The tiny woman stepped up beside her companion and gave Vix an icy stare that made him want to duck back into the cockpit and hide. “Correction,” she said in a voice thick with contempt. “Our government did nothing when you violated our territory sixty years ago, a decision that forced many of our colony worlds to take drastic action against Antauran aggression. We have since amended that policy.”
“You"re not taking my ship!” Draxo bellowed.
Quick as a flash of lightning, the male Keeper drew his sidearm, thrust it forward and fired a bullet that sped across the room and hit Draxo square in the chest. It bounced off, but the charge it carried caused Draxo to spasm and collapse to the floor.
Trieli turned her back on them and ran for the cockpit. She took at most two steps before a charg
