Chapter Eleven
Once Rigel had disappeared into the darkness, Kriss turned the opposite direction. For an hour, he aimlessly walked the streets, blaming himself. He should never have gotten Tevera involved! Now I’ll never see her again—and she’ll never forgive me!
He could still feel the warmth of her body against his, the sweet touch of her lips on his. He could hardly bear the ache in his heart. When at last he returned to Andru’s and went upstairs to his bed, the room closed around him like a trap from which he could never escape. He had lost his only contact with the universe beyond Farr’s World.
It took him a long time to fall asleep.
The thunder of a rocket jolted him awake. He jerked upright, heart pounding, then recognized the noise, threw off the covers, ran to the window and b
