Chapter 19“Jack, it's a trap!”
He glanced over at Misty, Cherise looking drawn and pale. They had just receiving a com from the Prime Minister Custos Messium, in which he had invited them to Torgas Prime to meet with his August Highness Emperor Phaeton Torgas at the palace itself.
Jack smiled. “Of course it's a trap.”
“And knowing it's a trap,” Misty said, also smiling. “You'll know exactly what to do about it.”
Two days ago, he'd have panicked and whined and hemmed and hawed and found some excuse to turn tail the other direction and find the nearest smokeshop.
But after diverting an armada into attacking its own flagship and deceiving Brewster into blowing up her own Viper, Jack felt confident he could do anything.
At the approach of the armada, he'd noticed the similarity in size b
