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too late. He saved her from getting killed, but he didn’t make it to her in time to stop the attack. They’re not sure if she’s going to survive. We have to go to Telos right now.” Serge was instantly fully awake; he stood without saying a word and began to get dressed. He knew if Ariel died that this would be his wife’s breaking point, and it would be all out war against Natora and his Enclave.
    “I’m so sorry, Nina, I will have the speeder ready to leave in two minutes. She will make it. She is a fighter just like every other Marcos I know.” He moved to embrace her and she leaned into his chest. She held back tears as her husband comforted her, but she couldn’t get her mind off her cousin.
    “Natora will pay for this if I have to pull the trigger myself, Serge.” Nina remarked in a voice a little bit louder than conversational. He was thankful they had been employing a jamming field. He decided to give her space to just let it all out. After she went on about it for a few more minutes while she was dressing, Serge came into the room with Frost. The snow wolf immediately sensed his master’s sadness and began to gently nudge Nina’s leg with her muzzle. She then put her head in her master’s lap. Serge smiled at their faithful pet as Nina absently pet her.
    “When you are ready, my love, we will leave. It might be wise to refrain from threats against our military leader once we leave the house, though.” With that they were on their way to Telos to see if Ariel would survive and protect her if she did.
     
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    In a sector of the Milky Way Galaxy unknown to the Coalition, the secret Jarlevian envoy was gathering a large amount of intelligence on the Barrafoss and the Rodajhan. It seemed as if everything that had been shown to the approved delegation was accurate, and this alliance of non-humans really did hate humanity as much as Jarlevians did. One important fact they had found out was that these aliens never seemed to attack other aliens. They only attacked humans, which meant that Jarlevia was not being lied to or set up. The Barrafoss envoy on Jarlevia had come to a similar conclusion, but the Jarlevian High Council suspected they already knew how much the Jarlevians hated humans or they would not have contacted them. As the unofficial envoy prepared to return to Jarlevia, and the official delegation was enjoying their time among like-minded aliens, the High Council had decided they would put the matter to a vote in a week’s time.
    “This could be exactly what Jarlevia needs.” Thansar exclaimed as the High Council imagined their fleet taking another run at Earth with an additional four powerful fleets at their side. “Imagine the arrogant humans with nowhere to run as the alliance destroys their outer colonies. Imagine their resource worlds being used to serve our cause. Then, imagine their corrupt Core and cowardly leaders begging for their lives as we show them no mercy. There will not be enough tricks in the galaxy for Colonel Marcos and Admiral Bliney to save them this time.” Thansar allowed himself a smile at the thought of Marcos and Bliney dead before him and their precious Coalition in ruins before the might of superior beings.
    The first thing they hoped to do with their new alliance, should they accept, was take down a few human worlds together. They would see how well they worked together. If everything went smoothly, another push for Earth would be something they hoped they could talk their allies into. It just made sense. There were very few human worlds in either the Jarlevian Sector or the Syndicate Sector that could stand against them. They knew that none of those worlds would go on the offensive. Earth’s cluster of worlds on the other hand were no strangers to war, in the past ten years alone, they had pushed the Pack advance all the way back to their sector, and had defeated a large invasion from Jarlevia. They had powerful ships and intelligent leaders. They