Celta Thursday: Cut snippet from Heart and Sword from the Hearts and Swords Collectio

Celta Thursday: Cut snippet from Heart and Sword from the Hearts and Swords Collection (the first story set on the starship)

"Is this all of you?" Kelse put on a haughty expression as he stared at the three mutineers in the conference room.

"We have sixty percent of the people behind us!" Randoph said.

"You might have before you started killing people."

"We didn’t kill anyone!"

"Then who did? I don’t negotiate with murderers. I know your agenda, kill the Captain, kill the people in the cryonics bay, and the ship is all yours " He smiled the smile that made men cringe. "Soon you will make a mistake. Then I’ll let the crew decide what to do with you."

Randolph gulped, shot a glance at his leader. When that man shook his head, Randolph kept his mouth shut. The young man was intelligent. And misguided. And loyal to the point of stupidity.