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'Queen Hadiya' A Star Wars Story

Chapter One The acrid stench of blaster fire choked the air, stinging her nostrils with its reminder of victory. Each ragged breath tasted of iron and the lingering ozone tang of a battlefield. Hadiya strode across the ravaged plains of Shikaakwa, her boots grinding ash into the blood-soaked soil. A shattered vibro-lance protruded from the earth, the torn banner of Clan Vergai draped across it like a funeral shroud. "The Vergai will trouble us no more, Queen Hadiya!" The roar came from a circle of warriors, exhaustion barely masking the savage triumph in their eyes. They raised their weapons in a rough salute. "No," she agreed. There was a finality in her voice, her gaze as hard as the durasteel blade sheathed at her hip. "Shikaakwa will know unity, or it will know nothing." The rhythmic pulse of marching feet vibrated through the ground, a counterpoint to the sporadic crackle of dying fires. Her army was on the move, each step a testament to the relentless ambition burning within