CHAPTER NINE
Raia ran her fingers through her damp hair as she exited the bathroom in her cabin. Her mind whirled with everything they had learned today—and her heart hurt for Behr. They had listened to the woman’s introduction a half dozen times. Before leaving, they searched the building and found a hidden compartment embedded in the column at the base of the hologram projector. Inside was a computer crystal containing more information.
Neither one of them had said much on the way back to the freighter. She had piloted them, while Behr sat in silence, fingering the disk. She had prepared a light dinner, which he barely touched before he disappeared into his cabin.
Behr hurting? Chummy asked, peering up at her from her bed.
“Yes… he is hurting,” she murmured.
You make better? Chummy
