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Chapter One
тАЬYou want to fill my ship with children?тАЭ The woman's voice cracked with strain and penetrated the thick
door of the planetary governor's office. тАЬI run a cargo ship, not a passenger liner.тАЭ

Bain Kern paused in the lobby door and tried to hear better. The orphanage director had sent him here
to deliver a message. Even though nobody would tell the children anything, everybody in the orphanage
knew that the colony on Lenga was being evacuated. Their planet was too close to the path of
destruction that the enemy Mashrami ships were cutting through civilized space. Bain guessed that
woman with the governor didn't want to be part of the evacuation; maybe she wanted to stay and fight.
He would have stayed to fight the invaders if he could. He knew it was useless to ask. He was just a boy,
an orphan, and he was never allowed to do anything exciting.

Governor Cowrun's secretary had left three weeks before to join the space fleet. Who could Bain give
the message to? Should he just leave the paper on the desk here in the lobby, or wait to put it in the
governor's hand? He stood in front of the secretary's abandoned, dusty desk while he thought. The
people inside the office kept talking, but in softer voices. Bain couldn't hear anything. He stepped a little
closer to the door.

It was cool here compared to outside. In the middle of the planet's ten-month summer, any place with a
roof and shadows felt cool. Bain sat on the hard wooden bench across from the office, so he could see
inside when the door opened.

Dust coated everything, not just the secretary's desk. Bain saw empty drawers hanging open and doors
standing ajar in echoing empty supply cabinets. He wondered how the governor got any work done
without papers, supplies or his secretary.

Bain closed his eyes and tried to get comfortable on the bench. He didn't mind waiting. Anything was
better than staying in the hot orphanage dormitory as a target for the bullies. No one was in a good mood