Contract of Betrayal by Tammy Salyer

Author:Tammy Salyer
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 978-0-9853192-2-9
Publisher: Tammy Salyer

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“We can’t let you put yourself in that kind of danger. You’ve already done enough. Maybe too much,” Vitruzzi says.

Rob stands by the galley’s rear door with his back to it, but he keeps glancing into the hallway as if expecting someone. Vitruzzi is the first to recover her voice after what he’s suggested, but the rest of us still can’t believe it.

“Don’t worry about it,” he responds, throwing another glance outside. “Flying you off Obal 10 after you shake things up with T’Kai is all contingent on things going smoothly. If you all get into serious trouble . . .” He lets the statement hang. “But I can help out as a transport.”

“Rob, you’d never be able to fly again if they suspect your ship of harboring fugees,” David says.

“Believe me, I know. The ’Rize has a reputation for being squeaky clean, and that hasn’t been easy. But I’ve got another ship, an unregistered ship. Anonymous and fast enough for our needs.” He looks around at us, and continues, “Who better to get you out of there? Have you even thought about how you’re going to do that?”

No. At the moment, it’s more expedient to keep our thoughts on what we know and what we can control. Figuring out the next part of the plan is being shelved until the first part is complete. But . . . but if we agree to let Rob join us, we’d have one of our many problems already solved. Looking around the room, I see expressions of careful neutrality on everyone’s faces. No one wants to hope for that much good luck.

Seeing our hesitancy, he leans casually against the wall and holds his hands out in a gesture that’s both generous and oddly contrived. “Look, I’m not the kind of guy who just turns their back on friends when things get heavy. I’m not doing this as a favor, I’m doing it because”—he glances in my direction—“I care about what happens to all of you. We’ve been in business for a while. David and Aly and I go way back. I don’t think I could sleep if I left you hanging, you know?”

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