Annihilation: The Power of a Queen Read Online Free PDF

Dorg the leader of all our military and naval forces.”
     
    “Please sit down,” Tag said and everyone sat down at the conference table. Tag then looked at the two Cainth Leaders and said, “Could you please tell me why I shouldn’t kill every living thing in this system and then go after your colony worlds?”
     
    Terl noticed that the human female was staring intently at Admiral Dorg. Terl then looked at Tag, “You do get right to the point. Based on all that has happened before, I’m surprised you’re asking that question instead of just doing it. I think we both realize now that we could only slow you down and not stop you. The only thing I can offer is a promise to never be aggressive toward you again and avoid any further loss of life.”
     
    “Could you agree to that promise Admiral?” Danielle said to Dorg.
     
    Dorg said, “Yes I could.”
     
    Danielle looked at Tag and said, “Then the promise is worthless. They are not being honest with us.” Everyone in the room was surprised at her response.
     
    Tag and Kosiev both looked at each other then back at her. “Why is that?” Tag asked.
     
    “Because I sense the Admiral here hates us with all his being.” She looked at Terl and said, “He would never accept anything that would force peace between us which leads me to believe that the promise you made in the form you just used, Clan Leader, is meaningless; I suspect that only promises made from one clan to another are binding and all other promises carry no legal weight unless all clans approve it in the form of a treaty.”
     
    Terl was amazed. “How could you possibly know that?”
     
    Danielle shrugged and said, “It’s obvious if you just look at your Admiral’s reactions. Admiral, why do you hate us?”
     
    Dorg sat and said nothing. Terl looked at him and ordered, “Answer them.”
     
    Dorg snarled, “You killed my Grandfather.” Terl sat back in his chair and looked at Dorg like he had never known him. The hatred was obvious in his face, the stiffness of his body, and the tight fists on all four hands.
     
    “When and how did we do that, Admiral,” Danielle asked in a soft voice. Tag and Kosiev remained silent, looked at each other and leaned back deciding to let her lead the conversation.
     
    Dorg looked at Danielle and said, “He was killed when your ship destroyed the two destroyers and damaged one of our cruisers ninety cycles ago. He was the commander of the cruiser.”
     
    “And you blame us for his death,” Danielle said continuing to speak softly.
     
    “Yes, he would have been our Clan Leader and you ended his life.”
     
    “Admiral, does any race other than your own have any standing in your point of view?” Danielle asked?
     
    “No.”
     
    “What makes your race stand above all others?”
     
    “Because we are the strongest of all races,” Dorg yelled! “None compare to us.”
     
    Still speaking a soft voice Danielle said, “So you are saying that the strongest are the only ones that should have any standing.”
     
    “Absolutely.”
     
    “What about the present situation, Admiral? Are you still the strongest now or have you lost your standing to my race,” Danielle asked?
     
    Dorg could only sit there and struggle with a response.
     
    “Let me put it another way, Admiral. If I walked into a room with 10 other humans and we started firing hand weapons at you; are you entitled to fire back in self defense?”
     
    “Yes, of course.”
     
    “What if during that confrontation you shot one of the ten and killed him. Are you to blame for his death?”
     
    “He shouldn’t have started shooting at me first.”
     
    “What if he didn’t; it was another that started the firing?”
     
    “Then it’s the one who started firing that caused the death.”
     
    Danielle stared at Dorg for few moments then said, “Ninety of our years ago one of your Admirals came to Earth with the intention of destroying our planet when one of your visiting nobles