by Kal Spriggs
“It's not all bad news, Jiden,” my grandmother smiled. “We did defeat them. This is a level of embarrassment that Crown Prince Abrasax is going to carry for years. And that's assuming that he recovers from it at all. Drakkus politics being what it is, I'd be surprised if one of his brothers doesn't help him fall out a window or something.”
I snorted at that. “One could only hope.”
“But there's something else, some bit of good news that I wanted to share with you,” she hesitated then. I could tell that she didn't know how to say it.
“What is it?” I asked. “Is it about my cousins? Mel and Rawn?”
She waved a hand, “No... that's a discussion for another day.” She sighed. “Among the communications we found in their network, we found multiple references to a 'prisoner.' A prisoner they captured at Black Mesa Outpost, a prisoner they've been using to try and translate your parent's research notes.”
My jaw dropped as I realized what she meant.
“Your brother is alive, Jiden.”
###
The End
Jiden Armstrong's story will continue with Valor's Stand
William Armstrong's story will begin with Lost Valor
About the Author
Kal Spriggs is a science fiction and fantasy author. He currently has five series in print: The Valor’s Child YA series, The Renegades space opera and space exploration series, the Shadow Space Chronicles military science fiction and space opera series, the Fenris space opera series, and the Eoriel Saga epic fantasy series.
Kal is a US Army combat veteran who has been deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. He’s a graduate of a federal service academy and used a lot of his experiences from there in writing the Valor’s Child books. He lives in Colorado, and is married to his wonderful wife (who deserves mention for her patience with his writing) and also shares his home with his son, and several feline overlords. He likes hiking, skiing, and enjoying the outdoors, when he's not hunched over a keyboard writing his next novel.
William Armstrong's story will begin with Lost Valor
