Chapter 19
Another image formed in front of Jess, alongside that of Zeek and Clay. He found himself staring in surprise. He’d expected the pirate captain to be someone in the prime of life and either dashing or intimidating.
He hadn’t expected… well, someone so old for a start. Captain North must have been seventy at least, and probably quite a bit older. His dark brown skin was heavily wrinkled and covered in liver spots. Once he might have had a powerful build, now he hunched forward and his skin seemed to hang off his bones. When he spoke his voice was rough, grating as it came out, but there was still strength to it.
“Welcome to the party. From what I’ve heard it’s down to your two ships that anyone got off the station. Thank you.”
“I wish we’d been able to do more,” Jess s
