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"I know," she muttered, leaning her head against his shoulder. "It's been bad for all of us. What do you
think our chances of being rescued are?"

"If they know we're missing, they'll make an effort to find us, but from the size of those craft we saw
around Szurtha, I'd say they'll have a lot more to worry about than the four of us."

"They're coming back," said Tallis, ears flicking in distress as he moved closer to the other three.

CHAPTER 1
As Kusac opened the door to the staff lounge, he caught the tail end of their conversation.

"You gave him the right to decide, Kaid," Rulla was saying. "No one made him choose Stronghold."
Hearing the door open, he looked up.
Kaid sat at the table reassembling his rifle.

"What's going on?" Kusac asked, watching Rulla's eyes flick from him back to Kaid.

"Everything's under control, Liegen," Kaid replied blandly, snapping the power pack into place. "There's
nothing for you to be concerned about."

Kusac could feel the tension in the room. Something wasn't right. He shut the door behind him, mentally
scanning Rulla's surface thoughts. "Where's Vanna?" he demanded. "I know this concerns her. Where is
she?"

"She's paying a brief visit to Stronghold," replied Kaid, getting up and turning to face him. "I'm on my way
to collect her now."

"Stronghold? What in the name of all the Gods is she doing visiting there at this time of night?"

"That's what I intend to find out," said Kaid, his voice grim as he picked up his rifle. "I'm afraid one of my
people took her there." He walked toward Kusac, stopping in front of him, obviously waiting for him to
step aside.

"I'm going with you," said Rulla, getting up and moving over to join him.

"No, you're not," said Kaid, throwing a glance at him over his shoulder. "You could be concussed after
that blow on the head. You'll remain here. I'm going alone." He looked back at Kusac. "Excuse me,
Liegen."

Kusac shook his head. "I want to know what's going on. Who hit Rulla? Vanna's been kidnapped, hasn't
she?"

"You can't go alone," insisted Rulla. "It could be a ruse on Ghezu's part to get you to Stronghold."

Kaid snorted in disgust.

Kusac could feel himself getting angry. "No one's leaving here till I know exactly what's going on!"

"Liegen, I haven't got time for this now," said Kaid, his ears giving the faintest flick of annoyance. "It's
already over an hour since Vanna was taken."