[HARD CONTACT] Chapter 3: He is gone

[mamuzzy]

|| Republic Commando: Hard Contact || 2004 || Book series || Military, Sci-Fi || 18+ for violence and harrowing themes || 

Her eyes closed. Images of Coruscant, her clan practicing passing a ball by thought alone, a nice hot bath, food she trusted to be clean …

Then, suddenly, every fiber in her body leapt at once. Heart pounding, Etain thought at first that she’d had one of those half dreams of falling that sometimes came when she was dozing off. But now she was fully awake and knew that she hadn’t.

Something had changed. Something in the Force had been altered, and forever. She jumped to her feet, suddenly clear what it was; she needed no training or education to understand it. Every instinct coded in her genes cried out.

Something—someone—was gone from the Force.

“Master,” she said.

She had suspected he was dead. Now she knew he was, and she knew it had happened right then.

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Ignoring the ever-present gdans, she went to the barn door and swung it open. It was an act of helplessness. There was nothing she could do, now or ever.
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Putting it down to grief and lack of sleep, Etain stumbled back inside and barred the door.
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I forgot since why they weren't searched for Fulier, but ok, now I got it. Etain felt his passing in the Force. Poor girl. 
We can just guess according to the chapter starting, but I think Ghez Hokan tortured him to death. 
Or maybe... giving him a mercy-kill for being a worthy-hunt? 
AAAAAA!!!!! SO MANY POSSIBILITIES!!!!