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more than when he'd stepped from the fighter.
    Instead of killing her, the general lifted her chin up to force Lana to look him straight in the eyes. The armor's hot glove burned her flesh, but the captain didn't pull away. She made herself stare right back at the general, holding onto the one thing she knew for certain, which was that Brions only recognized strength. Worgen especially, by the looks of him.
    She didn't know what exactly she had done, but a crooked smile appeared on the general's face. It almost seemed to hurt, as if his skin had never moved that way before. Lana felt a cold shiver run down her spine.
    She couldn't think of anything to say to convince Worgen otherwise before the general said:
    "I think it might be you."
    While Lana searched for an answer, he moved on as if there was nothing else to say. Her mind was spinning so fast it made her dizzy.
    Okay, he said "I think," so he's not sure. Brion men get that recognizing moment, right? If it happens, if it's real, they know. So there might still be a way out for me.
    That was comforting, but not as much as she would have liked. If the moment did happen, Lana knew there would be no escape for her, ever. Brions valued their sacred bonds above all else; they wouldn't let anything take it from them. And if Worgen thought she was his... Lana refused to even consider it.
    A scream tore the captain from her thoughts. She looked toward the sound to see Worgen standing in front of one of her crewmen. The shocked expression on the man's face was in eerie contrast to the passiveness on Worgen's. The spear in the general's hand was bloody. In the next moment, the man slumped to the ground and the bay descended into panic.
    Lana pulled a gun from her hip, aiming it at the general. The crooked smile greeted her again as she fired, the shots bouncing from the armor without even scratching the surface. A Brion warrior was at her side in the next second, the sharp blade of his spear on her throat. The captain dropped the gun when she felt blood trickling down her neck. Lana thought she'd die, but the expression on Worgen's face was almost approving and the warrior backed away.
    "Search the ship," he ordered calmly. "Gather all the human females and others. Kill the men."
    Over the noise that followed, Lana heard the general add, before retreating to his fighter:
    "Spare the Palians."
    Then there was only blood and screams and death.
     
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    The Brions left no man alive in their wake, except for the Palians. Lana had tried to fight after the general had left, but neither she nor her crew were warriors like their enemies. Running did no good and neither did fighting. The Brions went through the ship with merciless vigor and Lana was left to listen to the screams of the dying. Their futile resistance did nothing, and in the end deadly silence reigned over the carnage.
    Lana swore she'd do anything in her powers to stop Worgen.
    Only with every day that passed, the task seemed more impossible. The captain refused to listen to Fraly when the man asked her to leave the cleaning up to others. Lana told him straight out that they were her crew and she'd see the death herself. Only that—helping to carry the corpses and clean up the blood—showed her exactly how outmatched they had been. There was no one aboard the Raptor who could stand against even one Brion warrior, not to even speak of the entire Abysmal and Worgen himself.
    Gritting her teeth, Lana ordered the Raptor to obey and sail where the Abysmal went, hoping that an opportunity to fight back would present itself. In the meantime, she could gather valuable information and look for a way to deliver it to the Union. The Brion patrols still aboard her ship had broken the comm links, along with any means of getting in touch with the rest of the galaxy.
    Lana was also busy trying to avoid the general. Every few days, she was called to the warship to meet Worgen. To her absolute relief, the general didn't touch her.
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