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“Vargold?” Rivera’s optics prevented me from seeing the full range of doubt on his face, but the scorn in his voice was clear enough. “You seriously suggest Othin Vargold just tried to kill you?”
“It’s the only conclusion that fits,” I said. “He knew I had a lead on the Rybak case, he knew we were off the Slab, and he knew we were on our way back with a prisoner. Not to mention the fact that his company manufactured the FR shuttle. Guess he had his engineers programme a back door into the command software years ago. Same goes for every other piece of Astravista tech purchased by CAOS Military or law enforcement. Which tells me whatever he’s up to has been a long time in the planning.”
“Then we’re f****d, aren’t we?” Leyla said, floating in between Mr Mac and Janet. I’d gathered every
