Fortune's Favor (Breach of Faith Book 6) by Daniel Gibbs & Gary T. Stephens

Author:Daniel Gibbs & Gary T. Stephens [Gibbs, Daniel]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-08-15T16:00:00+00:00

The word of Lutjens’s arrival caught Miri just as she and Piper made it to the galley. She sent Piper on to give the others word while Miri headed down to the hold through which their guest was entering the ship. Lutjens showed a certain anxiety upon her arrival.

“Captain,” he said, “I came as soon as I heard the news. Were any of the crew hurt?”

“Unfortunately, yes,” Miri replied. “Thank you for that. We’re doing what we can for our wounded now. Is there any more news about the attack? Are we going to have trouble with the local authorities?”

“Oh, they’re enraged but not at you. No, I’ve been assured they regard your behavior as self-defense. It is your attackers whom they would love to punish. Conflict between Jalm’tar factions happens all the time but never like this and certainly not in the capital itself.”

Miri wondered about that. “So they might deal with the attackers themselves?”

“Oh, if they find them.” Lutjens shook his head. “But I doubt the paymasters will be punished. At last report, the Yan’katar Council had already called this a ‘pirate strike,’ regardless of the attackers’ skill and gear. Someone with a great deal of authority is keeping this matter from going further. That much is certain.”

“Someone like Gafren or Admiral Rista?” Miri ventured.

The functionary nodded politely in that way functionaries always seemed to. “They’d have the pull. But even Farfim has motivation to go along with the lie. He might look weak if more facts come to light.”

“So we’ll get nothing from pushing further for an investigation. That brings me to another matter.” Miri frowned openly. “We have wounded, as I said. One of my crew, because of her wound, took a shot of what she thought was a painkilling combat drug off one of the attackers. The shot was a large dose of Curall.”

“Ah.” Lutjens sighed. “She is addicted, then. That much is certain. And you want to know how to get access to the drug to treat her?”

“I’d rather have a cure, but in the meantime, I don’t want her to suffer.”

“Well, we can arrange Curall purchases freely now. And there’s always pireem instead. It might alleviate her symptoms if you can’t get Curall.”

“But we can’t just wean her off?”

“I’ve never heard of it. They quit, how did I hear it put… ‘cold turkey.’ Yes. That is the only way to break an addiction, and it is rarely followed through or survived.”

Miri nodded in reply. Poor Brigitte. We have to do something now. One of our own got ensnared in this. Maybe we shouldn’t have come out here.

“I need to be leaving. We’re having security checks back at the offices,” Lutjens said. “Please keep in touch. I’m trying to find a cargo that will buy you time to stick around.”

“Thank you. We still have unfinished business.”

“That you do. Lord Farfim, by the way, wished me to convey his thanks for your efforts. He said that for the time being, he can’t be seen with you again.

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