In Command, page 19
The other four guards on duty came to stand beside us. There were a few more on today than normal, but instead of joining in, they kept their eyes on the crowd. They were on duty. But these four were training with me as usual.
Eshrin turned to Camaer, the guard to his right. “Better let Mae’ani know that she’s in a mood.”
I shoved Eshrin. “I’m not going to hurt you.”
He laughed and started counting down in Aunare.
I waited for him to finish counting and then I raced to the wall, with my guards a fraction of a second behind me.
Everything went calm and quiet in my mind as I climbed fast, fast, faster than anyone else could’ve climbed that wall. And when reached the top flanked on both sides with my guards, I knew I was home.
I was home. I was here. I was safe. And I was in command.
And SpaceTech? They were about to feel the full force of the di Aetes line, backed by all of the Aunare.
And as I flipped to the ground, I felt finally free. My guards landed next to me, and I yelled, “Again!”
We raced back to the wall, faster this time.
This was good. We were a team, and I knew even if it was just us against SpaceTech, I could win.
I would win, and that was everything.
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Amihanna di Aetes has finally accepted her place in the Aunare world. In a matter of weeks, she’ll be their High Queen, but no matter how hard she tries, she finds that she’s always doing the wrong thing. At least that’s what the High Council keeps telling her…
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There’s only so much rejection a girl can take, which means she’s spending her afternoons trying to get out of High Council meetings. And yet, every time she leaves the council room, she sees the disappointment on her father’s face, and worse, on Lorne’s face. It pains her, but she can’t say what they want her to say.
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The council is refusing to see the truth. War isn’t just upon the Aunare - they’re about to lose.
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Training her guards to invade Earth is a much better use of her days. She spent too much time hiding, obeying, forcing herself to do what she had to do to survive.
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She’s used up all her pretending and can only be who she is. A fighter. A leader. A warrior.
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When SpaceTech attacks the Aunare colonies, she’ll do what needs to be done –she’ll fight to defend the Aunare alone if she has to. Because Amihanna is a di Aetes. She’ll never give up. Not until SpaceTech is dismantled and Jason Murtagh is dead.
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Amihanna isn’t the queen the Aunare want. But she is the queen the Aunare need.
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About the Author
Aileen Erin is half-Irish, half-Mexican, and 100% nerd—from Star Wars (prequels don’t count) to Star Trek (TNG FTW), she geeks out on Tolkien’s linguistics, and has a severe fascination with the supernatural. Aileen has a BS in Radio-TV-Film from the University of Texas at Austin, and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She lives with her husband and daughter in Texas, and spends her days doing her favorite things: reading books, creating worlds, and kicking ass.
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