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. We'd not only be tossed in the brig, we'd be thrown into the disrupter!"
"Not after they saw the evidence I'm downloading. Do it, Xris!" She was in earnest. Her grip on him tightened.
"Too late," Quong said coolly. "By the Holy Master, they had hyperspace, as well! They're gone!"
Xris pushed his way forward, peered out the porthole. No sign of the Canis Major. The ship had jumped into one of the nearby Lanes. He sat back down. Witat the devil was going on?
"Someone went to a lot of expense to modify that ship," Tycho observed. "Imagine, adding backup linear drive and hyperspace to a Verdi-class!"
"Of course they would," Rowan said irritably. "They would have to, with what they're planning."
"What are they planning? What have you got on them?" Xris demanded.
She looked over at him.
"Less than sixty hours from now, they're plotting to assassinate the king."
CHAPTER 28
Let fortune's bubbles rise and fall ....
John Greenleaf Whittier, A Song of Harvest
"And that," said Raoul, spreading his hands dramatically, "is my story."
He was obviously enjoying himself, enjoying his audience, enjoying being the center of attention. So much so that Xris, sucking on a twist, regarded him with suspicion.
Quong rolled up the Adonian's sleeves, made a brief examination of his arm. "He's had blood drawn. You can see the discoloration on the skin
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