot Michael Flatly.

If you were an author and put Dellani in it, what kind of book would it be?

I’d write something like Pitch Black or Aliens. She’d be the Riddick or Ripley character and kick serious ass. Of course, I’d put myself there with her to help her along. If she survived, we’d have ourselves a hot love scene as the bodies burned.

What is one compliment you might accept from your men?

I don’t do compliments. I don’t think I deserve their adoration, to be honest. If they said anything about me, I hope they would say I’m a fair leader.

Do you think they would call you a good man?

No. Because I’m not.

What sports do you enjoy?

Does sex count? I enjoy a variety of sports, the more brutal the better. I encourage my people to play sports. It helps them relax and bond as a team.

If you had a theme song, what might it be?

It would either be Let the Bodies Hit the Floor by Drowning Pool. Or, depending on my mood, Die Motherfucker Die by Dope.

Dellani Oakes is the author of 8 published novels (and 73 finished but unpublished, as well as 45 unfinished). Her books are available at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, Smashwords and other online retail outlets.

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Presenting Marc Slatterly, Former Galactic Marine and Galactic Mining Guild Captain

12 Thursday Feb 2015

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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000035_00020]Marc Slatterly is Wil’s second in command. A lifelong friend, he’s always been Wil’s most trusted companion (until meeting Matilda, of course). They’ve been in more battles than either of them cares to remember and somehow, miraculously, lived to tell about it.

What is your name?

Marc Slatterly.

What do you do?

I’m a retired Galactic Marine and former Captain of the Galactic Mining Guild. Now, I’m second in command of the Shakazhan Force.

What is your biggest fear?

I don’t scare easily, but I’m worried that one day Wil is going to get himself in a scrape that I can’t dig him out of. He’s gotten us into some hot spots before, but we always manage to squeak by. When does out luck run out?

What would you give up everything to have?Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000035_00022]

What kind of question is that? I would give up a lot for Becky and our kids. I’d sacrifice my life to keep them safe. But when you get down to it, if you give everything up, lay down your life, who’s going to keep them safe the next time?

What is the biggest mistake you’ve ever made and are you going to be able to rectify it?

The biggest mistake I ever made was not trusting Wil when he said Lill was a traitor. I should have believed him, no matter what. We lost a lot of years because I was an idiot who traded my best friend’s fidelity for a back-stabbing bitch.

What food would you never eat?

Mango Macaroni Surprise. The surprise is, it’s completely inedible. I would rather starve than eat that again. There aren’t words to describe how bad it is.

cropped-lone-wolf-cover-scanned-500-x-7501.jpgYou’ve dressed to impress. What are you wearing?

You’ve never seen anything more impressive than the uniform of a Galactic Marine. It’s flashy as hell, but damn it’s impressive!

What one thing have you found unattainable thus far in your life?

I guess I’ve lived a fairly charmed life. Everything I’ve most wanted, I’d attained. If we could beat back this damn Kahlea, well, that’d be great.

What is about to change for you?

If the Kahlea shows up as expected, life as we know it will change. I like to hope we’ll stop him before he gets here. At the very least, we’ll be able to stop him before he kills us all.

Where do you live?

We make our home on Hammer, a sentient warship that’s in orbit around the planet of Shakazhan. Want the coordinates?

What do you see when you look in the mirror?lone wolf series banner 3

I see a man who’s been through hell and lived to tell about it. I’ve got my demons, but I’ve managed to conquer most of them. I see a face that hasn’t aged in over 60 years. It’s a blessing and a curse. I also see a problem solver, a leader, husband, father, brother…. It’s the face of a man doing his best and loving hard.

Who do you hate and why?

I used to hate Wil, but that faded after the first decade. I still hate Wil’s step-father, Pyle. That man’s been dead over 50 years and I’d still like to kill him.

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SHAKAZHAN – Book Two in the Lone Wolf Series

07 Sunday Jul 2013

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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000035_00022]The long awaited sequel to Lone Wolf is finally here! I am proud to announce Shakazhan – Lone Wolf Series Book Two, is AVAILABLE NOW!

When last we saw our heroes, Matilda Dulac and Wilhelm VanLipsig, the happy, though somewhat stressed, couple had followed the villainous John Riley to the inhospitable surface of the planet Iyundo, three standard years’ travel from civilized space.

They and their ship, the Galactic Mining Guild vessel, Flotilla, had pursued Riley to Iyundo. Once there, he continued to evade them, guided by an evil entity known only as Kahlea. With the Kahlea’s help, Riley escapes once more, this time employing an ages old teleportation device.

Our story begins where Lone Wolf left off. But that’s not the part I’m gonna share with you. You can read that in another entry here.

Excerpt from Shakazhan

Little does the crew from Flotilla know it, but they were followed by the Galactic Marine Ship Hannibal. The Chairman of the Galactic Committee, Aisulov, is aboard the vessel. Their mission? To track down the source of a galaxy wide transmission that caused widespread chaos, including the destruction of Aisulov’s home planet.

The Hannibal certainly didn’t expect to find Flotilla here. Below is the conversation between Flotilla’s captain, Marc Slatterly (Wil & Matilda’s friend) and the captain of Hannibal.

Galactic Marine Ship, Hannibal—Approaching Iyundo, 2240 GMT

Galactic Committee Chairman Aisulov wasn’t the first person woken on his vessel. In fact, he wasn’t even the second or the fifth person roused on the Galactic Marines flag ship, Hannibal. Aisulov was the last person thawed because his security measures had to be in place before the doctor could wake him.

Only his personal physician could initiate and complete the process. The duty weighed heavily on the unfortunate man. If anything went wrong, he paid a heavy price. The Vandaran people believed in a life for a life.

It was with this unhappy thought in mind that Dr. Stanley J. Savolopis, III began defrosting the Chairman of the Galactic Committee. Fortunately for Dr. Stan, as well as Chairman Aisulov, the process went smoothly and the leader of the Galactic Committee was amongst the thawed once again.

Dr. Stan made the mental observation that being frozen for three years had done nothing at all to improve Aisulov’s personality. He was still obstinate and dictatorial. Far be it from the doctor to point out that Aisulov had made this trip voluntarily, not forced to by his job. Stan was trapped by both distance and contract. He could do nothing to escape from his current position, short of killing himself—not an option, as far as he was concerned.

Dr. Stan’s reputation as the best doctor in the galaxy had ensnared him. Aisulov refused to take no for an answer. Stan’s wife, Karyn, also made it impossible for him to decline, insisting this was the most prestigious job a doctor in the entire galaxy. She envisioned herself being the toast of parties, lauded as the wife of the best physician in the known universe. Stan hoped she was enjoying it. He preferred to continue his medical research.

Smoothing his light brown hair with one hand, he straightened his uniform as he gazed in the mirror of his quarters. Medium blue eyes started back at him, taking in a face that rarely betrayed his emotions. Stan was a professional and a consummate concealer. If he weren’t, his wife and Aisulov would have figured out how much he hated his job.

Far from known space, the crew of Hannibal was on edge. A mysterious transmission, nearly three years ago, led to the destruction of several planets. When Aisulov’s home was annihilated, along with his wife and children, he insisted on following the path of the cataclysmic communication, personally.

Captain Benjamin Drexel, commander of the Hannibal, paced the bridge as he assessed their situation. Three years of cryo sleep had brought him and his crew to a place no other ships should be. And yet—there was a mysterious ship in orbit around the planet.

Angry and flummoxed, Drexel scrambled his fighters and raised his shields. Taking his seat in the big chair, he prepared a greeting—both friendly and intimidating, for the captain of the other ship.

“Any luck identifying that ship, Warrant Officer Wilson?” He barked at the young woman on communications.

“No, sir. Still getting the robotic garbage scow reading off her.”

“Well, we can all see that’s a lie,” his second said, making a rude gesture at the screen.

“Thanks, Ray,” Ben snapped.

“Anytime, sir,” Ray replied, nonplussed.

Making his daily rounds, Dr. Stan headed to the bridge. Curious about the furor, he went to the captain’s ready room. Not finding Drexel there, he headed to the bridge, a cup of coffee for the captain his excuse for being there. Captain Drexel turned to speak to the doctor. Before he could properly thank Stan for the coffee, he was interrupted.

“Captain,” it was his First Officer, Ray Schmidt. “You need to see this.”

Drexel turned suddenly, knocking the coffee from Stan’s outstretched hand. Cleaning bots scurried underfoot as the men moved around the oval shaped room. After watching the screen a moment, Drexel called for red alert. The blaring klaxon started, propelling all hands to their battle stations. Checking the weapon and fighter status, Ben ordered Warrant Officer Wilson to do a full sweep. A damaged ship and the remains of another filled his view screen.

“Any luck figuring out who she is?” Drexel asked the petite brunette.

“I’m getting varying readings, sir. I get a feedback that identifies it as a Mining Guild robotic garbage scow. But our scanners read it as a Planetary Class Mining Vessel? The other ship—it can’t be identified, sir. It shouldn’t exist. . . .”

Yet there it was.

“Hail them, Wilson. Let’s see who answers.”

“Aye, Captain.”

The hail went out and a few moments later the screen flickered. Ben stared into the bear-like countenance of a gigantic man with dark red hair. He looked slightly familiar, but not enough to have a name attached to the face. He held his arm in such a way that Ben couldn’t see his ID tag.

“Greetings, Captain. Fancy meeting you here,” the unfamiliar captain greeted Ben.

The other man was either an idiot or trying to be flippant, Drexel couldn’t be sure. Ben’s concern wasn’t the politeness of the man he addressed. His job was to assess the situation and deal with it.

“Your signature reads Mining Guild robotic scow, Captain. Mind explaining?”

The other man’s gaze never left his, but Ben saw a slight flicker of movement to the left side of his screen. Something was decidedly going on over there.

“That was a diversionary tactic,” the Mining Guild officer said with a forced smile. “Captain?”

“Drexel. Galactic Marine Cruiser Hannibal. And you’re obviously not the garbage scow that our scanners insist that you are.”

The red haired captain smiled. “Very true, Captain Drexel. We are the Guild Mining Ship Flotilla and I’m Captain Slatterly.” He moved his arm so Ben could read his identity tag.

Leaning toward the screen, Ben shifted his shoulders uneasily. The name of the captain and his ship rang multiple bells. This was the man who had attacked and wounded Wil over sixty years ago. The same man now led the vessel Wil was rumored to have taken in pursuit of John Riley.

“Flotilla? Yes, we had heard you went after Riley. Am I to assume, Captain, that Riley has been terminated?”

Slatterly held his hands out in a plaintive gesture. “I wish I could say definitively that he had, Captain Drexel. That would be an erroneous statement. Riley’s ship is destroyed. He set it for self-destruct. He jettisoned prior to detonation and landed on planet. Members of our team followed him. I don’t know their status. I’m expecting a report presently.”

Drexel’s dark eyes narrowed. He tapped his black, neatly trimmed mustache with long fingers. Something was wrong with this picture, but what it was, he couldn’t be sure. Slatterly was telling the truth, but Drexel sensed he wasn’t telling quite all of it. This secrecy smacked of Wil’s involvement. Growing more wary by the minute he forced his face to remain neutral.

“Who were the team members who went after Riley?” Drexel asked abruptly.

Ben wanted a straight answer, a lot rode on that. If Wil was in the middle of this fiasco, he’d be the one in pursuit. Slatterly had something planned. What it was, Drexel didn’t know. His own fighters were in flight. Pending Slatterly’s answer, they’d attack. Already crippled, the was little the mining ship could do against a Galactic Marine Corps warship.

“Their names are immaterial, Captain Drexel.”

“Humor me please, Captain Slatterly. Their names?”

Five fighters hovered near the belly of Flotilla. Slatterly wasn’t kidding around. Drexel wondered in passing what a Mining Guild vessel was doing with fighter support. That was highly irregular, not to mention illegal, but he let it slide for the moment. Motioning to First Lieutenant Schmidt, Ben signaled for the fighters to launch on his mark, which he gave just a few moments later. He’d get answers even if he had to shoot first.

“Captain Drexel, let’s not play games here. I’ve nothing to conceal from you. Their names are immaterial, but if you must know, Colonel and Captain VanLipsig are on planet with Riley in custody.”

Ben fought again for control, winning this time. Wil was here? That clarified the situation a lot.

“VanLipsig. Wilhelm VanLipsig?”

“The one and only, Captain Drexel.”

Drexel called his fighters back to the ship, knowing that Slatterly would’ve seen them in transit and watched them turn.

“I had no idea Wil was here.”

“You know Wil?” Slatterly was stunned.

“Hell, doesn’t everyone?” Ben chuckled, the humor reaching his dark eyes.

“Friend or foe, Drexel?”

“Friend, Captain Slatterly. Decidedly a friend.”

The Marine fighters returned to the ship. Ben canceled his red alert, sensing Slatterly had done the same. The Flotilla’s fighters headed back to their hanger.

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dellani photo dark redDellani Oakes is a slightly less than crazy author who makes her home, not in deep space, but on the east coast of Florida. When she’s not writing, she’s editing, reading, writing reviews or attending the to the needs of her family.

Dellani claims she has enough books finished to keep her publisher happy for years to come. Included in this bounty are three more books in the Lone Wolf series – with a fourth one still under construction.

SHAKHAZHAN! Book 2 in the Lone Wolf series

05 Wednesday Jun 2013

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Pageflex Persona [document: PRS0000035_00022]Chapter 1

The Inhospitable Surface of Iyundo—1630 Galactic Mean Time (GMT)

“Where the hell did he go? I hit Riley point blank! It’s impossible for me to miss at that range!”

In a fit of peevishness, Wil threw his gun to the ground, kicking debris over it. Matilda moved to the control panel. Flames licked at it, consuming the ancient device.

“We won’t get this working again.” She kicked it hard, the tip of her steel toed boot bouncing off the console. Finding a port for her scanner, she downloaded information from the console.

“That’s a waste, baby.”

“You never know what we can find out. Even a fragment can help.”

Wil knew she was right, he just didn’t want to admit it. “We need to get out of here before that blows.”

“One more minute….” Matilda replied in a casual singsong.

Picking up his gun, Wil considered the flames. “The way that fire is going?”

“Put it out, then,” she snapped as she watched the status bar on her download.

“Yes, Ma’am.” He saluted flippantly, searching for something to extinguish the flames, but found nothing but unusable debris that would only succeed in feeding the fire.

“Speed it up, baby, I can’t put it out.”

“Almost done.”

Flames leaped higher. Wil watched with growing concern. Just as he was about to grab her and run, she uncoupled the scanner and set off at a sprint. Wil followed her, trying to shield her body if the console blew. They dove behind a pile of rubble, keeping their heads down.

A small, fuzzy creature burst into the room, gesticulating wildly. Eyes wide with panic, he chittered at them in a language their translators couldn’t decode. His face sported a slight snout, but there was intelligence in the bright, dark eyes. Dressed in a loin cloth, his body was covered with a soft layer of fur and was only marginally humanoid in configuration. He had a head, two arms and two legs, but there the resemblance to humans stopped.

Wil aimed his weapon at it, calm but wary. Matilda stopped him with a hand on his arm.

“Wait! He’s okay. Listen.” She tilted her head toward the creature.

“Listen to what? That’s gibberish.”

“He’s telepathic. Come on.” She followed the creature without question.

“Matilda! Wait!”

“Shut up and follow him. It’s not safe here.”

Wil went after her reluctantly, more to protect her than because he trusted the creature.

“Hurry! Felix says it’s about to blow.”

“Who’s Felix?”

“He is.”

“Who told you?”

She huffed sharply, exasperated. “He did.”

The control panel fire gained intensity. The area around it blazed. A low rumble reached them, the earth trembling below their feet, cracks forming in the walls and floor. They moved away from the fire and deeper into the building, opposite the way they had entered.

The way was often blocked by fallen walls and broken, decaying furniture. This had been a showplace once. The vestiges of its long forgotten beauty were still visible—here a green marble floor, there a magnificent chandelier made of jewels.

“Where is he taking us?” Wil demanded.

“He’s showing me a picture of a courtyard out this way.” She pointed to their right. “It’s safer than going back the way we came.”

Wil followed unwillingly, senses alert. His hackles rose, his nerves tingled. Matilda could sense tension and concern in Wil’s every move. The sense of urgency she got from Felix made her doubly uncomfortable.

The rumbling and rushing of air grew louder and closer. Risking a look behind them, Matilda saw the chamber they’d left seethed with flames. The front of the building, where they’d entered, fell into a flaming pit. Silver tinged fire burst suddenly from its depths.

“Hurry!” Wil yanked on her arm as he passed her.

The urging from Wil was unnecessary. Matilda tried to keep up, but his legs were considerably longer and he could cover more ground in a mile eating lope, hardly winding him. Panting, she trotted beside him. The hot, dry air burned the back of her throat. The fire raged to the rear, erupting anew. It raced closer, singeing their hair. Their lungs rasped with each breath.

Felix ducked behind a fallen set of doors, raced around a corner and led them to a courtyard, surrounded on three sides by the building they’d just exited. The fourth was gone, long ago fallen to rubble. The air behind them grew hotter. The walls bulged and vibrated violently.

“It’s going to blow, Wil!”

Matilda took off at a dead run, legs pumping as hard as they could, her lungs burning. Wil moved behind her, shortening his stride. He wanted to take the brunt of the shock wave and any shrapnel. Matilda stumbled, sliding sideways. He reached out to grab her, missing as her body tipped away from him. Her knee hit hard on a sharp rock protruding from the rubble. Standing with difficulty, she gritted her teeth, determined to continue.

Felix stopped. The sight of her blood worried him. His saucer shaped eyes held deep concern. He glanced behind them nervously, though he waited patiently for her to rise.

Matilda could barely put her weight on her leg. Shaking her head, she limped forward a few inches, nearly falling again.

Wil scooped her up in his arms, running faster than Matilda could have on her own. His long legged stride devoured the distance toward safety. They ran over the stark terrain, Wil’s legs rapidly eating up the miles. Felix chittered and gesticulated, pointing to a deep depression in the landscape. He ran toward it, not waiting for Wil, trusting him to follow.

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