As he listened to the person on the other end, his face went paler and paler, and his eyes looked ready to pop out. “It"s for you,” he whispered. “Hold on. I"ll put him on speaker phone.”
“Hello?” Anna said.
“Miss Lenai. This is Wesley Pennfield.”
Anna bit her lip, then lowered her eyes to the ground. She felt the blood drain out of her face as well. “What do you want?” she grated. “Walk soft, veksha. I have half a mind to bring a fleet of Leyrian cruisers down on your head.”
veksha.Soft chuckling came through the speaker. “You really don"t know, do you? Tell me, Miss Lenai, don"t you think it"s odd that yours was the only shuttle to pursue my associate all the way to this system?”
“What. Do. You. Want?”
“I want my property back,” he replied without a hint of inflection. The man seem
