Star Wars: Pirate's Price (Star Wars Flight of the Falcon) by Lou Anders

Author:Lou Anders [Anders, Lou]
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Disney Book Group
Published: 2019-01-08T00:00:00+00:00

This was it.

I was falling to my death.

Just as they say happens, my whole life flashed before my eyes.

And yes, I admit, it was very entertaining viewing. But having been through this a few times that day already, I was wondering if we could just skip to the good bits.

But nonetheless there we were, at the terminus of Hondo Ohnaka’s wonderful, exciting career as a dashing buccaneer of the spaceways. The end.

And then…

It wasn’t the end.

No, I was saved.

At the last possible instant, Mahjo Reeloo reached out and grabbed me. And she pulled me right back onto that turbolift.

I was relieved.

I was surprised.

But mostly I was relieved.

I clapped my hands to my chest.

“I am not dead!” I exclaimed. “This is the second or third time I have not died since I crash-landed on Gwongdeen. What a good day this is turning out to be!”

Mahjo looked at me, surprise on her face.

“You’re excited?” she asked.

“Yes,” I said. “Why shouldn’t I be? I have been saved from certain death. That is something to be excited about indeed. And do not think I am not appreciative to you for catching me. Young woman, you have my sincere thanks.”

Well, at those words, the confusion on her face only deepened.

“But—but I was the one who shoved you,” she stammered. “It was my fault you were falling to begin with.”

“Yes, yes, I know,” I replied, waving away her concern. “You shoved me. You caught me. You see, it was the order in which you did it that made the difference. If you had caught me first and shoved me second, it would have been another story, and I would be more upset with you. Well, I would have been dead. But I would have been upset for a moment first. It’s these little details that matter most, you know. But you do bring up a good point. Tell me, Mahjo, why did you catch me? Although I am of course grateful, it does not seem to have been such a wise move on your part.”

She looked over the guardrail, down, down, down into the pit. Then she turned to me with pain in her eyes.

“I couldn’t…I couldn’t do it,” she said. “I’m not…I’m not…”

“Not a killer, no. You have a heart, my friend, and it is not an evil one. You are not a murderer.”

“I tried to be.”

“Tried and could not do,” I said. “You are simply not the scoundrel you led us to believe you were. I did not think you were.”

“When did you know?”

“My dear,” I said, “it has been obvious to me that you are not very long in this outlaw life. I don’t know what reasons have compelled you to try this walk on the wild side, but I don’t think the life of a criminal suits you.” When she didn’t choose to explain, I continued. “It stung, you know.”

“I was only doing what I had to,” said Mahjo. “I promise you it wasn’t personal.”

“Personal?” I said. “Do you think that I am talking about my feelings? No.

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