Her Celestial Farm on the Scrapyard Planet (by Kay Lucas) novel Chapter 438

Chapter 438 Whoa

Chapter 438 Whoa

The comm channel fell silent.

Then Tyson’s voice came through, shaking so badly it was barely recognizable. “What… what just happened?”

On the ground, Dwayne was still sitting where he’d dropped, his mouth hanging open wide enough to fit a fist through.

Tiffany stood with her jaw slack and her eyes blown wide.

Deon stared at the fireball on the screen, and his mind had simply stopped working.

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He turned his head slowly toward the spot where Rupert’s ship had been. All that remained was a burning wreck failing toward the ground.

Then, through the comm, Rupert’s voice came through.

Broken and fragmented, like a dying man’s last words.

“Sir… the Chief of Staff… said this farm… must be wiped…”

The voice cut out.

Deon stood there, perfectly still, like something carved from stone.

In the air, Desmond’s ship hung exactly where it had been, completely unharmed, without so much as a scratch on the hull.

The white light had vanished, as though it had never existed at all,

Desmond opened his eyes and found himself still alive.

He looked down at his own hands. He looked out the window at the wreckage falling in the distance. He stood there frozen, unable to process any of it, like a man caught between waking and dreaming.

“Boss…” Tobin said, struggling to get the word out. “Did we just…”

“We didn’t die,” Desmond said.

His voice was steady. His hands were shaking.

“That light…” Sevyn murmured. “What was that…”

Nobody had an answer.

On the ground, Elizabeth turned slowly and looked at Deon.

Her face was still, but something was moving in her eyes.

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“Colonel Barron,” she said. Her voice was quiet, but it landed on Deon like a hammer. “It seems like your people had a bit of an

accident.”

Deon looked up at her.

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Those eyes, which had held nothing but surprise and curiosity just minutes ago, had completely changed. Shock, fury, fear, and something else, something he didn’t want to name, a raw, unmoored bewilderment.

He opened his mouth, and what came out was rough and foreign–sounding. like it belonged to someone else.

“What did you do?”

Elizabeth looked at him and said nothing.

Deon shot to his feet. His chair flew back and hit the floor with a sharp crack.

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shed dark red, and the fury in his eyes was nearly at the point of boiling over.

at you did!” His voice spiked, and he surged forward, everything about him like a cernered predator pushed past its ere Kingdom Military Command ships! Those were Military Command personnel! What did you use on them?”

rward and was seized from behind by his own team members.

ahold of yourself!”

go of me!” Deon fought against their grip, his eyes locked onto Elizabeth. “Those were six of our people! You absolute…”

Colonel Barron.”

Elizabeth’s voice wasn’t loud. It landed on him like cold water straight to the face.

She hadn’t moved. She stood exactly where she’d been, her gaze steady and nearly impassive.

“What did you just say? What did I do?”

Deon breathed hard and kept his eyes fixed on her.

“What you’re suggesting,” Elizabeth continued, her tone still quiet, “is that I, a farm owner, used some mysterious weapon! allegedly obtained from somewhere, and attacked Kingdom Military Command ships, resulting in the deaths of six service members?”

“That’s exactly what happened!” Deon’s voice cracked on the last word. “That energy cannon was not rated for inspection drills! That’s a direct violation of protocol!”

Elizabeth looked at him, and a small smile crossed her face.

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It was fair

cold premonition through Deon’s chest.

I’m doing, sir.“”

it you said to your second–in–command over the comm just now?”

Elizabeth repeated it word by word. “You said, ‘You’ve gone off course!‘ And then your

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The Cotor shifted on Deon’s face.

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Elizabeth took one step forward. It was a quiet, unhurried step, but Deon took half a step back without deciding to.

“Colonel Barron, I’d like to ask you something,” she said. “In a standard inspection drill, wheft your second–in–command broke from the designated route, what was he going off course to do?”

Deon opened his mouth. Nothing came out.

“After he broke from the route,” Elizabeth went on, “he aimed a main cannon, live aramunition, at one of our ships. Were you aware of that?”

“…”

“I heard what you shouted over the comm,” Elizabeth said, cutting him off. “You said, ‘Rupert, what in the world are you doing. By the time those words left your mouth, the energy cannon he’d fired was already nearly at our ship.”

She held Deon’s eyes without wavering.

“So, Colonel Barron, answer me this. Who fired first?”

The flush drained out of Deon’s face and left it white.

He thought about Rupert’s last words.

“Orders from Chief of Smith, sir. I’m just following my orders.”

Gregory.

The Chief of Staff.

The rage cracked apart, and underneath it was something cold and clear.

But Elizabeth wasn’t finished.

“Colonel Barron, your ships were supposed to be running low–power simulation weapons for this drill. But your second–in- command’s ship was carrying live rounds.” Her voice stayed soft and even, and every word of it cut. “Think about how this reads

୮ when it gets out. Fifth Military personnel, during an armed inspection, fired live rounds at civilian ships…”

Chapter 439 A Little Threat