THIS WAS WHAT SHE LIVED for. Adrenaline coursed through her veins and all of her senses were on high alert. She wasn’t cracking heads or chasing bail jumpers, but this was just as good. Maybe even better. The forests of Polai smelled so much better than the back alleys in the Wastes.
With the guards, their plans changed. Ru needed to get in that building and retrieve something. That made her his backup. That made it her job to make sure that he got in and got whatever he needed.
They took it slow through the last half mile of forest. By the time they made it to the building, only one of the guards was standing by the truck. Ru took his blaster out of its holster and pointed away from where he stood, telling her silently to circle around.
She moved carefully, making sure to stay out of s
