6
BAVALLAI drummed my fingers on my desk, watching the monitors around me as we neared the solar system of Donto’rk with its seven moons. That meant we were only nine circulations away from the trade planet. We’d stop there to unload the earthly creatures and receive payment from our employer for a job well done. Until someone discovered Tilly.
I glanced behind me at the slender woman resting under a blanket on the bench. She was voluntarily unconscious, or asleep, as she called it. She had been reluctant to leave the grey beast but it wasn’t safe for her to stay in the cells. I’d almost had to force her to take a shower, but in the end, she’d agreed. She was now wearing some of my own clothes which were loose on her smaller frame.
It was strange watching over her, but I didn’t mind. Sh
