Chapter 10
Silence fell across the group as Elizabeth finished explaining Sal’s need to track down Markus. Sal felt herself shrink inside, sure the others would object to the crazy idea. Jess spoke first.
“Well, of course we’ll help, but I don’t know where we’d start. I think Elizabeth is right, it’s pretty certain we won’t be able to track Markus down.”
Sal felt tears burning her eyes at the unexpected support.
“I agree,” Ali said. “With no leads though…” She let the sentence trail off.
“We have more than you know,” Elizabeth said brightly. “Though it will still be near on impossible to track him down. We can at least narrow the search, though.
“First up, we know you and Jess were held by Imperial forces, so Markus must have been too. The Empire never sells slaves so that me
