We arrived in the city three houtaras later. The little beach cottage where Roy lived wasn’t what I expected. I guess it irked me that the r****t was living on a planet that looked like the Virgin Islands. If I’m being honest with myself, I wished he weren’t living at all. People like him seemed to escape the negative karma they deserved.
Asharo pulled out a laser blaster and handed it to me. “Do you know how to use this? I doubt you need to, but I refused to have you here and weaponless.”
“Yes. I feel much better going in armed than weaponless. Roy likes to hurt women.” I slipped the blaster into my pocket and looked up. The way Asharo and Nevilen were staring at me, made me look away. My mouth had run away with me again.
They didn’t need to know Roy’s crimes. The last thing I wanted t
