The Wanderer: A Space Opera Epic (Twilight of the Godchosen Book 6) by TS Snow
Author:TS Snow [Snow, TS]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2022-03-28T16:00:00+00:00
TWENTY-TWO
Once in the corridor, they got a good look at their captor. He was wearing standard dockworkerâs denims and jacket, so nondescript both Tam and Mark realized any description of him would fit a third the male population of Terra. Of the other men, one had been with him at the abduction-site, and was still wearing his coveralls. Both were now armed with laser-pistols as well as tasers.
Twice, Tam tried to speak to him, still offering himself in conciliation to bribe their way free. âI told you I didnât know. If I had⦠Let me make it up to you. You know what I can do. Please.â
That last word ended on a desperate note. He winced as he realized it was very plain he was begging.
âToo late.â He was brushed away like a pesky fly. âThe next time I hear your name I want it to be in your obituary, stating you died of the black clap or something.â
Ahead, a door slid open. Mark and Tam were pushed inside, and the door locked. Theyâd been put in a small cabin.
âIâm sorry, Mark,â Tam said. âLooks like my sins are really coming back to haunt me. Big time.â
âHaunt both of us,â Mark corrected.
âIf only the Dome hadnât gotten so selective where I was concerned.â
âNo use worrying about it now.â Mark shook his head. âYou saw how short he is. He obviously has a giant-size ego to make up for it and that egoâs been badly bruised. Even if heâd taken you up on your offer I doubt if it wouldâve mattered.â He looked away. âThanks for doing that, by the way. You didnât have to.â
âI was desperate.â Tam let it go at that, not telling Mark that even as heâd said those words to the blackbirder, he was certain he was going to be rejected.
âGuess weâd better make ourselves comfortable. Looks like thereâs nothing else we can do right now.â With a sigh, Mark dropped onto the single bed. âYou know, if this were a holovid, the gardia would research your background, discover there was a disgruntled customerâ¦and I imagine he raised a holy stink if he got booted out bodilyâ¦and theyâd find him in their databanks and already be on their way to finding us.â
âIt isnât a holovid,â Tam reminded him. âNothing in real life ever turns out the way it does in a fiction.â
âI know. Damn it.â
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