Chapter One
She moaned softly. He could see the blood on her cheeks and hands. Her eyes rolled toward the back of her head. "Wait mom, I'm coming" Then he heard footsteps. A cloaked figure stepped into the hut. He heard a low hum, then the figure disappeared into the darkness. His mother slumped to the ground. She was dead. "Noooo!!!!"
He started awake. His breath came in short gasps. Slowly reality flooded over him. His mother was already dead. She'd died in his arms a few months ago. He stepped from his bed and headed to his window. From where he was he could see the busy lights of Corusant. The city that never slept. The planet that was a city. This view had been his life for ten years. His other life had faded into a memory. But now it all came back. Heat, sand, light. He could hear the wind blowing the sand into his face. He could remember seeing people duck for shelter. "Sandstorms are very, very dangerous." That was his voice he heard. A lifetime ago he'd said that to someone. He'd invited them into his home. He'd introduced them to his mother. Now each of them had changed his life. And now his mother was dead.
She moaned softly. He could see the blood on her cheeks and hands. Her eyes rolled toward the back of her head. "Wait mom, I'm coming" Then he heard footsteps. A cloaked figure stepped into the hut. He heard a low hum, then the figure disappeared into the darkness. His mother slumped to the ground. She was dead. "Noooo!!!!"
He started awake. His breath came in short gasps. Slowly reality flooded over him. His mother was already dead. She'd died in his arms a few months ago. He stepped from his bed and headed to his window. From where he was he could see the busy lights of Corusant. The city that never slept. The planet that was a city. This view had been his life for ten years. His other life had faded into a memory. But now it all came back. Heat, sand, light. He could hear the wind blowing the sand into his face. He could remember seeing people duck for shelter. "Sandstorms are very, very dangerous." That was his voice he heard. A lifetime ago he'd said that to someone. He'd invited them into his home. He'd introduced them to his mother. Now each of them had changed his life. And now his mother was dead.