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A few adjustments to the coils inside and a small section of the fence buzzed and switched off She tucked her spanner back in her pack and slipped inside the fence She checked her watch as she darted across the courtyard Guard Four would just be getting down to business in the bathroo laser lock on the door, another hack she’d learned courtesy of the engineer’s loose tongue

Renna slipped inside the warehouse, nothingTriuh her, hot and rich “Utterly impenetrable,” her ass So paid Al out of the business though She’d o that there were plenty of people who’d love to slit her throat or lock her away in prison for the rest of her life

She closed her eyes and let her senses reach out into the warehouse, gathering her bearings The scent of spices, Hesperian wooden crates, and engine oil wove through the space like strands of silk It smelled like home

There was a beep as her cranial i schematics from the net, and she opened her eyes, certain now of her path On silent feet, she skirted past stacks of crates toward the back The Cordozas had headquarters in every major city in the star systeled ites they sent out across the universe They were one of the biggest dealers of clay in the galaxy and always looking for a stronger foothold in the Outer Ri anization

She’d not-so-politely refused

Renna wrinkled her nose as she passed a stack of shiny plastic crates The s reached her even from here Almost instinctually, her hand hter inside Each two-pound bag of clay sold for nearly ait wasn’t even teh? That, she almost couldn’t resist

On any other day, any other assignet out was her s would draw attention she didn’t need

The ers as she walked, keeping the the warehouse

Her implant sent a couple of low frequency beeps to her ears as she passed the last row of crates

Gotcha

Renna dropped her knapsack on the floor in front of the gleaed for her tools A Saltani safe had sixteen manual tumblers, an electronic lock, and the ot past the tumblers, it was easy work since all their safes had a weak point in the circuitry You just had to knohere to look

“Ah, there you are, sweetheart,” she said, probing with her tweezers A feists and she’d rewired the cos From there, all she had to do was enter the standard code

The safe opened with a click, and Renna sank back onto her heels Inside were three datapads, which she ignored Instead, she helped herself to several stacks of credits and a sleek silver laser gun before finally spotting the box she needed buried under several bags of platinum coins