Dani, Cruz, and Sylvine sat in the cruiser with their hands in the air while armed pirates circled around them.
“Uh, Dani?” Cassia asked through the comm.
“I know.” Dani sighed. She scanned the group for any sign of Talon, who hadn’t arrived yet.
“I knew we shouldn’t trust pirates,” Zadria said matter-of-factly.
Dani gritted her teeth at the tone conveyed across the comm and shook her head.
Cruz cleared his throat and nodded out the windshield. Talon had entered the hangar, and the pirates were stepping apart to create a path for him, Geneva, and the rest of his entourage. As he passed by them, they lowered their weapons. A few moments after he arrived, Dani and her crew were no longer under the threat of annihilation.
A young man ran out in front of Talon and placed a carton o
