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“Do you really think Rath K’zar will come for her?”

“I think his human will make him Humans have that effect on us There is no korabi as desperate as one who has fallen in love with a human woman”

Wreck is respectfully silent

Jax

I have to get out of here Nobody ever has to knohat happened between the alien king and aris another way The river is too obvious now—or is it? They know about it They know that I know that they know Maybe I double bluff the bluffers

My heart is pounding a ed to escape Krush Sure, I did it when he was at an e in me, but it still counts

I e smentation i drones and surveillance scans It feels so daain and let a roving red bea the consort of a king to human scum, and I could not be happier

By accident or fate, the bar that Krush tookholes to our old den It is gone now, abandoned after the attack which took place on the previous king The survivors scattered across Megaris, and I started working on getting us all out My bolthole has obviously been compromised The den is the only place I can think of where Lyric o to look for me

The streets stink I inhale the stench, glad for it That sain Freedoh it But it’s worth it I think it is, anyway We did our best to burn the den out before we left, but there is a chance that some of the old stashes nearby will have bux in them

"They're looking for you”

A scum of another affiliation hisses the words tohands He’s been on stis, but for your brain instead of your eyes They adjust your perception to so more bearable

“Who is looking for me?”

He jabs his thumb at the sky “The birds”

“They're looking for us all, brother”

I haven't survived the last year alone I’ve had to rely on the kindness of scum When someone warns me, I take it seriously