Chapter Seven
Erick paced the length of the palatial pod like a trapped animal. Mina hadn’t answered any of his transmissions, which created a disquiet in his entire nervous system. Or perhaps that was just being away from her.
After three attempts to reach her, he left a hologram message promising thorough punishment if she did not contact him by the end of the planet rotation. Of course, considering her fantasies, she just might disobey to earn the consequence.
He still hadn’t spoken to Zander or any other being about the galactacarriers. He continued to research Neo Lin, but the more he found out, the more dangerous the being seemed. An Ocretion, Neo’s involvement was suspected in a large number of black market trades, but the authorities never managed to pin anything on him, mostly
