Chapter 35
Sovon walked onto the bridge of the Steady Light, stretching out the kinks in his muscles. Tia had been more than true to her word. He'd left her sleeping contentedly in his bed.
“All quiet?” he asked.
“Aye, Captain Sovon,” replied Dax, who was on watch.
“Good.”
Dax was one of the Imperial agents on board, but he didn't know Sovon's real name. For that matter Sovon had no idea what Dax’s real name was. Not knowing reduced the risk of slipping up. The Empire had been running covert operations for generation upon generation and had become extremely good at them.
Sovon had just settled down into the captain’s chair when an alarm started to ring out.
“What’s happening?” he snapped.
“Weapons fire, Sir,” Dax replied. “One of the other merchants, the Wanderer, just opened
