Chapter
Eighteen
Vengeance
Hunter couldn't allow himself to
think about what DiMackerlyn was doing with his daughter. Neither could he
worry about what the man had planned for her. At the moment, he had to
concentrate on getting to Star Base Carnesium without running out of oxygen.
He had never been in this part of
the galaxy before. The stars and planets were new and therefore potentially
dangerous. But he remembered the words of wisdom his father had imparted one
evening, back when he was a teenager and just beginning to venture away from
his home world of Abernath.
"Why don't you spread your
wings, Udo? Launch yourself a couple of parsecs into the next solar
system?"
He shrugged. "Too afraid right
now, I guess."
"Afraid of what? That shield of
yours can protect you fro
