Holmberg, D K - The Collector Chronicles 03 - Shadow Trapped by Holmberg D K

Author:Holmberg, D K [Holmberg, D K]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: ASH Publishing
Published: 2017-12-08T05:00:00+00:00

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Carth paced the room while waiting for the captain to return. He had disappeared, leaving her alone, and surprisingly had trusted her to be in his cabin by herself. She couldn’t shake from her mind the fact that he had realized immediately who she was but had not attempted to do anything.

This was the man—and the reason—that Linsay had wanted Carth. She was quite certain of that fact. Why? The captain had not given her any indication as to why Linsay feared him, but that was the reason that Linsay had demanded that Carth help her. She wanted to get to him. More accurately, she wanted to get past him. Somehow, she thought that Carth had the means to do that.

She glanced at his desk but saw nothing there that would help her understand what he might be after. The entire cabin was sparsely decorated, and there was nothing here that gave away his intentions. There was no way for Carth to know what he was after—other than asking him.

And how much longer could she remain on board the ship? At some point, she would have to return to her ship or Linsay would know that she was missing. There was a limit to how long she could be gone before there were questions, and Carth wasn’t certain how to answer them.

The door to the cabin opened, and Carth spun. The captain stood framed in the doorway, watching her with a hint of a smile on his face.

“You’re still here.”

“Did you think that I would attempt to run?”

“Not run, but I wouldn’t have been surprised if you had attempted to escape.”

“And go where?”

“You are the Rel. I have little doubt that you would have figured out some way of escaping.”

She smiled. “Maybe I have.”

“And yet here you remain. Perhaps you really are after information as you claim.”

Carth twisted toward him, ready to fight were it to come to it. There was something disarming about the man. “What’s the disagreement you have with the Collector?”

“You assume that it’s just one disagreement?” He made his way into the room, closing the door to his cabin firmly behind him and taking a seat at his desk. He pulled a piece of paper out from beneath his desk and made a few notes on it before stuffing it back into his desk. When finished, he looked up at her, his hands clasped on top of the desk.

“I am curious what she’s done to anger you.”

“I imagine much the same as she has done to anger you,” the captain said.

“I doubt that.”

“If you are the Rel, there are rumors of your interest in particular things.”

“There are many rumors about me, but I’m curious as to which ones you believe.”

“Should we begin with the rumors of your violent destruction of the A’ras? Even here, stories of the A’ras have reached my waters, and we know that they are fearsome fighters. If you have destroyed the A’ras, then you would have much power.”

“Do you want the truth, or do you want to believe the rumor?”

The captain barked out a laugh.

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