Chapter Twenty-Seven
Rigel produced a hand-light, and once Kriss had retrieved the touchlyre from his closet, forced him quickly and quietly at beamer-point through the strangely blacked-out corridors. They didn’t take the elevator, instead descending through the emergency tunnel, where ladders and zero-G handholds allowed access to all decks even in the event of a massive power failure or other catastrophe.
They exited through a small one-man hatch Rigel had to enter a security code to open—which, of course, he had. Because Rigel is a good Family man whom the captain trusts implicitly, Kriss thought bitterly, while I’m nothing but a worldhugger to her—and always will be.
Rigel marched him briskly away from Thaylia into the darkness. Once well clear of the Family ship, he turned him tow
