Chap. 11 The Bounty Hunter's Demands
During his meeting, Ebrude had no clue that his "obedient dog wife" was making her escape. He was busy arranging for the Princess to meet Galaxo in the afterlife. Nybove had tracked her to a specific solar system that was named preserved by the Kingdoms of the Universe.
Then his Grim Reaper appeared. Desert Wells, infamous, conniving and out for revenge, she has never missed her mark. When she came in, she immediately demanded half the kingdom as reward. Her heritage of half asteroid dwarf and half Native Virbulan, she was definitely no force to mess with. Especially when she started slinging her Jade blasts around. They paralyzed any target they came in contact with.
Ebrude took her down to one fourth of the Kingdom. He also stated that if she failed, she had better not be found. Then two guards came in with important news.
They whispered in his ear and he stood and faced Desert. "If you defeat the Princess and bring her head or heart I'll give you half of the kingdom. But if you also bring me Hakura's head or heart, I'll give you Queen ship at my side."
"HA! Sorry, but I fly solo, as in no man to pull my strings," she moved her hands in a sicssor like motion while she talked. "But I will take the opportunity to get your princess for you. She will be my target and you are my employer, but if I come back with Hakura's head, I want anything she is carrying."
"It wasn't a proposition, IT WAS AN ORDER!!" Ebude shouted. He was amused at her bewildered look. So she wasn't Miss Calm'n'Cool after all. He couldn't help but like her spirit. She had spunk. There was something in her eyes that was special. Something untamed, and he wanted to bridle it for his own. She could be his wife, or his pet he said, remembering his secret weapon. It would wait till later, now what was important was the deaths of the opposers.