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. Just go ahead and use theterminal to shop if you like.It should bill me automatically for whatever youdecide to get. With that he turned and walked out the door.It closed behind him with ahissing noise.So much for the soft couch, she thought wryly.97Joanna Wylde* * * * *Nicolai Trasky, commander of Saurellian intelligence operations, searchedJerred s face, trying to figure out what was different.He d already heardrumors that one of his most reclusive scouts had returned with a woman intow that was unusual enough in and of itself.But even stranger was Jerred sPage 73 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmldemeanor.If he wasn t mistaken, the man was happy.Or at least content.And now hewanted leave to go and spend time with his new companion.Nicolai made amental note to have one of his aides look into the situation.Unlikely as itseemed, perhaps Jerred had found a life mate.Thank the Goddess, it wassomething he was seeing more and more in his men.For some reason, for thefirst time in Saurellian history, men were finding mates outside their ownpeople.His own wife was one of them.Not, of course, that it was relevant to the taskat hand. So, Josiah let you go, he said thoughtfully. Very wise of him.It doesn tbenefit either of us to upset the status quo at this point.I m assuming hejust meant to send us a message? I m not so sure about that, Jerred said slowly. I would have sworn he meantto kill me.I honestly think the only reason he changed his mind was becausehe got the information somewhere else. Yes, well, that source was compromised a while back, Nicolai saidthoughtfully. We ve suspected she was a double agent for quite a while.I would imagine wewon t hear from her again. Their spy was almost certainly dead by now.Not that he felt sorry about that.She d been feeding information to the Empire as well, and they were probablybetter off without her.Still, they d have to find someone new, and Josiah sorganization wasn t easy to penetrate.For some reason his people werealarmingly loyal to him. Our technicians will have the information out of your databanks soon, Nicolai continued. I m assuming that everything will be in order, but I llwant you to stay here until we re sure we don t have any questions.Preliminary reports are that Josiah didn t break the sub-encryption shell,which means your information is safe. He d have a pretty hard time doing it in the amount of time he had, Jerredreplied. He was angry enough about the schematics of his station that I doubthe looked much further.Not that any of this information would have interestedhim directly, anyway. No, but it would interest others a great deal, Nicolai said. And Josiah isalways looking for business opportunities.Don t underestimate him. I don t, I assure you, Jerred said wryly. Are we done here? I d like to getback toGiselle. Nicolai nodded, and leaned back in his chair.Jerred gave a casual salute andleft the room, leaving Nicolai with his thoughts.Yes, he was almost certainthe younger man98Jerred s Price had found his life mate.The thought made him smile.Jerred wasa good man, and he deserved better than the life of loneliness and violencethat awaited an unmated male.Now, how long would it take him to figure his situation out?The com on his desk buzzed, and Nicolai grabbed it.Within seconds he was onhis feet, headed out of the office.There had been an ambush in the trucezone, a Saurellian freighter had been looted and the entire crew left fordead.Through some miracle another ship had found them before they all starvedto death.Jerred and his life mate were forgotten.* * * * *Giselle scrolled through the clothing catalogues, trying to imagine herself insome of the stranger creations.She had quickly realized that Saurellianwomen s fashions weren t suited to her figure.These women were long and lean.She was short, and while she wasn t fat, she wasn t lean, either.She wouldPage 74 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmllook ridiculous in most of these outfitsThere were other types of clothing, though, designed for women with hergenerous body type.Unfortunately, as far as she could tell, the entirenon-Saurellian female population of the station consisted of prostitutes.Cheap prostitutes at that, not licensed pleasure workers.She d never seensuch a nasty selection of tacky clothing in her life.Finally she found some serviceable, if not exactly attractive, jumpsuits.Whenthey left on their vacation, they would have to get more.She was a bit worried at first about paying for the clothing, but Jerredseemed to have plenty of money available for her [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]