Chapter 35: Offspring Peltratria.

Chapter 35: Offspring Peltratria.

Place: Peltratria’s garden in the Dagerstanteen palace.

PETE WAS FAIRLY sure this was an intervention. He’d heard of those on planet Earth. Too bad all his cousins were wasting their time. He would go to Umicore Prime whether they liked it or not.

The scent of sun-warmed beams usually calmed Pete’s spiraling thoughts, but today, a prickle of unease tightened his skin. His six cousins, along with his sibling, Milray, formed a grim circle in his vibrant garden. They should be celebrating his courage, his audacity, his very Murry-like act of “taking the bull by the horns.” Instead, their collective frowns pressed down on him, heavy as gravestones.

But whatever. He’d go to Umicore Prime. They wouldn’t stop him.