Smuggler by Angela Verdenius

Author:Angela Verdenius
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: action adventure suspense, friends to lovers, australian romance author, fantasy futuristic paranormal, smuggler lawless outlaw law, thriller suspense mystery threat blackmail, space opera space travel galactic, capture escape freedom flight, alpha hero exasperating heroine, loyalty friend truce
Publisher: Angela Verdenius

Chapter 7

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Mellar checked his appearance in the full-length mirror.

Behind him, Cheran studied his nails and waited patiently.

“What do you think?”

Cheran looked up. “You look regal as always.”

“That is the impression I wish to give.” Mellar crossed to the desk. “But what else?”

“You look vain. Pristine. As though any thought of murdering your wife would be beyond you.”

Mellar smiled. “Very good.” Sliding the heavy gold rings on his fingers, he admired the sparkle in the light. “Very, very good.” He straightened the high neck of his collar. “Then let us proceed to my dear, departed wife’s memorial. I can’t wait to see her body turned to ash.”

~ * ~

“They’re on course,” Tason informed Raznin.

“She’d be too worried not to be.” Leaning against the door frame, Raznin smiled in satisfaction. “Her crew was a good bargaining tool.”

Turning the chair to view his boss clearly, Tason said what they both knew. “If she’d been on her own, she might have run and hidden.”

“Yep. Her soft spot is her friends.” Raznin shook his head. “One should never be loyal to anyone but oneself.”

Well, wasn’t that handy to know. Tason stared at the empty doorway for a long time after Raznin left.

~ * ~

“These are the exact coordinates given to you by Raznin?”

“No, I made them up.”

“Sarcasm becomes you, Gabie, you know that?”

“I’m so pleased I meet with your approval, Sabra.” Gabie drummed her fingertips on the console as she looked at Sabra on the viscomm screen.

“So how many stops will you have to make on the way?”

“Four. All to refuel and restock. You know, our stores are depleting a lot faster with five extra mouths to feed.” Gabie’s smile was all teeth. “I wasn’t prepared for guests.”

Sabra, curse the security office, didn’t even blink. “Send me the coordinates now.”

“Oh, yes. At once. Of course. It’s so nice obeying orders when I’ve been a free agent for so long. I don’t know how I ever did it.” Feeling more ill-humoured by the minute, Gabie scanned the coordinates and sent them to Sabra’s viscomm. “Anything else I can run and do for you?”

“Aye. Scan all the slaves and send the picture images to me.”

“Oh, what fun.” Turning in her chair, Gabie yelled, “Misha!”

Misha stuck her head around the door. “You bellowed?”

“Sabra wants the slaves scanned and the pics sent through to her.”

“All righty.” Misha disappeared.

Turning back to the viscomm, Gabie smiled sweetly. “Do I get a gold star?”

A faint twinkle appeared in Sabra’s eyes. “You might get silver.”

“On my God, there is another emotion you have besides that of being basically a real bitch.”

Sabra laughed outright.

Cripes, Gabie couldn’t even get the woman angry. How pathetic was it that all she wanted to do was rile the security officer up? Right now, it was what she wanted to do just for the hell of it, and to vent her ill humour. Stars, she hated being at the beck and call of someone else. “When this is over,” she said tartly, “I’ll kick your arse.”

“Really?” Amusement lurked in Sabra’s eyes.

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