Old Secrets (The Survivors Book Thirteen) by Nathan Hystad

Author:Nathan Hystad [Hystad, Nathan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Woodbridge Press
Published: 2020-05-27T16:00:00+00:00

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“Boss, this was foolish,” Slate told me.

“I have to agree with Zeke,” Mary said. “How could you put yourself at risk like this?”

Sergo buzzed across the table, and Loweck drummed her fingers on the surface. Suma was noticeably absent, having been sent to the crystal world where Jules’ Zan’ra essence had been hiding out for thousands of years. I had no idea if our plan would work there, but it was worth the effort.

“What? I had to see if he was watching me, and he was. I proved he’s able to track me,” I assured them, but it wouldn’t make a difference. I’d stuck my neck out tonight, and it could have ended poorly.

“What did you really get out of this?” Slate asked. He was pacing behind me, arms crossed over his broad chest.

“I found out he has operatives at Udoon Station,” I said.

“Great. The same place where we trapped him the first time. Don’t you think that’s a little convenient, Dean?” Slate asked.

“And who the hell is Viliar?” Mary asked.

“Not one of the Padlog—at least, not that I know, but I do have some information,” Sergo said. “The Supreme has done his own digging, and one of the factions has been overheard being sympathetic to PlevaCorp. There’s even evidence of this group meeting with some of his corporation’s ships in the Deeli system. He questioned them, and they said they were just trading goods, but he noticed they were very skittish.”

“Good work, Sergo,” I told him, making his antennae wave slightly. “Do you have someone’s name? I’d like to have a chat with him.”

“Her name is Foral, and she’s a mean one. She’s listed as a mining hauler, but we all knew her as a space pirate and curator of specialty goods. I may have... traded with her once or twice. In my youthful years,” he added.

“Would you be able to set something up?” Mary asked him.

Loweck looked dubious. “Won’t she find out you’re working on Light for the Alliance?”

“She’ll believe any story I tell her. How about I mention the Inlorian bars I … ‘borrowed’ from Inlor all those years ago. Remember that?” Sergo asked, and I laughed.

“You were so close to being killed that day. Don’t you remember?” I threw that back at him, and he waved his hand in a dismissive gesture.

“I wasn’t worried,” he said.

I decided to let him have his delusions of grandeur, since I’d saved his life by mere seconds. “Okay, contact her, set up a meeting. Say you managed to recover your chest of goods, and you need to offload them because you’re too hot,” I suggested.

“Done. Where do you want to meet her?” Sergo asked.

“How about Bazarn?” Rivo asked, spinning around in her chair. She’d been so quiet, facing the wall, that I’d forgotten she was even there.

“Why Bazarn?” Mary asked.

“Because I hold power there, and we can trap them and use my interrogation room,” Rivo said.

“You have an interrogation room?” Loweck asked, eyebrow raised. Her orange hair fell over her brow, and she brushed it back.

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