He knew everything there was to know about Commander Jane Shepard, his expertise seconded only to Miranda Lawson who had headed the Lazarus project. There was something about the commander that enraptured the galaxy as a whole. Even as the Council tried to deny the existence of everything she’d warned would be coming for them, Shepard was still one of the most influential people alive.
Personally, he didn’t see what all the fuss was about. The commander was just a street urchin from Earth who’d joined the Alliance to avoid jail time. She had led her whole team to their deaths on Akuze, and it was by pure luck that she defea
Shepard had been called a lot of things throughout her long and colorful military career. Reckless, ferocious, overconfident, and foolhardy, she’d heard it all before. People often commented on her arrogance, but not even she compared to Kai Leng’s level of superiority. There was something about him that intrigued her, a magnetic pull that drew her to him. She didn’t know what laid beneath his haughty and proud exterior, but she was determined to find out.
They walked together through the Citadel’s crowded Upper Ward streets, their pace slow and casual as they made their way to the nearest rapid transit terminal. Biti
Destined to Fail Chapter 1: Distraction by Ten-Bones, literature
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Destined to Fail Chapter 1: Distraction
Kai Leng had been ordered back to the Citadel less than a solar day after his botched assassination on the Councilors. Much to his displeasure he wasn't returning to finish his original mission, instead he was doing a little clean up. A certain agent had been killed during the attack, one that had been carrying something the Illusive Man wanted, and that was all that mattered. Now he was stuck crawling through one of the larger vents that emptied out into an elevator shaft. Once he was out of the vent and inside the shaft it would be a straight shot down to the ward where the body should still be waiting, unless collected by C-Sec or one of t