Star Wars Insider: The High Republic: Starlight Stories by Cavan Scott & Justina Ireland & Charles Soule

Author:Cavan Scott & Justina Ireland & Charles Soule [Scott, Cavan & Ireland, Justina & Soule, Charles]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Fiction, Science Fiction, Space Opera, Media Tie-In, Relato, Ciencia ficción, Fantástico
ISBN: 9781787738652
Google: iFtuEAAAQBAJ
Publisher: Titan Books (US, CA)
Published: 2022-12-06T05:00:00+00:00

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The guards arrived minutes later, along with Sskeer’s former Padawan, Keeve Trennis, who never seemed far from her master’s side. Vane was transferred to a secure wing in the medicenter, his burns dressed, and any trace of the Nihil tattoos removed from his face. Sskeer himself insisted on guarding the room, but Velko had a sneaking suspicion that he was more concerned in protecting Vane from Nihil reprisals than the Vuman making a run for it.

“I’m sorry,” Vane said to her from his bed.

“That you got caught?” she said, trying not to smile. “Although I guess that was the general idea.”

He shrugged. “Hard to spring a security block of Nihil if you’re still standing in the hangar bay.”

“You could have trusted me, you know? You could have told me what was happening, back in the bar.”

“Could I?” He touched his cheek, flinching slightly.

“It wasn’t toothache,” she said, remembering him wincing at the time. “It was a warning.”

He nodded. “Clune reminding me to get back to business. Which you should do too.” He broke into that infuriating smile. “Especially if you’re going to get me a pardon.”

“Already sorted, but it wasn’t me.” She nodded to Sskeer standing with his broad back to them at the door.

“The old dewback has a heart?”

“The old dewback has excellent hearing too,” the Trandoshan rumbled without moving.

“Then, thank you,” Vane told him, before looking back at Velko. “To both of you.”

“I’ll check back with you later,” Velko said, heading for the door. “Don’t go anywhere, you hear?”

“I’ll see what I can do.” Vane was starting to sound more like himself, even though doubt crept into his voice as he called out: “Vel?”

She stopped, looking at him propped up in bed.

“Are you really happy here? With all this going on? With the Nihil and the Jedi and the…”

She’d shrugged off the question last time he’d asked, sitting in Unity’s. This time she didn’t even hesitate, even after everything that had happened in the last few hours. Because of what happened. So what if life on the Beacon had become more difficult? Starlight was here to offer hope, to protect, to stop things like Valo happening again.

And so was she.

“Yes,” she said, meaning it with all her heart. “I wouldn’t be anywhere else.”

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