08ABY: Hutt & Seek by Chris Cassidy & Tish Eggleton Pahl

08ABY: Hutt & Seek by Chris Cassidy & Tish Eggleton Pahl

Author:Chris Cassidy & Tish Eggleton Pahl
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Hewlett-Packard
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00


Durga escorted them to the port city of Bilbousa where Fen had berthed the Star Lady. They set course for the nearest New Republic facility with a decent banking exchange.

As soon as the ship jumped, Ghitsa slipped out of her cockpit chair. “I’m going to get cleaned up.”

When Fen emerged from her own long, hot shower, Ghitsa was already in the cabin, sitting at the cabin’s table, intently watching the final chapter in the wooing of Leia Organa. Fen grabbed a bottle of Corellia’s finest and two glasses before sitting across from Ghitsa.

“So,” Fen began, pouring and sliding a glass across the table to her partner. Ghitsa said nothing, but did accept the drink.

“Did Durga buy it?”

“I doubt it,” Ghitsa scoffed. “But he is cautious. He won’t part with one-hundred mill without proof and thirty-seven and a half is a small price to pay, for now. All the proof will point to the Karazaks. They are more likely to cheat him than I am.”

“But you aren’t a counselor anymore.”

Ghitsa visibly brightened and took a sip of her drink. “Rather convenient, I thought.”

“You wanted this?”

She sighed, tilting her head back against the booth. It was the first time in a while Fen had seen Ghitsa look normal - a simple flight suit, damp hair, nothing caking her face or nails. “You remember how I said that mortality among Durga’s Twi’leks was around seventy percent?”

“Yeah.”

“It’s even higher for Hutt counselors. Even if a counselor’s own clan won’t kill her, we tend to be excellent acquisition targets for Hutt competitors.”

Ghitsa, Fen suddenly realized, would not have taken these kinds of risks for a mere seventy-five thousand. “And those twelve dead counselors?”

“Two of them were Dogders.” Ghitsa stopped there, lips pressed into a thin, firm line.

Fen veered to safer ground. “Will Durga pay the rest?”

Ghitsa took another swallow. “Maybe. Probably. He’ll be very happy when he finds out about the Karazaks. I expect he’ll give me a bonus.”

They watched as the Coruscant Daily Newsfeed gushed about Princess Organa’s impending nuptials.

“Pity about Han Solo,” Ghitsa said.

“Waste of a pretty good smuggler,” Fen sighed, staring into her drink.

The Princess appeared, again in her regal white, announcing that Dathomir would now be open to Alderaani exiles. The program intoned, “And Organa announced today that the New Republic has appropriated two-hundred million in financial assistance for displaced Alderaani. Low-interest loans will also be available to aid in resettlement.…”

Fen whistled appreciatively. “Too bad you have to be Alderaani to be eligible.”

They stared at the screen.

“You know,” Ghitsa began, “I’ve always wanted to play impoverished nobility.”

Fen glanced from her partner to the vid, and back again. “True,” she finally said. “And Leia Organa may not look good in white, but, Ghitsa, I bet you do.”



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