14 Talrun
“Talrun,” Andrea said, leaning over a counter in the plant shop, “Something happened at work you should probably know about.”
There was no one here; it was a lazy weekend morning. Many people were still sleeping in and the only ones up and about were those running errands or ferrying their children somewhere.
“Yes?” I looked up at her from my work and smiled. We did a lot of that nowadays, both of us. It was hard to stop smiling around her.
Unfortunately, Andrea wasn’t smiling. Her eyes were wide with what appeared to be fear.
“The Mordanians want to reduce Boundless’ contract to just three months,” she started. “They’ve also talked to my boss about my potential, uh, fraternization with the Daqtarians.”
I frowned. “I should have known they’d start putting pressure on us fro
