TEN
The following morning was a tense limbo of talking and not talking. Rora and Junker agreed they would be safer if they left the city, but where could they go? Their mission wasn’t over. But it was at an impasse.
So, they had to stay. But to do what? As long as they had Strike and the Black Jewel in their sights, Junker didn’t want to lose them. The original plan was to monitor the pair, and he wanted to stick with that until they came up with a better idea of how to get the tech away from Strike.
Then there was the next debate: to return the computer or not to return the computer?
One thing was certain, Junker didn’t know about her middle-of-the-night encounter with Strike.
But she did.
She couldn’t get it off her mind. Rora was mad at herself for letting Strike kiss her. If he h
