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facing you over a rifle tomorrow.

Purple said quietly, тАЬThe word at the bar is that it was a righteous shoot.
You wonтАЩt even be questioned. Tapes show what happened. Pepys has
already reviewed them and dismissed any charges.тАЭ

HeтАЩd forgotten how dry his mouth could get. тАЬThatтАЩs good.тАЭ He needed
the Guard. Even the Purple had no idea of who he really was, where heтАЩd
really come fromтАФor what he really wanted. Only Amber had been let that
far into his soul.

тАЬJack,тАЭ Amber said softly. тАЬAlmost everyone is assembled down there.тАЭ

The Purple tapped his fingers again and checked his watch. тАЬItтАЩs about
time.тАЭ He looked at the young woman. тАЬItтАЩs a good thing Jack kept you
hidden from the other recruits, or Daku might have gone through you first.тАЭ

тАЬIf heтАЩd tried,тАЭ Amber retorted, тАЬheтАЩd have been dead that much
sooner.тАЭ

The PurpleтАЩs silver-black eyebrows arched. тАЬJack, as her guardian, I think
you should watch yourself. Daku could have been hired by her former
pimp.тАЭ

Amber started. тАЬRolf wasnтАЩt a pimp!тАЭ

тАЬSvengali, then. We both know that RolfтАЩs connections are many. He
didnтАЩt like giving you up, Amber, and despite the order from the Emperor,
isnтАЩt likely to let you go.тАЭ

тАЬHe didnтАЩt have any choice.тАЭ

тАЬNo, but IтАЩve been led to believe he had quite a stake in Amber, though
neither of you have seen fit to let me know what it was.тАЭ

Amber would not look at Jack, and Jack wasnтАЩt going to betray her here.
She was deeply ashamed that her former guardian had subverted her
psychic talents into the ability to kill. SheтАЩd been trained subliminally to be
an assassinтАФbut neither she nor Jack knew who RolfтАЩs targets had been, and
she had no intention of ever being used in such a way.

Jack stirred. He was more concerned about enemies buried deeply in the
EmperorтАЩs organization. He already had one name and a face: Commander
Winton, the man who had ordered entire battalions to be abandoned on the
surface of Milos. тАЬDaku could have been hired by someone trying to track
us down. ItтАЩs part of the charm of being a bodyguardтАФno wrist chips for the
master system. We operate outside the computer records and thereтАЩs bound
to be more than one of us with a colorful past.тАЭ

тАЬYes thatтАЩs a distinct possibility. There are no records of youтАФor your