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Jac was scared. Any i***t could see that, and Rynn was definitely not an i***t.
Letting Keris take care of their ascent vector, he was free to turn his attention to the human woman standing next to him. She’d been shot at and then practically thrown over his shoulder and dragged aboard an alien vessel. Anyone in their right mind would be scared to death.
He made sure to keep still, not making any sudden movements as he tried to get a read on her mental and emotional state. From the sideways glances, though, she was far more worried about the ship’s optical extension. It was still watching them from the middle of the main cabin, its violet eye unblinking. Technically, Keris didn’t need it. It was part of the older, original ship’s systems before he’d had her refitted and internal senso
