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Chapter 28

Yorix

“E xploration protocols have been updated after this,” Commander Gundar informed me. He scowled. “Not that they should have had to have been. That was pure negligence. They accepted the silence of five probes as being malfunctions without checking to see if there might have been another reason.” He pinched the bridge of his nose. “At least the bureaucrat in charge of that fiasco is being replaced and the division responsible being retrained.”

He came around the side of his desk.

“Which brings me to you. You are being given a medal for engaging the enemy and rescuing prisoners of war,”

“But we weren’t at war,” I protested.

“No, but those bots were still fighting a war that ended long ago and thought their prisoners were enemy combatants. The ambassador will be arriving next week to present it to you on behalf of the Elders on the Galactic Council. Who, by the way, are entering talks with the Narldu Cohort, with a look to sign a treaty and help them and the Grikgr hunt down the remaining bot ships, and then destroy the space station. On a personal note, your extra two weeks leave was interrupted by events, so I’ve restarted the clock on that. Take Lynn somewhere to try and forget all of this.

I knew she didn’t want to leave the relative safety of the Fleet right now, and I didn’t blame her. The Ghost Fleet was out there, somewhere pretty far away, but still, sitting in the midst of a fleet of battle cruisers was pretty comforting. Though I did know a place where she wouldn’t mind spending the better part of two weeks - our bed, in my arms, under me, riding me… My cock stiffened in my pants.

“Yes, Commander!” I said, saluting him.

“Dismissed.”

I spun on my heel, making my way as fast as I could. I had a mate to ravish as we celebrated our reunification and the good news that Council was going to join the fight to rid the galaxy of the threat of the Ghost Fleet, again and again. And then some more. And next week, after I received my medal, perhaps I’d put it around her neck and watch her pretty tits bounce with it as she rode me. I couldn’t think of anything better. After all, she’d earned the thing as much as I did. My brave starshine…

The End (for now!)