I Will Meet You at Asphodel’s Pit
By Tinnean
“I still say the young sir could be in on it, Protector. The woman is his sister, after all.”
“And you think he would betray me like that, Hssa?” The man known as Protector glanced impatiently at the scaled, gray-green Brachi who strode at his side. At one time Brach had been a race of warrior/scientists and had seeded huge portions of the galaxy with their offspring, but that time was long past, and now the scientific aspect of their nature had been winnowed out. They were still brilliant, but mostly when it came to battle.
“And you think he would not?” He snorted, much to Protector’s amusement. The sound was at odds with the muzzle from which it issued. “While you were whiling away the days in his bed, I did a little snooping around. It wa
